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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 99-2865479

The Nayar Foundation

A private foundation in Lombard, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 13 grants and $257,000 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $257,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $6,589,423

  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

13 grants, largest first

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

  1. FWD US Education FundWashington, DC

    Program support

    $32,000
  2. Global Whole Being FundAlameda, CA

    Program support

    $32,000
  3. Individual

    General support

    $32,000
  4. Individual

    Program support

    $32,000
  5. The Rebuild FoundationChicago, IL

    General support

    $25,000
  6. New York Foundation for the ArtsNew York, NY

    Program support

    $23,500
  7. Individual

    General support

    $15,000
  8. Individual

    General support

    $15,000
  9. Individual

    General support

    $15,000
  10. Rosy Simas DanseMinneapolis, MN

    General support

    $12,500
  11. Scapegoat GardenHartford, CT

    Program support

    $12,500
  12. Urban Growers CollectiveChicago, IL

    General support

    $10,000
  13. Hyde Park Art CenterChicago, IL

    General support

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $36,50046% of the total
  2. International aid1 grant $32,00041% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture1 grant $10,00013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois3 grants $35,500
  2. California1 grant $32,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $32,000
  4. New York1 grant $23,500
  5. Connecticut1 grant $12,500
  6. Minnesota1 grant $12,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Dahlia Maria Nayar-ButlerPRES & DIR Hours 20Pay $0
  • Teresa NayarSEC & DIR Hours 3Pay $0
  • Sharmila Rao ThakkarTRES & DIR Hours 20Pay $36,638

The return

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