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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-2239474

Arvind and Sowmya Thvar Foundation

A private foundation in Los Altos, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $64,396 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $64,396

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $921,772

  • Tax year 2024

    $26,162

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $975,474

  • Tax year 2023

    $79,241

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $932,641

  • Tax year 2022

    $75,984

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $965,012

  • Tax year 2021

    $88,719

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,012,879

  • Tax year 2020

    $74,634

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,108,362

  • Tax year 2019

    $70,202

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,178,381

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

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

  1. IIT Madras FoundationCupertino, CA

    General Support

    $50,000
  2. Foundation for ExcellenceSanta Clara, CA

    General Support

    $10,000
  3. Individual

    General Support

    $2,894
  4. Shirdi Sai ParivaarMilpitas, CA

    General Support

    $1,001
  5. Individual

    General Support

    $501

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $50,00098% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $1,0012% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California3 grants $61,001

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Sowmya ThvarPres/Dir Hours 10Pay $0
  • Arvind ParthasarathiTreas/Dir Hours 10Pay $0

The return

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