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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-3249538

Divide by Zero Foundation

A private foundation in Dallas, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 14 grants and $121,500 paid in grants.

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

    $121,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,324,711
  • Tax year 2024

    $113,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,410,521
  • Tax year 2023

    $97,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,390,885
  • Tax year 2022

    $105,801

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,469,397
  • Tax year 2021

    $72,172

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,559,731
  • Tax year 2020

    $89,972

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,144,576
  • Tax year 2019

    $81,672

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,224,201
  • Tax year 2018

    $79,672

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,231,342

Grants paid in 2025

14 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. KeraDallas, TX

    Social assistance

    $20,000
  2. North Texas Food BankPlano, TX

    Social assistance

    $15,000
  3. World Cental KitchenWashington, DC

    Social assistance

    $15,000
  4. Doctors Without BordersNew York, NY

    Medical relief services

    $15,000
  5. Parish Episcopal SchoolDallas, TX

    Education assistance

    $15,000
  6. Nanubhai Education FoundationWarner Robins, GA

    Education and social assistance

    $10,000
  7. Kansas University EndowmentLawrence, KS

    Education assistance

    $10,000
  8. Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY

    Social and medical assistance

    $5,000
  9. Great Commission OutreachFrisco, TX

    Social assistance

    $5,000
  10. Terlingua Fire & EMSTerlingua, TX

    Social assistance

    $3,000
  11. Visiting Nurse AssociationDallas, TX

    Social and medical assistance

    $2,500
  12. Operation KindnessCarrollton, TX

    Social assistance

    $2,500
  13. Big Bend Natural History AssociationBG BND NTL PK, TX

    Education & conservation

    $2,000
  14. Akshaya Patra Foundation USAFremont, CA

    Education and social assistance

    $1,500

Where the money goes

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

  1. International aid2 grants $25,00064% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $10,00026% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $2,5006% of the total
  4. Food and agriculture1 grant $1,5004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas8 grants $65,000
  2. New York2 grants $20,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $15,000
  4. Georgia1 grant $10,000
  5. Kansas1 grant $10,000
  6. California1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Hemant VankawalaPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ketaki VankawalaTRES/SEC Hours 1Pay $0
  • Raj ShahMEMBER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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