Minnesota · Private foundation
Saras Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $110k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $101,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Saras Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1000 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $110k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $108k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $108k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $57k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $386,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Hammer Residences Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center Inc | $4,545 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnetonka Curtain Call Club | $4,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Layyasaaram Institute Ofindian Arts | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community for the Commons | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Minnetonka Association | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| India Association of Minnesota | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $386,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Hammer Residences Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center Inc | $4,545 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnetonka Curtain Call Club | $4,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Layyasaaram Institute Ofindian Arts | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community for the Commons | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Minnetonka Association | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| India Association of Minnesota | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Internet Archive | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Saras Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Saras Foundation
- How much does Saras Foundation give?
- Saras Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $109,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Saras Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%), Health (4%), Religion (2%).
- Who are Saras Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Northwestern University ($387k), Hammer Residences Inc ($13k), University of Minnesota Foundation ($10k).
- Does Saras Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Saras Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Saras Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Saras Foundation based?
- Saras Foundation is based in MN.
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