Deshpande Foundation

An entrepreneurship foundation founded by Jaishree and Gururaj Deshpande that funds innovation centers and startup ecosystems across the United States, Canada and India, betting that communities thrive when more people are excited to solve problems.

Financial profile

Deshpande Foundation · EIN 20-8520739 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$-226,805$0$6,008$842,802$13,509,379Jun 2023
FY2022$126,792$0$0$711,056$13,992,874Jun 2022
FY2021$113,626$0$0$1,331,277$15,243,254Jun 2021
FY2020$123,612$0$0$1,191,518$12,432,986Jun 2020
FY2019$138,452$0$0$524,624$13,619,512Jun 2019
FY2018$202,724$0$0$1,087,054$13,471,420Jun 2018

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Peer societies

Five societies Deshpande Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs DF

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The outside view

An entrepreneurship foundation founded by Jaishree and Gururaj Deshpande that funds innovation centers and startup ecosystems across the United States, Canada and India, betting that communities thrive when more people are excited to solve problems.

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Frontier

At home at the edge of what comes next.

The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.

Also reads toward The Movement and The Guild.

Strengths

→You move toward the unknown while others wait for certainty.
→Decisions are made and acted on, and momentum rarely stalls in committee.
→Your field watches you for what's next, not what came before.

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