Some of the largest U.S. nonprofit organizations focused on India and overseas Indians operate in virtual obscurity, a Little India analysis of the revenues and assets of nearly 2,000 Indian nonprofits has found.
Gospel for Asia and Mission India, which promote Christianity in India, with $58 million and $11 million in revenues respectively in 2008 are the largest nonprofits focused on India. They are followed by the far better known Pratham ($10 million) and the American India Foundation ($10 million). But the fifth largest Indian foundation by revenues, the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation ($9.6 million), which provides interest free loans to college students in Texas, remains virtually unknown to most Indian Americans.
The Little India investigation identified 49 Indian nonprofits with annual revenues exceeding $1 million, ranging from the well known Seva Foundation ($4 million), Asha for Education $3.3 million), Sankara Eye Foundation ($3 million) and Share and Care Foundation ($2.2 million) to such virtual unknowns as Bodhgaya Religious Trust ($4 million), Dakshana Foundation ($2.6 million), The Prem Rawat Foundation ($2.4 million), the Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team ($2 million), etc.
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With almost $21 million in assets, the India Community Center of Milpitas, Calif., is by far the largest Indian nonprofit by assets. It is followed by the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation ($16 million), Gospel for Asia ($13 million), Indian Muslim Relief And Charities ($13 million), Pratham USA $11 million), Art of Living Foundation ($10 million) and the American India Foundation ($9 million). In all 61 Indian nonprofits and foundations had assets in excess on $1 million.
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Largest Indian Foundations by Revenues |
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Organization
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Revenues |
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1 |
Gospel for Asia, Carrollton TX |
$58,404,573 |
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2 |
Mission India, Grand Rapids MI |
$11,620,648 |
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3 |
Pratham USA, Houston TX |
$10,038,984 |
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4 |
American India Foundation, New York NY |
$9,967,646 |
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5 |
Bhupat And Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation, Houston TX |
$9,616,923 |
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6 |
Art Of Living Foundation, Santa Barbara CA |
$6,698,588 |
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7 |
Himalayan Cataract Project, Waterbury VT |
$5,066,811 |
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8 |
India Community Center, Milpitas CA |
$4,848,613 |
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9 |
Iit Bombay Heritage Fund, Cupertino CA |
$4,309,085 |
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10 |
South Asia International Educational Services Foundation, Preton NJ |
$4,273,082 |
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11 |
Seva Foundation, Berkeley CA |
$4,175,929 |
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12 |
India Gospel League, North America, Hudson OH |
$4,161,945 |
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13 |
Bodhgaya Religious, Berkeley CA |
$4,051,360 |
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14 |
Telugu Association Of North America, Houston TX |
$3,543,996 |
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15 |
Indian Muslim Relief And Charities, Palo Alto CA |
$3,366,865 |
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16 |
Ekal Vidyalay Foundation Of Usa, Houston TX |
$3,365,900 |
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17 |
Asha For Education, New York NY |
$3,309,197 |
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18 |
Ved Vignan Mahavidyapeeth, San Antonio TX |
$3,282,210 |
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19 |
BAPS Charities, Piscataway NJ |
$3,123,854 |
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20 |
Sankara Eye Foundation USA, Milpitas CA |
$2,925,435 |
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21 |
Isha Foundation, Mcminnville TN |
$2,900,266 |
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22 |
Nithyananda Foundation, Fremont CA |
$2,693,322 |
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23 |
Dakshana Foundation, Irvine CA |
$2,574,721 |
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24 |
The Prem Rawat Foundation, Los Angeles CA |
$2,441,746 |
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25 |
American Association Of Physicians From India, Oak Brook IL |
$2,234,160 |
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26 |
Share And Care Foundation For India, Paramus NJ |
$2,229,051 |
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27 |
Visiontrust International , Colorado Springs CO |
$2,160,902 |
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28 |
Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, Rockville MD |
$2,126,936 |
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29 |
Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, Stoneham MA |
$2,120,163 |
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30 |
India National Inland Mission, Forest VA |
$1,967,595 |
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31 |
Amrita International Medical Services Project, Castro Valley CA |
$1,927,630 |
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32 |
KW International, Mukilteo WA |
$1,821,075 |
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33 |
American Telugu Association, Naperville IL |
$1,683,303 |
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34 |
Reaching Indians Ministries International, Round Lake Beach IL |
$1,677,699 |
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35 |
India House, Houston TX |
$1,614,102 |
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36 |
Friends Of The Indian School Of Business Foundation, New York NY |
$1,436,502 |
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37 |
IIT Madras Alumni Association Of North America, Houston TX |
$1,422,059 |
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38 |
India Cultural Association, Grayslake IL |
$1,358,923 |
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39 |
India Development And Relief Fund, N Bethesda MD |
$1,313,304 |
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40 |
India Gospel Outreach, Rch Cucamonga CA |
$1,278,428 |
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41 |
Indian American Foundation, New York NY |
$1,214,609 |
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42 |
Advaita Society Sri Rama Foundation, Santa Cruz CA |
$1,196,130 |
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43 |
South Asian Youth Action Saya, Elmhurst NY |
$1,160,106 |
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44 |
All India Movement Aim For Seva, Saylorsburg PA |
$1,138,909 |
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45 |
American Service To India Medical & Edu. Foundation, Costa Mesa CA |
$1,132,878 |
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46 |
Association For Indias Development, College Park MD |
$1,116,419 |
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47 |
Friends Of The India Christian Ministries, Dana Point CA |
$1,075,514 |
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48 |
American Council Of Asian Christian Academy Of India, Austin TX |
$1,067,031 |
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49 |
Calcutta Mercy Ministries, Salt Lake Cty UT |
$1,029,037 |
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Source: Guidestar. Only organizations with $1 million in revenues in 2007 or
2008 whose predominant focus is on India or Indian Americans are included. |
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Largest Indian Foundations by Assets |
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Organization
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Assets |
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India Community Center, Milpitas CA |
$20,807,765 |
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Bhupat And Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation, Houston TX |
$16,051,517 |
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Gospel for Asia, Carrollton TX |
$13,049,488 |
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Editor\'s Note: World Vision ($1.5 billion in 2007 revenues) and Gospel Fellowship Trust are excluded from the list because their predominant focus is not India or overseas Indians. Plan India is excluded because it is not a U.S.-based charity. Gospel for Asia does not report its financial data publicly and was therefore not in the original list. Little India requested and Gospel for Asia provided its financial statements and as a result the information has been updated to include the organization.
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