About Einstrong Foundation
The Einstrong Foundation concentrates its giving on international poverty alleviation with a strong focus on Southeast Asia, particularly Cambodia (and nearby Nepal). Its funding channels include both institutional partners (e.g., Omprakash) that support education and livelihoods and large direct grants to individuals through programs like the ESI MOM initiative. The foundation favors programmatic, on-the-ground poverty relief and education access rather than broad domestic or U.S.-focused philanthropy.
Focus Areas
Direct cash/transfers and individual-level grants in Cambodia (ESI MOM program)Education access and poverty alleviation programs in Nepal and Cambodia via partner organizationsGrassroots international development and livelihood support in Southeast Asia
Who They Fund
unhoused individuals (Pasadena, CA)low-income communities in Nepallow-income communities in Cambodiaindividuals and families in immediate need / people in crisis
Giving Approach
About Einstrong Foundation
A single program dominates the Einstrong Foundation’s recent giving: $642,720 in 2025 to Grants to Individuals in Cambodia through the ESI MOM Program. That grant sits alongside a second large international education and poverty-alleviation grant to Omprakash, showing a foundation that uses both direct transfers and partner organizations to move money toward basic needs and access to schooling. The foundation’s profile is shaped by poverty relief rather than broad institutional philanthropy. Its recent grants also include support for people in crisis in Pasadena and a climate-related grant, but those sit well behind the Cambodia and Nepal work in scale. The pattern points to a funder that combines large program-level disbursements with smaller individual assistance grants, including repeated support for named people in Pasadena and multiple grants tied to assistance for unhoused people. Across the 2025 record, the foundation’s giving is organized around direct service, cash aid, and place-based relief, with the clearest emphasis on international poverty alleviation in Southeast Asia.
What Einstrong Foundation Funds
In Cambodia, the foundation gave $642,720 to Grants to Individuals in Cambodia for the ESI MOM Program, making direct cash support a defining part of its work. In Nepal, it gave $186,538 to Omprakash for education and poverty alleviation, and another $5,537 to Nepal Rising (daayitwa US) for education and poverty alleviation in Nepal. These grants show a preference for basic-needs support tied to schooling and economic stability. The foundation also made a $12,000 grant to Citizens Climate Lobby for climate sustainability, adding an environmental strand to an otherwise poverty-focused portfolio. Smaller grants to people in Pasadena for assistance to the unhoused and those in need show that the foundation also funds immediate local hardship relief alongside its international programs.
How Einstrong Foundation Gives
The recent grant sizes are highly skewed. One grant is far larger than the rest: $642,720 to individuals in Cambodia. The next largest grant is $186,538, followed by a steep drop to amounts in the tens of thousands and then many grants around $1,400 to $2,800. The foundation is a private foundation and funds individuals directly, which is consistent with the repeated individual-level awards in the record. The 2025 grants include both one-off organizational grants and recurring programmatic support through named initiatives such as ESI MOM. The data also shows multiple grants to the same general assistance themes within the year, indicating an organized program structure rather than ad hoc giving.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$961K
Total Assets
$2.2M
Total Revenue
$4M
Total Expenses
$2.9M
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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