Adish And Asha Jain Foundation Inc.

The Adish And Asha Jain Foundation Inc. is a small family foundation based in West Berlin, New Jersey, founded and funded by Adish and Asha Jain. Its publicly stated mission, per adishandashajainfoundation.org, is to "enhance the quality of human life through quality education and empowerment, with a focus on children, with a goal of uplifting girls, and creating self-reliant communities," with a vision of "a world where every child has access to education, health, and opportunity, and every village is self-sustaining." The foundation is NTEE-classified as P12 (Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution) and concentrates on village development, digital education, health programs, and cultural initiatives — with substantial programmatic activity in India as well as the United States. Strategy is highly founder-driven: Adish (MBA/Engineering, Fortune 500 career) and Asha (Master's in Language, Engineering degree, Interior Design diploma) personally visit communities, guide local leaders, and ensure each program "builds long-term self-reliance." The website is explicitly hand-built ("Site made with love by the founders' grandchildren"), which signals an intimate, trust-based grantmaking model rather than an institutional one.

Per Form 990 filings on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, the foundation's assets have grown rapidly since inception — from just $1 in 2014 to $5,964,459 at FY2024 year-end. Revenue peaked at $1.40M (2022), and the last four years show a clear growth-then-deployment pattern: $1.15M revenue / $173K expenses (2021), $1.40M / $579K (2022), $1.33M / $323K (2023), $991K / $432K (2024). Expense ratio (expenses / assets) has stayed between 4% and 13%, with FY2024 at roughly 7.2%, above the 5% federal minimum payout — suggesting the foundation is both receiving fresh contributions and actively distributing. Zero liabilities across every year indicate clean, debt-free operations. Grant sizes are not published on the website, but given $432K in FY2024 expenses (which includes administrative costs for a small family foundation with likely minimal overhead), annual grantmaking likely falls in the $300K–$500K range across a small number of program partners in education, village development, and health.

The Jain Foundation is a young, fast-growing South Asian diaspora family foundation with a clear India-plus-US programmatic footprint. Peer comparison against similarly sized diaspora/family foundations (FY2024 data, public 990 filings):

Unlike operating nonprofits such as Pratham USA or AIF, the Jain Foundation is a pure grantmaker/family-directed entity, closer in model to early-stage family foundations like the Srikant and Amita Datar Family Foundation or similarly scaled US-based Indian-American philanthropies. Its asset growth curve (from $1 to nearly $6M in a decade) tracks other family foundations capitalized by ongoing founder contributions rather than a single endowment event.

ProPublica confirms continuous Form 990 filings through FY2024 (Dec 2024). FY2024 revenue dropped to $991K from $1.33M in 2023, while expenses climbed to $432K from $323K — consistent with a foundation moving from accumulation mode toward heavier deployment. The website's most recent visible content is a 2025 copyright notice and an "Introduction Video" anchored on the homepage, but the site is brochure-style with no news feed, grantee list, or application portal. Because the foundation is small and family-operated, program activity is likely announced via Adish and Asha Jain's personal networks (LinkedIn, Indian-American community events) rather than press releases. As of April 2026, no third-party news coverage of a specific grant, partnership, or leadership change has been published; programs appear to continue in the established areas (digital education, village development, health, cultural initiatives), with the founders personally visiting community sites and guiding local leaders.

1) Do not apply cold — the Jain Foundation website has no grant portal, no guidelines, and no application form. This is a founder-directed funder where personal trust and site visits drive decisions. 2) If your work is in girls' education, rural/village development, digital education, or health in India, draft a concise one-page letter describing your organization, a specific proposed project, the measurable impact on girls or village self-reliance, and a budget in the $25K–$100K range; mail it to 36 Remington Dr, West Berlin, NJ 08091 or request an email address via the site's Contact page. 3) Lead with lived experience and local partnerships — the founders' own bios emphasize that Adish and Asha personally visit communities and "ensure that each program builds long-term self-reliance." A proposal that describes local leadership, women's agency, and a self-sustaining mechanism will resonate far better than a generic charity pitch. 4) Indian-registered organizations should have FCRA registration in order before reaching out; US-based 501(c)(3) intermediaries that can wire to Indian partners are also an acceptable pathway. 5) Keep the cultural frame in mind — the website specifically highlights "cultural initiatives" alongside education and health, so arts and heritage programs with a direct community-empowerment tie are in scope. 6) Pull the FY2023 or FY2024 Form 990 Schedule I (via ProPublica, EIN 47-1833801) to see actual grantees and typical award size before tailoring your ask.