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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-2624382

Arsr Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Cupertino, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $369,000 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

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $369,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,469,247
  • Tax year 2024

    $279,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $5,224,881
  • Tax year 2023

    $253,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $5,141,217
  • Tax year 2022

    $159,400

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $4,599,517
  • Tax year 2021

    $34,150

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,289,634

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. India Development and Relief FundGaithersburg, MD

    Educational purposes

    $269,500
  2. Sankara Nethralaya USADerwood, MD

    Educational purposes

    $37,500
  3. Bhuvana FoundationNashville, TN

    Educational purposes

    $31,000
  4. Open Organization to Provide EducationAldie, VA

    Educational purposes

    $20,000
  5. Heading Avenue FranciscansWest Peoria, IL

    Educational purposes

    $6,000
  6. Challenge to ConquerLos Altos Hills, CA

    Educational purposes

    $5,000

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 $269,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland2 grants $307,000
  2. Tennessee1 grant $31,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $20,000
  4. Illinois1 grant $6,000
  5. California1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Shankar KrishnanPRESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $20,000
  • Subha Shree RameshVICE PRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Shanthi VaidyanathanDIRECTOR, INTERNAL AUDITOR Hours 3Pay $9,000
  • Murali RamachandranSECRETARY Hours 3Pay $6,000
  • Ajay RameshTREASURER Hours 3Pay $3,500

The return

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