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Chandhok Charitable Trust

Denver, CO · EIN 75-6465433. Reported 72 grants totalling $70,720 to 48 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$70,720granted, 2021-2025
48recipients, as named on its returns
28%of grantees funded again the next year
$151,078assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Chandhok Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $300 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $5,300. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
42 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
29 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Community Services AgencyMountain View, CA$9,500332025
Upaya Zen CenterSanta Fe, NM$8,000442024
Amistad Law ProjectPhiladelphia, PA$5,600222022
Elizabeth Peabody HouseSomerville, MA$4,500442025
California Social LabsIrvine, CA$4,000222025
Palestine Children's Relief FundLos Angeles, CA$3,500112024
Mountain View Community Services AgencyMountain View, CA$3,000112022
National Network of Abortion FundsBeaverton, OR$3,000442024
Tides Center - Palestine LegalChicago, IL$2,500112023
Rip Medical DebtLong Island City, NY$2,000332023
Brooklyn Defender ServicesBrooklyn, NY$1,500332023
Community Help in Park Slope IncBrooklyn, NY$1,500222025
Envision Freedom FundBrooklyn, NY$1,500112021
Humankind LaLos Angeles, CA$1,500112023
NAACP Legal Defense & Education FundNew York, NY$1,500112024
Science Club for GirlsCambridge, MA$1,500112024
Colorado Coalition for the HomelessDenver, CO$1,300222024
Academic Games League of AmericaJupiter, FL$1,000112025
Last Hope K9 RescueBoston, MA$1,000112021
Presence in CommunitySaint Augustine, FL$1,000112025
Swigert International SchoolDenver, CO$1,000112025
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$1,000112021
Foundation for Advancement of Haitian MidwivesNew York, NY$700332023
Decarcerate PaPhiladelphia, PA$600222022
ACLU Foundation of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA$500112023
Allied Media ProjectsDetroit, MI$500112022
Changing Woman InitiativeAlbuquerque, NM$500112021
Equality TexasAustin, TX$500112022
Hope CommunitiesDenver, CO$500112023
Hour Children IncAstoria, NY$500222022
Pregnancy JusticeNew York, NY$500112022
PropublicaNew York, NY$500112023
Prospect Park AllianceBrooklyn, NY$500112023
Sylvia Rivera Law ProjectNew York, NY$500222022
Transgender Education Network of TexasAustin, TX$500112022
All Hands and HeartsMattapoisett, MA$300112024
Colorado Immigrant Rights CoalitionDenver, CO$300112024
National Advocates for Pregnant WomenNew York, NY$300112021
Youth Art & Self-Empowerment ProjectPhiladelphia, PA$300112023
Bluestockings Community Support IncNew York, NY$250112023
Prevention Point PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$250112021
The Ali Forney CenterNew York, NY$250112021
The DoorNew York, NY$250112021
Vermont Workers CenterBurlington, VT$250112021
Susu Community FarmBrattleboro, VT$200112021
Women's Medical FundPhiladelphia, PA$150112021
The Roots of MusicNew Orleans, LA$120112024
Lensic Performing Arts CenterSanta Fe, NM$100112025

14 of 48 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 28%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 49 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
15 grants
Civil Rights
8 grants
Crime & Legal
5 grants
Environment
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants
Arts & Culture
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Education
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202121$17,000$300
202216$12,350$500
202316$14,750$500
202411$16,520$1,500
20258$10,100$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

30% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

California
$22K
New York
$12K
New Mexico
$9K
Massachusetts
$7K
Pennsylvania
$7K
Colorado
$3K
Oregon
$3K
Illinois
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc25 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund24 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc21 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program21 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust16 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Chandhok Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 2656 Tamarac St, Denver, CO, 80238. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 75-6465433 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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