Public Charity

Maker Bhavan Foundation

Maker Bhavan Foundation is a Public Charity headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $941K revenue, $648K expenses, $640K total assets. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $765K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 822933252 Palo Alto, CA Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$941K
Total Expenses$648K
Total Assets$640K
Grant Records7
Funding Total$765K
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

To enable Stem Education in India to train students to be innovative and job-ready upon graduation. The foundation acts as a global resource for Indian engineering colleges to provide access to tools, equipment, financial resources, and knowledge so that the education imparted is more relevant and responsive to the real life needs of students and society at large.

Sample Grants Received

$100,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$15,000
$100,000
IIT Gandhinagar Foundation
2021
In collaboration with Maker Bhavan Foundation and IITGN University, the grant is provided to significantly improve and enhance all aspects of teaching Soft Skills at IITGN utilizing Active Learning pedagogy. To achieve this goal, US based Active Learning Sciences Inc. has developed several full semester courses including Communication, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Basic Finance and other courses to teach at IITGN.
$400,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
2021
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$45,000

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Officers & Directors

Director Ajay Lavakare
Secretary Ashish Vengsarkar
Chairman Dr Hemant Kanakia
Director Dr Ranbir Singh
Director Dr Ravi Mariwala
Director Dr Timothy Gonsalves

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Top Grant Purposes

In collaboration with Maker Bhavan Foundation and IITGN University, the grant is provided to significantly improve and enhance all aspects of teaching Soft Skills at IITGN utilizing Active Learning pedagogy. To achieve this goal, US based Active Learning Sciences Inc. has developed several full semester courses including Communication, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Basic Finance and other courses to teach at IITGN.
$400,000 1 grant
EDUCATION
$200,000 2 grants
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$164,792 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $941K $648K $640K
2023 $602K $497K $348K
2022 $479K $712K $246K
2021 $1.1M $688K $475K
2020 $549K $555K $34K

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $549K to $941K (+71%), with total assets most recently reported at $640K.

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