The Arhant Social Foundation concentrates on education and basic needs, with a strong emphasis on literacy and primary schooling plus health and village-level development in India. It also supports U.S.-based human services projects such as homelessness infrastructure and youth health programs, favoring programmatic and capital grants that create or scale direct-service interventions. The foundation shows a preference for a small number of sizable commitments to mission-aligned organizations rather than many tiny gifts.
A defining feature of The Arhant Social Foundation Inc is its repeated backing for literacy work that combines curriculum development with operating support. In 2025, it gave $1,550,000 to Success for All Foundation Inc for a reading curriculum to support literacy improvement in schools, alongside operating support. That same year, it made a $760,943 grant to Roanoke Area Ministries for the purchase and renovation of a building for a homeless shelter, showing that the foundation also funds physical infrastructure for direct service delivery. Across its recent grants, the foundation supports education, basic needs, child and maternal health, rural development, and anti-trafficking work. Its giving reaches both U.S. service organizations and India-based groups, with recurring commitments to organizations such as Education Support Organization, Advit Foundation, and UNICEF. The pattern suggests a funder that favors programmatic and capital grants aimed at expanding services rather than one-off symbolic gifts. Several grants are structured to build capacity or improve facilities, including school-based reading programs, village water access, and mobile health services. The result is a grant profile centered on practical interventions for children, families, and underserved communities.
Education is the clearest theme in the foundation’s grant history. It gave $222,978 to Education Support Organization for elementary education for children in slum communities of Luknow and Ahmedabad, India, and $50,000 to Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA for rural education and empowerment in rural villages of India. For literacy-specific work, it awarded $100,000 to Success for All Foundation in 2023 for development of education programs to support literacy achievement of children. Basic needs and public health are also recurring. The foundation granted $172,811 to Advit Foundation for rain water storage and village development to improve water access in Rajasthan, India, and $77,000 to Helpage India for a mobile health unit in rural Punjab serving an elderly population. It also gave $200,000 to UNICEF USA for maternal neonatal tetanus elimination. In U.S. human services, it funded Boys and Girls Club of Appalachia for a school-based healthy choices program and Polaris Project for anti-trafficking measures.
$3.3M
$229.2M
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$3.6M
Most grants fall between $6K and $55K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$55K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MD.
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Arhant Social Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 27 | $3.4M | 50.9% |
| 2 | India |
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Concentrated giving with several large multi-hundred-thousand-dollar grants driving totals; repeated multi-year support to core education and India-focused grantees alongside selective domestic capital and youth-health grants.
Notable grantees: Success For All Foundation, Education Support Organization, Advit Foundation, UNICEF / UNICEF USA, Roanoke Area Ministries
Typical grants cluster in the five-figure range, with a p25 of $5,750, a median of $18,000, and a p75 of $54,875. The distribution includes a small number of larger commitments, including seven-figure support in 2025, alongside many mid-sized program grants. Recipients appear across multiple years: Success for All Foundation, Advit Foundation, Education Support Organization, and UNICEF-related grantees all received more than one grant. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The recent record shows grantmaking through operating support, program support, reimbursement, and capital or equipment-focused awards.
Grant recipients are split between the United States and India, with 56.2% of grants going to U.S. organizations and 43.8% to India. Virginia is the top state by grant count, reflecting repeated giving to organizations in Roanoke and other Virginia-linked recipients. Outside the U.S., recent grants concentrate in Indian cities and regions such as Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Haryana, Janakpuri, and Punjab. The recipient pattern shows a mix of U.S. human services organizations and India-based education, health, and village development groups.
The foundation supports education, basic needs, child and maternal health, rural development, homelessness services, and anti-trafficking work. Recent grants include elementary education in slum communities, a homeless shelter renovation, a mobile health unit for elderly residents in rural Punjab, and village water-access projects in Rajasthan.
Typical grants fall in the five-figure range. The reported distribution is p25 of $5,750, a median of $18,000, and p75 of $54,875. The recent record also includes larger commitments, such as a $1,550,000 grant and a $760,943 grant.
Yes. Recent grants show repeat support for several organizations across multiple years, including Success for All Foundation, Advit Foundation, Education Support Organization, and UNICEF-related grantees. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than strictly one-time awards.
Virginia is the top state by grant count. Recent Virginia recipients include Roanoke Area Ministries, Virginia Transformer Corporation, Ram House, and Boys and Girls Club of Appalachia. The recipient-country distribution is split between the U.S. and India.
