Desai Sethi Foundation Inc

Historical Funder

Miami, Florida · EIN 90-0820145 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2024)$2.1M

Organizations funded41

Typical grant$50,000

Total assets$196.6M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $50,000.

From the return

How to apply

The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):

Contact	GEMMA LENOWITZ
Address	866 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA UNIT 555, NEW YORK NY 100171855
Phone	6464809321
Email	GEMMA@SAMVID.VENTURES
Form and materials	PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.SAMVID.VENTURES/SOCIAL-ENTERPRISE/ REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
Deadlines	PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.SAMVID.VENTURES/SOCIAL-ENTERPRISE/ REGARDING SUBMISSION DEADLINES.
Restrictions	PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.SAMVID.VENTURES/SOCIAL-ENTERPRISE/ REGARDING RESTICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS.

Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education40
Health1
Homelessness1

Where it gives

97% of grants went outside Florida.

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$100,000
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$75,000
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$75,000
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$75,000
Harvard Medical School	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Law School	Cambridge, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Law School	Cambridge, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Law School	Cambridge, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Medical School	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Medical School	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Medical School Henrike Schm	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Medical School Siona Prasad	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Stanford Graduate School of Busines	Stanford, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Stanford Graduate School of Busines	Stanford, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 3	$50,000
Harvard Medical School Faraan Rahim	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Stanford Graduate School of Busines	Stanford, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Stanford Graduate School of Busines	Stanford, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Stanford Graduate School of Busines	Stanford, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Yale Law School	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Yale School of Medicine Devaughn El	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$50,000
Harvard Medical School	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$34,897
Stanford University	Stanford, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$33,103
Harvard Business School Itf Bervell	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 2	$25,000
Yale Law School Itf de Los Santos O	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 2	$25,000
Yale Law School Itf Fox Ashlee	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 2	$25,000
Yale Law School Itf Geismar Natalie	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 2	$25,000
Yale Law School Itf Yang Kevin	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 2	$25,000
Yale School of Medicine Itf Richmon	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 2	$25,000
Harvard Law School Goldberg Carlee	Cambridge, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$25,000
Harvard Business School	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$21,950
University of California Ift Winkle	Los Angeles, CA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 2	$13,742
Yale Law School Marchena Claudia	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$12,375
Miami Rescue Mission Clinic Inc	Miami, FL	Grant - general operating support for homeless shelter	$5,000
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$4,533
Harvard Medical School	Boston, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$3,715
Yale Law School Pagon Claudia	New Haven, CT	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 4	$1,265
Massachusetts Institute of Technolo	Cambridge, MA	Scholarship - samvid scholars program - cohort 5	$203

The return also lists 28 grants to individuals ($460,208). We do not publish the names of individual recipients.

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$2,090,991	69
2023	$1,644,655	200

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 13, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202513169349104001
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 90-0820145
Profile updated Nov 5, 2026

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