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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 87-4549199

Shah Happiness Foundation

A private foundation in Orange, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $829,175 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $829,175

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,328,511

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,250,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,146,039

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,240,746

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    To support the university of pennsylvania as a leading academic, research, and service institution.

    $500,000
  2. Jivan Jyot Drug BankMumbai, India

    Jivan-jyot drug bank is a foreign organization. An equivalency determination was obtained from a qualified tax practitioner, confirming that jivan-jyot drug bank is the equivalent of a u.s. Public charity under irc section 501(c)(3) and qualifies as a public charity described in section 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(a)(vi) of the internal revenue code. Accordingly, expenditure responsibility was not required for this grant.

    $280,250
  3. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan USA IncMumbai, India

    Bharatiya vidya bhavan is a foreign organization. An equivalency determination was obtained from a qualified tax practitioner, confirming that bharatiya vidya bhavan is the equivalent of a u.s. Public charity under irc section 501(c)(3) and qualifies as a public charity described in section 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(a)(ii) of the internal revenue code. Accordingly, expenditure responsibility was not required for this grant.

    $34,000
  4. Creating Care FoundationAnaheim, CA

    To carry out programs to improve the quality of school facilities, health centers and help people in poverty with food aid.

    $14,925

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $500,00097% of the total
  2. Public affairs1 grant $14,9253% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania1 grant $500,000
  2. California1 grant $14,925

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Manahar ShahDIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Chandrika ShahDIRECTOR; SECRETARY; TREASURER Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Rupesh ShahDIRECTOR; VICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Rajesh ShahDIRECTOR; VICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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