Chowdary Family Foundation
Allentown, PA · EIN 23-7716358. Reported 215 grants totalling $185,736 to 102 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Chowdary Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $300 and $1,000; the smallest was $52 and the largest $7,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Health Network | Allentown, PA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley | Allentown, PA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vrushamani Foundation | Hyderabad, Telangana | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Services for Children | Allentown, PA | $8,460 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hyderabad | Hyderabad, Telangana | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hyderabad Cleft | Hyderabad, Telangana | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healing the Children | Hawthorne, NJ | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hyderabad Cleft Society | Hyderabad, Telangana | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Katie's House | Newton, NJ | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hindu Temple Society | Allentown, PA | $4,229 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Smiles | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Operation Smile | Virginia Beach, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arsha Vidya Pitham | Saylorsburg, PA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sakhi for South Asian Women | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lower Macungie Library | Macungie, PA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allentown Rescue Mission | Allentown, PA | $2,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Allentown, PA | $2,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| USO | Washington, DC | $2,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Allentown, PA | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation | Raritan, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Msmf US | Raritan, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Hershey, PA | $1,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $1,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | $1,550 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Civic Theater of Allentown | Allentown, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Guide Dog Foundation | Smithtown, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| PBS 39 Wlvt-Tv | Bethlehem, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sixth Street Shelter | Allentown, PA | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,375 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Nazareth, PA | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of America | Atlanta, GA | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Operation Homefront | San Antonio, TX | $1,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Jude Research Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Akshaya Patra | Canoga Park, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camelot for Children | Allentown, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial | Shanksville, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lvhn | Allentown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sakhi for South Asian Survivors | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics | Norristown, PA | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals of Eastern Pa | Allentown, PA | $880 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ms | Philadelphia, PA | $850 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Americares | Stamford, CT | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cay Galgon Life House | Bethlehem, PA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good Shepherd | Allentown, PA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lower Macungie Fire Dept | Wescosville, PA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercy Corps | Boone, IA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Macungie Ambulance Corp | Macungie, PA | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lehigh Valley Humane Society | Allentown, PA | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Als Association | Washington, DC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $525 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civic Theatre of Allentown | Allentown, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Easter Seals Easten Pa | Allentown, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flight 93 National Memorial | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Four Kids Foundation | Allen, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guiding Eyes Dog Foundation | Yorktown Heights, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lehigh Valley Public Media PBS | Bethlehem, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unhcr | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iaalv | Allentown, PA | $345 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind | San Rafael, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lehigh County Humane Society | Allentown, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Chantily, VA | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Hope | Bethesda, MD | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Als Association | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Food for the Hungry | Phoenix, AZ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 913 Wlvr | Bethlehem, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $195 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $152 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Als Association | Arlington, VA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| AARP | Long Beach, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Diabetic Association | Merrifield, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Parkinsons Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ASPCA | Allentown, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenpeace | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jerusalem Western Salisbury Church | Allentown, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medical Teams International | Portland, OR | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mustang Club of America | Hatfield, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteers of America | Harrisburg, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
60 of 102 (59%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 73%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Lehigh Valley Health Network
PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC FUND - Healing the Children
SHARE THE GOOD CELEBRATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 97 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $41,776 | $500 |
| 2022 | 54 | $51,031 | $500 |
| 2023 | 51 | $43,978 | $500 |
| 2024 | 62 | $48,951 | $500 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 39% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- 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 Chowdary Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 4115 Pheasant Court, Allentown, PA, 18103. 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.
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