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Nonprofits List: 49 Indian nonprofits have annual revenues exceeding $1 million.

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Some of the largest U.S. nonprofit organizations focused on India and overseas Indians operate in virtual obscurity, a Little India analysis of the revenues and assets of nearly 2,000 Indian nonprofits has found.

Gospel for Asia and Mission India, which promote Christianity in India, with $58 million and $11 million in revenues respectively in 2008 are the largest nonprofits focused on India. They are followed by the far better known Pratham ($10 million) and the American India Foundation ($10 million). But the fifth largest Indian foundation by revenues, the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation ($9.6 million), which provides interest free loans to college students in Texas, remains virtually unknown to most Indian Americans.

The Little India investigation identified 49 Indian nonprofits with annual revenues exceeding $1 million, ranging from the well known Seva Foundation ($4 million), Asha for Education $3.3 million), Sankara Eye Foundation ($3 million) and Share and Care Foundation ($2.2 million) to such virtual unknowns as Bodhgaya Religious Trust ($4 million), Dakshana Foundation ($2.6 million), The Prem Rawat Foundation ($2.4 million), the Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team ($2 million), etc.

 

With almost $21 million in assets, the India Community Center of Milpitas, Calif., is by far the largest Indian nonprofit by assets. It is followed by the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation ($16 million), Gospel for Asia ($13 million), Indian Muslim Relief And Charities ($13 million), Pratham USA $11 million), Art of Living Foundation ($10 million) and the American India Foundation ($9 million). In all 61 Indian nonprofits and foundations had assets in excess on $1 million.

  Largest Indian Foundations by Revenues  
 
Organization
Revenues
1 Gospel for Asia, Carrollton TX $58,404,573
2 Mission India, Grand Rapids MI $11,620,648
3 Pratham USA, Houston TX $10,038,984
4 American India Foundation, New York NY $9,967,646
5 Bhupat And Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation, Houston TX $9,616,923
6 Art Of Living Foundation, Santa Barbara CA $6,698,588
7 Himalayan Cataract Project, Waterbury VT $5,066,811
8 India Community Center, Milpitas CA $4,848,613
9 Iit Bombay Heritage Fund, Cupertino CA $4,309,085
10 South Asia International Educational Services Foundation, Preton NJ $4,273,082
11 Seva Foundation, Berkeley CA $4,175,929
12 India Gospel League, North America, Hudson OH $4,161,945
13 Bodhgaya Religious, Berkeley CA $4,051,360
14 Telugu Association Of North America, Houston TX $3,543,996
15 Indian Muslim Relief And Charities, Palo Alto CA $3,366,865
16 Ekal Vidyalay Foundation Of Usa, Houston TX $3,365,900
17 Asha For Education, New York NY $3,309,197
18 Ved Vignan Mahavidyapeeth, San Antonio TX $3,282,210
19 BAPS Charities, Piscataway NJ $3,123,854
20 Sankara Eye Foundation USA, Milpitas CA $2,925,435
21 Isha Foundation, Mcminnville TN $2,900,266
22 Nithyananda Foundation, Fremont CA $2,693,322
23 Dakshana Foundation, Irvine CA $2,574,721
24 The Prem Rawat Foundation, Los Angeles CA $2,441,746
25 American Association Of Physicians From India, Oak Brook IL $2,234,160
26 Share And Care Foundation For India, Paramus NJ $2,229,051
27 Visiontrust International , Colorado Springs CO $2,160,902
28 Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, Rockville MD $2,126,936
29 Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, Stoneham MA $2,120,163
30 India National Inland Mission, Forest VA $1,967,595
31 Amrita International Medical Services Project, Castro Valley CA $1,927,630
32 KW International, Mukilteo WA $1,821,075
33 American Telugu Association, Naperville IL $1,683,303
34 Reaching Indians Ministries International, Round Lake Beach IL $1,677,699
35 India House, Houston TX $1,614,102
36 Friends Of The Indian School Of Business Foundation, New York NY $1,436,502
37 IIT Madras Alumni Association Of North America, Houston TX $1,422,059
38 India Cultural Association, Grayslake IL $1,358,923
39 India Development And Relief Fund, N Bethesda MD $1,313,304
40 India Gospel Outreach, Rch Cucamonga CA $1,278,428
41 Indian American Foundation, New York NY $1,214,609
42 Advaita Society Sri Rama Foundation, Santa Cruz CA $1,196,130
43 South Asian Youth Action Saya, Elmhurst NY $1,160,106
44 All India Movement Aim For Seva, Saylorsburg PA $1,138,909
45 American Service To India Medical & Edu.  Foundation, Costa Mesa  CA $1,132,878
46 Association For Indias Development, College Park MD $1,116,419
47 Friends Of The India Christian Ministries, Dana Point CA $1,075,514
48 American Council Of Asian Christian Academy Of India, Austin  TX $1,067,031
49 Calcutta Mercy Ministries, Salt Lake Cty UT $1,029,037
Source: Guidestar. Only organizations with $1 million in revenues in 2007 or
2008 whose predominant focus is on India or Indian Americans are included.
     
     
     
  Largest Indian Foundations by Assets  
 

Organization

Assets

1 India Community Center, Milpitas CA $20,807,765
2 Bhupat And Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation, Houston TX $16,051,517
3 Gospel for Asia, Carrollton TX $13,049,488

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