KALVI Foundation concentrates its giving on educational access and basic needs for underprivileged children in India, supporting learning, school-feeding, and scholarships for talented but poor students. Grants are funneled through established India-focused nonprofits and US-based intermediaries, indicating a diaspora-oriented strategy that prioritizes measurable program support for children’s education and nutrition. The foundation’s giving is narrowly focused geographically and thematically, favoring organizations with proven delivery models in India.
Kalvi Foundation Inc centers its grantmaking on educational access for underprivileged children in India, with repeated support for learning, school feeding, and scholarships for students who are academically talented but economically constrained. The pattern is steady across multiple years: Pratham USA received $10,250 in 2025 after a $10,000 grant in 2024 and another $10,000 in 2023, all for educational and general relief expenses for deserving children. A second recurring recipient, Akshyapatra Foundation USA, received $6,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for providing food and education to underprivileged children, matching the foundation’s emphasis on education-linked basic needs. The foundation also supports student advancement beyond primary school. Foundation for Excellence received $6,000 in 2023 and $5,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for support to poor but deserving and talented students in their educational pursuit. Together, these grants show a narrow, program-focused approach that favors established organizations with delivery models tied to Indian education and child welfare.
Education is the core theme, but the foundation backs several linked stages of that pipeline. In literacy and remedial education, India Literacy Project received $10,000 in 2024 and $5,000 in 2025 for educational and general relief expenses for deserving students, alongside a $6,000 grant in 2023 for educational support for underprivileged children. School meals are another recurring priority: Akshyapatra Foundation USA received $6,000 in 2024 and 2025 for providing food and education to underprivileged children. For higher-education access, Foundation for Excellence received $6,000 in 2023 and $5,000 in 2024 and 2025 to support poor but deserving and talented students in their educational pursuit. The foundation also made a $5,000 grant to Chinmaya Mission West for educational support for the Chinmaya University.
Kalvi Foundation Inc gives in a tight middle range: the 25th percentile grant is $5,000, the median is $6,000, and the 75th percentile is $7,000. The grant record shows repeated support to the same organizations across 2023 through 2025, which points to a recurring rather than one-off pattern. The recent list also includes several grants at $5,000 or $6,000, with a smaller number at $10,000. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments, suggesting a conventional grantmaking structure centered on organizational awards rather than direct individual aid.
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Most grants fall between $5K and $7K, with a median of $6K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$6K
75th Percentile
$7K
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Concentrated, repeat giving to a small set of specialist grantees: a handful of mid-sized grants (several in the $6k–$30k range) directed primarily to recurring partners. Funding is program-specific (education, food, scholarships) rather than broad institutional general support, and is narrowly targeted to India-focused child and student welfare.
Notable grantees: Pratham USA, Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, India Literacy Project, Foundation for Excellence
The grant record is entirely U.S.-based, with 20 grants to recipients in the United States. Massachusetts appears most often as a recipient location, including Stoneham, Milton, Belmont, and College Park, MD is also represented among the listed grantees. California is another common recipient state, with grants to Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Covina, and Atherton. Houston, TX also appears through a recurring grantee. Although the foundation is headquartered in Saratoga, CA, its giving pattern reaches beyond the HQ state, with 42% of grants going to California recipients.
Its grants focus on educational access for underprivileged children in India, including literacy and remedial education, school-feeding programs, scholarships for talented but poor students, and educational support tied to engineering colleges and universities.
The typical award is modest: the 25th percentile is $5,000, the median is $6,000, and the 75th percentile is $7,000.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Pratham USA in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Akshyapatra Foundation USA in 2024 and 2025; and Foundation for Excellence in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
By recipient location, Massachusetts shows up most often in the recent grants list, with California also appearing frequently. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 20 grants in the United States.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRATHAM USA 76-0620808 | HOUSTON, TX | $10,250 | 2025 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN. |
| AKSHYAPATRA FOUNDATION USA 01-05749 | STONEHAM, MA | $6,000 | 2025 | PROVIDING FOOD AND EDUCATION TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. |
| FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN USA INC 86-04 | MILTON, MA | $5,000 | 2025 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN. |
| INDIA LITERACY PROJECT 36-3779020 | MILPITAS, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING STUDENTS. |
| FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE EIN 77-04 | SUNNYVALE, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT POOR BUT DESERVING AND TALENTED STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT |
| Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecolog | Belmont, MA | $5,000 | 2025 | Educational research |
| Association for Indias development | College Park, MD | $2,500 | 2025 | Educational support for underprivileged children |
| ASHA for Education | Covina, CA | $2,000 | 2025 | Educational support for underprivileged childrean |
| INDIA LITERACY PROJECT 36-3779020 | MILPITAS, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING STUDENTS. |
| PRATHAM USA 76-0620808 | HOUSTON, TX | $10,000 | 2024 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN. |
| AKSHYAPATRA FOUNDATION USA 01-05749 | STONEHAM, MA | $6,000 | 2024 | PROVIDING FOOD AND EDUCATION TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. |
| FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE EIN 77-04 | SUNNYVALE, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT POOR BUT DESERVING AND TALENTED STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT |
| FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN USA INC 86-04 | MILTON, MA | $5,000 | 2024 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN. |
| PRATHAM USA 76-0620808 | HOUSTON, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN. |
| FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE EIN 77-04 | SUNNYVALE, CA | $6,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT POOR BUT DESERVING AND TALENTED STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT |
| India Literacy Project | Milpitas, CA | $6,000 | 2023 | Educational support for underprivileged children |
| Akshaya Patra Foundation USA | Stoneham, MA | $6,000 | 2023 | Educational support for underprivileged children |
| Chinmaya Mission West | Plano, TX | $5,000 | 2023 | Educational support for the Chinmaya University |
| Indo-Universal Collaboration | Atherton, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | Educational support for Engineering Colleges |
| FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN USA INC 86-04 | MILTON, MA | $5,000 | 2023 | COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN. |
COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN.
AKSHYAPATRA FOUNDATION USA 01-05749
$6,000PROVIDING FOOD AND EDUCATION TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN.
FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN USA INC 86-04
$5,000COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN.
COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING STUDENTS.
SUPPORT POOR BUT DESERVING AND TALENTED STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecolog
$5,000Educational research
Association for Indias development
$2,500Educational support for underprivileged children
COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING STUDENTS.
COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN.
AKSHYAPATRA FOUNDATION USA 01-05749
$6,000PROVIDING FOOD AND EDUCATION TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN.
SUPPORT POOR BUT DESERVING AND TALENTED STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT
FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN USA INC 86-04
$5,000COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN.
COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN.
SUPPORT POOR BUT DESERVING AND TALENTED STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT
Akshaya Patra Foundation USA
$6,000Educational support for underprivileged children
Chinmaya Mission West
$5,000Educational support for the Chinmaya University
Indo-Universal Collaboration
$5,000Educational support for Engineering Colleges
FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN USA INC 86-04
$5,000COVER EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL RELIEF EXPENSES FOR DESERVING CHILDREN.