· Private foundation
Sarkes and Mary Tarzian Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $133k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $285k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INDIANA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND | $125,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC LIBERAL EDUCATION | $80,000 |
| ST PAUL STREET EVANGELISM | $80,000 |
| ST PAUL CATHOLIC CENTERFOCUS | $25,000 |
| JAMES WILSON INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL RIGHTS | $25,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES | $20,000 |
| BLOOMINGTON SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL | $20,000 |
| NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER | $17,500 |
| INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE | $15,000 |
| FRANCISCAN CENTER OF FORT WAYNE | $10,000 |
| FORT WAYNE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL | $7,500 |
| CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTER CHATTNOOGA | $6,000 |
| FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION | $5,000 |
| HANNAH CENTER | $5,000 |
| SYCAMORE LAND TRUST | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IRINDIANA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +218% · 63% of their budget
- TITHE INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES8× · 2018–2025 · $213k · revenue +188%
- JEJM EDUCATIONAL GROUP3× · 2023–2025 · $210k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- SJST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +74%
- SBSAINT BENEDICT CLASSICAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL CORPORATIONone grant, 2019 · $51k
- TCTHE CHARLOTTE LOZIER INSTITUTEone grant, 2017 · $25k
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.
To educate the public about abortion
Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.
Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
The catholic education foundation is dedicated to the growth and vitality of catholic education in the archdiocese of louisville. the foundation advances its mission primarily through tuition assistance grants to families who cannot afford…
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.
The american civil liberties union of indiana seeks to promote, protect, and defend the rights, liberties, and freedoms guaranteed to all people in our state by the united states and indiana constitutions.
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 49 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 INDIANA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND ↗
- Who funds THE INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES ↗
- Who funds JM EDUCATIONAL GROUP ↗
- Who funds MOTHER HUBBARDS CUPBOARD INC ↗
- Who funds THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC ↗
- Who funds American Spectator Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds BLOOMINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Indianapolis Children's Choir ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL INC ↗
- Who funds HEALTHNET INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Humane Society for Hamilton County ↗
- Who funds Susan B Anthony List Education Fund ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BLOOMINGTON INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION OF THE MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 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: Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Curry Family Foundation Inc · The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc · Boston Scientific Foundation Inc · Freeman-Spicer Charities · United Way of South Central Indiana · Asante Foundation Inc · Mary Cross Tippmann Foundation · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sarkes and Mary Tarzian Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sarkes and Mary Tarzian Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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