· Private foundation
Ashok & Sharada Sarnaik Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Ashok & Sharada Sarnaik Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Ashok & Sharada Sarnaik Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $5k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNICEF | $1,000 |
| GLEANERS | $1,000 |
| CHM FOUNDATION | $600 |
| SCDDA MICHIGAN CHAPTER ANNUAL WALK | $500 |
| CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN | $500 |
| FORGOTTEN HARVEST | $500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $200 |
| FESTIVAL OF TREES | $200 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $50 |
| MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 68% of grant dollars ($435k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 32% that went abroad ($207k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 32% of all-years giving ($207k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSCDDA MICHIGAN CHAPTER ANNUAL WALK3× · 2018–2020 · $1k
- FOFESTIVAL OF TREES INC2× · 2018–2019 · $1k · revenue +4%
- SCSICKLE CELL DISEASE ASSOCIATION2× · 2017–2021 · $750
Funded once
- CPCANCER PATIENT AID ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2017 · $160k
- WSWAYNE STATE HIGH PROGRAMone grant, 2017 · $25k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $16k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
The mission of the michigan health endowment fund is to improve the health of michigan residents, with special emphasis on the health and wellness of children and seniors, while reducing the cost of health care.
To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.
UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…
To effectively communicate science based information on food safety, nutrition, and health for the public good.
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds FESTIVAL OF TREES INC ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds Swim Across America Inc ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ashok & Sharada Sarnaik Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ashok & Sharada Sarnaik Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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