· Private foundation
Nathan and Shelly Sarkisian Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k3 grants · $3k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Loaves Fishes | $29,000 |
| Immanual Lutheran Church | $25,934 |
| 2nd Harvest of Silicon Valley | $20,000 |
| Family Supportive Housing | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| KQED | $2,006 |
| Arthritis Foundation | $500 |
| Girls on the Run of the Bay Area | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
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 FY2020, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FSFAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INC2× · 2017–2020 · $14k · revenue +45%
- FLFRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC2× · 2017–2019 · $11k · revenue +110%
- TCTHE CARTER CENTER INC2× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $7k
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-USone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -32%- NGNEW GENERATIONSgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +32%
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.
Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.
Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.
Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…
Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…
MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…
Who we are - silicon valley education foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties.…
The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…
The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
The mission of fresh start women's foundation is to provide access and resources that help women achieve self-sufficiency and use their strength to thrive. we do this work in pursuit of our vision to create unlimited opportunities for…
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 25 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 FAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH LIFELINES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SCHOLARMATCH INC ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
- Who funds KQED INC ↗
- Who funds NEW GENERATIONS ↗
- Who funds SUTTER BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CITYTEAM MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds Girls on the Run of the Bay Area Inc ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nathan and Shelly Sarkisian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nathan and Shelly Sarkisian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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