It funds a mix of operating support, program support, capital projects, reimbursement, and equipment purchases. Recent examples include operating support for a literacy organization, renovation of a building for a homeless shelter, a grant for a mobile health unit, and reimbursements for scholarships.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 26 |
| $2.3M |
49.1% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC | BALTIMORE, MD | $1,550,000 | 2025 | GRANT TO CREATE READING CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT LITERACY IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOLS AND FOR OPERATING SUPPORT |
| ROANOKE AREA MINISTRIES | ROANOKE, VA | $760,943 | 2025 | GRANT FOR PURCHASE AND RENOVATION OF BUILDING FOR HOMELESS SHELTER |
| EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION | AHMEDABAD | $222,978 | 2025 | GRANT TO PROVIDE ELEMENATRY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN SLUM COMMUNITIES OF LUKNOW AND AHMEDABAD INDIA |
| UNICEF USA | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | GRANT FOR MATERNAL NEONATAL TETANUS ELIMINATION - 2ND INSTALLMENT |
| ADVIT FOUNDATION | HARYANA | $172,811 | 2025 | GRANT FOR RAIN WATER STORAGE AND VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE WATER ACCESS IN RAJASTHAN INDIA |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF APPALACHIA | HARLAN, KY | $130,000 | 2025 | TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM IN HARLAN COUNTY SCHOOLS TO INCREASE HEALTHY CHOICES RELATED TO SMOKING, DRUG USE, RELATIONSHIPS |
| HELPAGE INDIA | NEW DELHI | $77,000 | 2025 | GRANT FOR A MOBILE HEALTH UNIT IN RURAL PUNJAB TO PROVIDE BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES TO ELDERLY POPULATION OF 2000 PEOPLE/YEAR |
| EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA | HOUSTON, TX | $50,000 | 2025 | DONATION FOR RURAL EDUCATION/EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL VILLAGES OF INDIA |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HELPAGE INDIA INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT DISADVANTED ELDERLY IN RURAL VILLAGES OF INDIA |
| DEEPALAYA | JANAKPURI, NE | $45,301 | 2025 | GRANTS |
| EDU GIRLS INC | BETHESDA, MD | $15,000 | 2025 | DONATION FOR GIRL EDUCATION SUPPORT IN INDIA |
| RISE AGAINST HUNGER | RALEIGH, NC | $12,000 | 2025 | HUNGER RELIEF |
| MERCY SHIPS | GARDEN VALLEY, TX | $12,000 | 2025 | HOSPITAL SHIPS TO BRING FREE SURGERIES AND MEDICAL TRAINING TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF HOPKINSVILLE CHRISTIAN COUNTY INC | HOPKINSVILLE, KY | $3,200 | 2025 | SUMMER FIELD TRIP FOR 100 YOUTH |
| ADVIT FOUNDATION | HARYANA | $135,500 | 2024 | GRANT FOR RAIN WATER STORAGE AND VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE WATER ACCESS IN RAJASTHAN INDIA |
| EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION | AHMEDABAD | $114,000 | 2024 | GRANT TO PROVIDE ELEMENATRY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN SLUM COMMUNITIES OF LUKNOW AND AHMEDABAD INDIA |
| SUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION | BALTIMORE, MD | $100,000 | 2024 | GRANT TO CREATE READING CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT LITERACY IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOLS AND FOR OPERATING SUPPORT |
| HELP AGE INDIA | NEW DELHI | $45,590 | 2024 | GRANT FOR A MOBILE HEALTH UNIT IN RURAL PUNJAB TO PROVIDE BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES TO ELDERLY POPULATION OF 2000 PEOPLE/YEAR |
| THAKERSHY CHARITABLE TRUST | AHMEDABAD | $43,000 | 2024 | GRANT FOR PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR JS HOSPITAL EXPANSION SERVING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN INDIA |
| ED U GIRLS ORGANIZATION | BETHESDA, MD | $5,000 | 2024 | EDUCATION SUPPORT TO DISADVANTAGED GIRLS IN INDIA |
| UNICEF | NEW YORK, NY | $225,000 | 2023 | HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN |
| CARE INDIA SOLUTIONS | NEW DELHI | $150,000 | 2023 | COVID RESPONSE IN INDIA |
| SUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION | BALTIMORE, MD | $100,000 | 2023 | DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT OF CHILDREN |
| VIRGINIA TRANSFORMER CORPORATION | ROANOKE, VA | $55,500 | 2023 | REIMBURSEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS |
| EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION | AHMEDABAD | $53,000 | 2023 | ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SUPPORT TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN INDIA |
| GYAN SHALA | AHMEDABAD, GU | $53,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION SUPPORT IN INDIA |
| ADVIT FOUNDATION | HARYANA | $21,431 | 2023 | WATER ACCESS PROJECTS IN INDIA |
| POLARIS PROJECT | WASHINGTON, DC | $20,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING MEASURES |
