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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3647794

Kashiba Desai Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in San Jose, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $225,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $225,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $300,860

  • Tax year 2024

    $154,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $393,394

  • Tax year 2023

    $184,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $384,460

  • Tax year 2022

    $129,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $499,692

  • Tax year 2021

    $86,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $572,619

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $609,069

  • Tax year 2019

    $53,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $550,355

  • Tax year 2018

    $26,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $531,849

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Sitanjali FoundationSanta Ana, CA

    Charity

    $220,000
  2. American Heart AssociationDallas, TX

    Charity

    $1,000
  3. UNICEF US FundWashington, DC

    Charity

    $1,000
  4. Individual

    Charity

    $1,000
  5. Charitable Care FoundationMemphis, TN

    Charity

    $1,000
  6. American Red CrossWashington, DC

    Charity

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid1 grant $220,00099% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $1,000<1% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $220,000
  2. District of Columbia2 grants $2,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $1,000
  4. Texas1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Thakorbhai C DesaiPresident & CFO Hours 1Pay $0
  • Bharti T DesaiSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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