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Kapoor Foundation Inc

Bethlehem, PA · EIN 23-2960127. Reported 94 grants totalling $29,566 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$100median grant
$29,566granted, 2021-2024
50recipients, as named on its returns
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,307,718assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Kapoor Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $100. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $200; the smallest was $50 and the largest $5,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
85 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Allentown Rescue MissionAllentown, PA$9,521332023
Namah IncWoodstock, NY$4,218332024
Hindu Temple SocietyAllentown, PA$3,767442024
Be Happy IncWarrington, VA$2,009332024
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$900442024
ArtsquestBethlehem, PA$700332023
St JudeMemphis, TN$650442024
Covenant HousePhiladelphia, PA$550442024
Food for the PoorCoconut Creek, FL$525542024
Anoopam MissionCoplay, PA$500112022
Feed the ChildrenOklahoma City, OK$400332024
Second HarvestNazareth, PA$400222022
Aid for Starving ChildrenHagerstown, MD$346442024
American Red CrossLancaster, PA$300332024
Boys TownBoys Town, NE$300332024
Easter SealsAllentown, PA$300222022
March of DimesAllentown, PA$300222022
The Salvation ArmyBethlehem, PA$300222022
Unicef USAWashington, DC$300222022
American Cancer AssociationFort Washignton, PA$200222024
Boys & Girls Club of AmerBethlehem, PA$200222022
Habitat for HumanityAllentown, PA$200222024
Macular Degeneration ResearchClarksburg, MD$200222024
National Ms SocietyWashignton, DC$200222024
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$200222024
Second Harvest of the Lehigh ValleyNazareth, PA$200112024
Alzheimers AssocWashington, DC$100112021
Boys and Girls Club of AmericaAtlanta, GA$100112024
Children Hunger Relief FundSanta Rosa, CA$100112024
Easter SealsChicago, IL$100112024
Make a Wish AmericaPhoenix, AZ$100112024
March of DimesArlington, VA$100112024
National Foundation for Cancer ResearchRockville, MD$100112024
Project HopeHagerstown, MD$100112021
St Judes Children HospitalMemphis, TN$100112021
The Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$100112024
UnicefNew York, NY$100112024
Kids WishMilford, NH$90112022
Kids Wish NetworkPalm Harbor, FL$90112024
Indus HospitalKarachi$75112022
Smile TrainWashington, DC$75112021
Abandoned Children's FundSanta Rosa, CA$50112024
American Diabetes AssocBethlehem, PA$50112021
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VA$50112024
AmericaresStamford, CT$50112021
Bethlehem Emergency ShelteringBethlehem, PA$50112024
Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY$50112024
Heifer Int'lAlbert Lea, MN$50112021
No Kid HungryPhiladelphia, PA$50112022
Toys for TotsDes Moines, IA$50112021

24 of 50 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

Plus 2 grants to individuals totalling $1,000 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

International Affairs
8 grants
Diseases & Disorders
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Religion
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202126$9,750$100
202223$7,192$100
202315$7,156$100
202430$5,468$100

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

59% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Pennsylvania
$18K
New York
$4K
Virginia
$2K
Illinois
$1K
Tennessee
$750
Maryland
$746
District of Columbia
$675
Florida
$615

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc10 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc10 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program8 shared recipientsChubb Charitable Foundation8 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $100. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Kapoor Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 795 W Macada Road, Bethlehem, PA, 18017. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 23-2960127 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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