| ADVIT FOUNDATION | GURUGRAM | $16,000 | 2023 | WATER ACCESS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT |
| ROANOKE AREA MINISTRIES | ROANOKE, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS POPULATION IN ROANOKE, VA |
| THE BAIL PROJECT | PASADENA, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | BAIL ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE |
| CHARITY GLOBAL INC | HAGERSTOWN, MD | $10,000 | 2023 | IMPROVE WATER ACCESS IN RURAL/ARID AREAS WHERE WATER SCARCITY IS A PROBLEM |
| RAM HOUSE | ROANOKE, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | SERVICES FOR HOMELESS |
| INTERNATIONAL DIGAMBER JAIN ORGANIZATION | CHANTILLY, VA | $8,000 | 2023 | PROMOTE JAIN FAITH RELATED RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES |
| ED GIRLS | BETHESDA, MD | $5,000 | 2023 | EDUCATION SUPPORT IN INDIA |
| RENU FORUM FOR THE ARTS | KENDALL PARK, NJ | $5,000 | 2023 | INDIAN PERFORMING ARTS |
| GUARDIANS OF EFFINGHAM ANIMAL RESERVE | SPRINGFIELD, GA | $2,000 | 2023 | ANIMAL RESCUE |
| GUARDIANS OF EFFINGHAM ANIMAL RESERVE | SPRINGFIELD, GA | $2,000 | 2023 | ANIMAL RESCUE |
| THE SAMUEL L ASBURY FOUNDATION | ATLANTA, GA | $1,000 | 2023 | METAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION |
| WAMU PUBLIC RADIO | WASHINGTON, DC | $500 | 2023 | PUBLIC RADIO |
SUCCESS FOR ALL FOUNDATION INC
$1,550,000GRANT TO CREATE READING CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT LITERACY IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOLS AND FOR OPERATING SUPPORT
GRANT FOR PURCHASE AND RENOVATION OF BUILDING FOR HOMELESS SHELTER
EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION
$222,978GRANT TO PROVIDE ELEMENATRY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN SLUM COMMUNITIES OF LUKNOW AND AHMEDABAD INDIA
UNICEF USA
$200,000GRANT FOR MATERNAL NEONATAL TETANUS ELIMINATION - 2ND INSTALLMENT
ADVIT FOUNDATION
$172,811GRANT FOR RAIN WATER STORAGE AND VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE WATER ACCESS IN RAJASTHAN INDIA
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF APPALACHIA
$130,000TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM IN HARLAN COUNTY SCHOOLS TO INCREASE HEALTHY CHOICES RELATED TO SMOKING, DRUG USE, RELATIONSHIPS
HELPAGE INDIA
$77,000GRANT FOR A MOBILE HEALTH UNIT IN RURAL PUNJAB TO PROVIDE BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES TO ELDERLY POPULATION OF 2000 PEOPLE/YEAR
DONATION FOR RURAL EDUCATION/EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL VILLAGES OF INDIA
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HELPAGE INDIA INC
$50,000TO SUPPORT DISADVANTED ELDERLY IN RURAL VILLAGES OF INDIA
DEEPALAYA
$45,301GRANTS
MERCY SHIPS
$12,000HOSPITAL SHIPS TO BRING FREE SURGERIES AND MEDICAL TRAINING TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
SUMMER FIELD TRIP FOR 100 YOUTH
ADVIT FOUNDATION
$135,500GRANT FOR RAIN WATER STORAGE AND VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE WATER ACCESS IN RAJASTHAN INDIA
EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION
$114,000GRANT TO PROVIDE ELEMENATRY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN SLUM COMMUNITIES OF LUKNOW AND AHMEDABAD INDIA
GRANT TO CREATE READING CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT LITERACY IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOLS AND FOR OPERATING SUPPORT
HELP AGE INDIA
$45,590GRANT FOR A MOBILE HEALTH UNIT IN RURAL PUNJAB TO PROVIDE BASIC MEDICAL SERVICES TO ELDERLY POPULATION OF 2000 PEOPLE/YEAR
THAKERSHY CHARITABLE TRUST
$43,000GRANT FOR PURCHASE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR JS HOSPITAL EXPANSION SERVING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN INDIA
UNICEF
$225,000HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN
CARE INDIA SOLUTIONS
$150,000COVID RESPONSE IN INDIA
DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT OF CHILDREN
VIRGINIA TRANSFORMER CORPORATION
$55,500REIMBURSEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS
EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION
$53,000ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SUPPORT TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN INDIA
GYAN SHALA
$53,000EDUCATION SUPPORT IN INDIA
ADVIT FOUNDATION
$21,431WATER ACCESS PROJECTS IN INDIA
ADVIT FOUNDATION
$16,000WATER ACCESS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
IMPROVE WATER ACCESS IN RURAL/ARID AREAS WHERE WATER SCARCITY IS A PROBLEM
INTERNATIONAL DIGAMBER JAIN ORGANIZATION
$8,000PROMOTE JAIN FAITH RELATED RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
ED GIRLS
$5,000EDUCATION SUPPORT IN INDIA
RENU FORUM FOR THE ARTS
$5,000INDIAN PERFORMING ARTS
GUARDIANS OF EFFINGHAM ANIMAL RESERVE
$2,000ANIMAL RESCUE
GUARDIANS OF EFFINGHAM ANIMAL RESERVE
$2,000ANIMAL RESCUE
THE SAMUEL L ASBURY FOUNDATION
$1,000METAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
WAMU PUBLIC RADIO
$500PUBLIC RADIO