The Hirani Family Foundation concentrates its giving on international child-focused humanitarian work, overwhelmingly supporting Hands for an African Child through multiple gifts, with a smaller, one-off grant to the Aga Khan Foundation. The pattern suggests a donor-driven interest in direct charitable relief and development programs abroad, especially child welfare in Africa.
Highly concentrated and donor-directed: few total grants, large dollars to a single repeat grantee (multiple gifts to Hands for an African Child) with only occasional one-off support to another international development organization.
The Hirani Family Foundation’s recent giving is shaped by repeated support for Hands for an African Child, which received the largest grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern stands out in a small portfolio of charitable grants that mix international child-focused work with a limited set of U.S.-based community and education gifts. The foundation gave $175,000 in 2023, $150,000 in 2024, and $133,175 in 2025 to Hands for an African Child, all recorded as charitable grants. A smaller international grant also went to the Aga Khan Foundation in Washington, DC, while other awards supported organizations in Sacramento, Folsom, Roseville, and Lutherville. The recurring support to one grantee suggests a concentrated grantmaking style rather than broad dispersed funding. The foundation’s profile in the recent grants list is defined less by many different recipients than by a few repeated relationships, especially around child welfare and humanitarian work connected to Africa. Alongside those grants, it also appears in local community support through smaller awards to historical, social service, and memorial fund organizations.
Child welfare and protection in Africa is the clearest theme in the foundation’s giving. Hands for an African Child received $175,000 in 2023, $150,000 in 2024, and $133,175 in 2025. International development and humanitarian work also appears in a 2023 grant of $25,000 to the Aga Khan Foundation in Washington, DC. The portfolio is not limited to overseas work: the foundation also funded local civic and educational organizations, including $20,000 gifts in 2023, 2024, and 2025 to University of Foundation at Sacrame in Sacramento, and a $10,000 grant in 2023 to Folsom Historical Society. Smaller awards to St Vincent De Paul Society of Place and Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund show additional support for community-facing charitable activity.
Typical grants cluster in the small-to-mid range, with a p25 of $5,000, median of $20,000, and p75 of $25,000. The foundation’s recent record also shows repeat funding rather than one-time awards: Hands for an African Child appears in three consecutive years, University of Foundation at Sacrame appears in three consecutive years, Folsom Historical Society appears in two years, and Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund appears in three years. This points to a donor-directed pattern with ongoing relationships. The grants are charitable, and the foundation does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
$163K
$8.1M
$588K
$200K
Most grants fall between $5K and $25K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$25K
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Notable grantees: Hands for an African Child, Aga Khan Foundation, One additional small international charity (single smaller grant)
Most grants land in California, which accounts for 67% of grants and is also the top state by grant count. Recipient cities in the recent list include Folsom, Sacramento, and Roseville, showing a strong local footprint in the state. The foundation also gave to organizations outside California, including Washington, DC, and Lutherville, MD. All recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients.
Its clearest focus is child welfare and protection in Africa, driven by repeated grants to Hands for an African Child in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation also funds international humanitarian and development work, plus some local community and educational organizations in California.
Yes. Hands for an African Child received three consecutive grants of $175,000, $150,000, and $133,175. University of Foundation at Sacrame also appears in three consecutive years at $20,000 each, and Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 at $5,000 each.
The grant size distribution is fairly compact: p25 is $5,000, the median is $20,000, and p75 is $25,000. That indicates the foundation often gives in the low-thousands to mid-tens-of-thousands range, alongside a few much larger awards.
California receives 67% of the foundation’s grants, and recent recipient cities include Folsom, Sacramento, and Roseville. The foundation also made grants to Washington, DC, and Lutherville, MD, but the bulk of its giving stays in California.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hands for an African Child | Folsom, CA | $133,175 | 2025 | Charitable |
| University of Foundation at Sacrame | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | Charitable |
| Folsom Historical Society | Folsom, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | Charitable |
| Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund | Lutherville, MD | $5,000 | 2025 | Charitable |
| Hands for an African Child | Folsom, CA | $150,000 | 2024 | Charitable |
| University of Foundation at Sacrame | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | Charitable |
| St Vincent De Paul Society of Place | Roseville, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | Charitable |
| Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund | Lutherville, MD | $5,000 | 2024 | Charitable |
| Hands for an African Child | Folsom, CA | $175,000 | 2023 | Charitable |
| Aga Khan Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 2023 | Charitable |
| University of Foundation at Sacrame | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2023 | Charitable |
| Folsom Historical Society | Folsom, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | Charitable |
| Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund | Lutherville, MD | $5,000 | 2023 | Charitable |
University of Foundation at Sacrame
$20,000Charitable
Folsom Historical Society
$5,000Charitable
University of Foundation at Sacrame
Charitable
St Vincent De Paul Society of Place
$5,000Charitable
University of Foundation at Sacrame
$20,000Charitable
Folsom Historical Society
$10,000Charitable