The Patel Family Foundation concentrates its giving on community-focused South Asian/Indian-American charitable organizations and scholarship programs, providing substantial, general-support gifts to membership-based community groups. Its grants are highly concentrated: most dollars go to a small number of repeat grantees, with occasional targeted gifts to health/athletic initiatives. The foundation appears to prioritize sustaining community institutions and funding education for members of the Leuva Patidar and broader diaspora communities.
Concentrated giving with large, repeat grants to a few core grantees rather than many small, one-off gifts.
Patel Family Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated six-figure support for Leuva Patidar scholarship work and South Asian community organizations. The foundation has backed Leuva Patidar Samaj Scholarship Foundation with multiple large grants, including general support and scholarship support, while also funding Share and Care Foundation across several years. That pattern points to a funder that sustains a small set of community institutions rather than spreading dollars widely. Its grants also show a clear interest in preserving community capacity. The foundation has given unrestricted or general support to groups serving the Leuva Patidar and broader Indian-American diaspora, alongside targeted gifts for health, youth, and education initiatives. Recipients such as Ase Foundation, Citta, Miracle Foundation, and The Vishal Raju Bhagat Foundation appear in the recent-grants list, suggesting a mix of community infrastructure and selected program support. With annual grants of $321,000 and total assets of $2,092,637, the foundation operates at a modest scale but gives meaningful grants relative to its size. The overall pattern is one of concentrated, relationship-based philanthropy centered on community institutions and student opportunity.
Education is a recurring theme. In 2024, Patel Family Foundation gave $50,000 to Leuva Patidar Samaj Scholarship Foundation for general support, and in 2023 it gave the same organization $50,000 for scholarships support. That pairing shows a direct link to student scholarship programs and educational access. Community health also appears in the grant list. In 2023, the foundation gave $15,000 to Sugar Free Athletic Foundation for general support, a grant that aligns with its health and athletics-related activity. It also supported American Society of Echo Foundation with $10,000 in 2024 for general support. The foundation’s community-based philanthropy extends to broader diaspora organizations as well. Share and Care Foundation received $50,000 in 2025 and $50,000 in 2024, both for general support, while Ase Foundation received $10,000 in 2025 for general support. These awards suggest a preference for sustaining organizations with ongoing community roles.
The typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $23,750 at the 75th percentile. That distribution fits a pattern of modest grants with a smaller number of much larger awards. The recent-grants list also shows repeat funding across years, especially for scholarship and community organizations, which indicates ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts. Patel Family Foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals directly. Application details are limited in the data, but the active programs indicate that unsolicited proposals are not accepted and some initiatives are invitation-only.
$107K
$2.1M
$562K
$108K
Most grants fall between $5K and $24K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$24K
About 15% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
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Notable grantees: Share and Care Foundation, Leuva Patidar Samaj Scholarship Foundation, Sugar Free Athletic Foundation
Patel Family Foundation gives nationally, but its recent grants are entirely to U.S. recipients. Florida is the top state by grant count, with 25% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. Recent awards also land in Tennessee, New Jersey, Texas, New York, North Carolina, Virginia, California, Illinois, and Florida. City-level recipients include Rochelle Park, Brentwood, Austin, New York, Durham, Leesburg, Roseland, Dublin, Naperville, Kingville, Bethpage, Livingston, Horsehead, and Boca Raton.
The foundation’s core initiatives include education, healthcare, food security, housing, financial independence, digital inclusion, and tourism-based peacebuilding. Its recent grants also show sustained support for Leuva Patidar scholarship programs and South Asian or Indian-American community organizations.
The active program descriptions say proposals are by invitation only, and the foundation lists multiple initiative areas as not accepting unsolicited requests.
The typical grant size is $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $23,750 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards include both $2,000 and $50,000 gifts, showing a spread from small general-support grants to larger anchor awards.
Giving is national, but Florida is the top state by grant count, with 25% of grants going to recipients there. Recent recipients are spread across several U.S. states, including New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, New York, and California.
No. The foundation is listed as not funding individuals directly, and the recent grants are all to nonprofit organizations, including scholarship foundations and community groups.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION | ROCHELLE PARK, NJ | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION | ROCHELLE PARK, NJ | $20,000 | 2025 | GENRAL SUPPORT |
| LEVA PATIDAR SAMAJ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | BRENTWOOD, TN | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ASE FOUNDATION | LEESBURG, VA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LIVINGSTON NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS | ROSELAND, NJ | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ACLD FOUNDATION | BETHPAGE, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| THE VISHAL RAJU BHAGAT FOUNDATION | KINGVILLE, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| RIKER HILL HSA | LIVINGSTON, NJ | $2,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LEUVA PATIDAR SAMAJ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | BRENTWOOD, TN | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION | ROCHELLE PARK, FL | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHO FOUNDATION | DURHAM, NC | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORTGENERAL SUPPORT |
| TINY SMILING FACES | HORSEHEAD, NY | $2,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| LEUVA PATIDAR SAMAJ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | BRENTWOOD, TN | $50,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORT |
| SUGAR FREE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | $15,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| CITTA | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MIRACLE FOUNDATION | AUSTIN, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ASE FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| KAILASH MEDICAL FOUNDATION | DUBLIN, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ISKCON | NAPERVILLE, IL | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORTGENERAL SUPPORT |
| ACLD FOUNDATION | BOCA RATON, FL | $2,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
LEVA PATIDAR SAMAJ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ASE FOUNDATION
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
LIVINGSTON NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ACLD FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
THE VISHAL RAJU BHAGAT FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
RIKER HILL HSA
$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT
LEUVA PATIDAR SAMAJ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION
$50,000GENERAL SUPPORT
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHO FOUNDATION
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORTGENERAL SUPPORT
TINY SMILING FACES
$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT
LEUVA PATIDAR SAMAJ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
$50,000SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORT
SUGAR FREE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
$15,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ASE FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
KAILASH MEDICAL FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ISKCON
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORTGENERAL SUPPORT
ACLD FOUNDATION
$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT