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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 94-3055731

Amar Foundation

A private foundation in San Jose, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $1.8 million paid in grants.

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

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $1,754,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $10,966,657
  • Tax year 2023

    $5,775,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $11,285,368
  • Tax year 2022

    $9,029,600

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $11,688,948
  • Tax year 2021

    $8,030,470

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $20,727,880
  • Tax year 2020

    $10,890,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $10,192,905
  • Tax year 2019

    $9,935,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $5,063,554
  • Tax year 2018

    $11,429,843

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,481,257

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

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

  1. Integrative Bioinformatics IncMountain View, CA

    Support for educational and scientific purposes, also utilize fund for research "identification of switches/traps in ME/CFS nitrogen metabolism".

    $700,000
  2. Individual

    Support for research in studying how reactive oxygen specis (ROS) cause inflammation.

    $654,000
  3. Simmaron Research IncIncline VLG, NV

    To fund trial of "Low-Does Rampamycin in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome".

    $200,000
  4. Rigas Stradins UniversityRiga, Latvia

    Support for study and research of SARS CoV-2 and infectious origin of chronic fatigue syndrome, and understanding potential infectious triggers and mitochondrial dysfunction in ME.CFS.

    $200,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Medical research1 grant $200,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $700,000
  2. Nevada1 grant $200,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Neeru Khosla co McCabe TotahPresident Hours 2Pay $0
  • Vinod Khosla co McCabe TotahSecretary Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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