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Tark Family Foundation at a glance

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Tark Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$118k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$134kHuman Services$98kEducation$89kYouth Development$84kAnimals$83kHealth$46kPhilanthropy$27kSocial Science$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $66k
$8,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHILABUNDANCE$23,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$11,500
CANINE COMPANIONS$11,500
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
TALAMPAIS STRAWBERRY PRESCHOOL$8,000
BEAM$8,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$8,000
SMART FIT GIRLS$7,700
BABES FEST INC DBA FUTURE FRONT TEXAS$7,650
OUT YOUTH$7,650
CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%NORTH BAY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
IL
NY
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
NC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$330k · 7 repeat orgs$278k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$330k
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+49%

Still filing today

57%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Philabundance
    5× · 2020–2024 · $108k · revenue +0%
  • SF
    SMART FIT GIRLS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $44k · revenue +113% · 62% of their budget
  • OY
    Out Youth Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $32k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • SF
    SIMON'S FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $27k
  • LF
    Lighthouse Family Retreat Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $27k · revenue +49%
  • K9S FOR WARRIORS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +87%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Mentis

Mentis provides bilingual professional mental health services to people throughout the county of every age, stage, and income level.

Human Services
4
Brighter Bites Inc

To create communities of health through fresh food. Brighter Bites seeks to improve health outcomes among children and families in under-resourced communities by using data-driven, evidence-based strategies for providing fresh produce and…

Food & Nutrition
5
Nurses for Newborns

Nurses for newborns (the organization) is a not-for-profit missouri corporation whose purpose is to provide home-based services to promote the health, safety, and well-being of babies and their families. the organization has two branches…

Human Services
6
Oncology and Kids Inc

To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.

Human Services
7
Share Our Strength

All children and families deserve to live free from hunger and poverty. we're going to make that happen. we're helping communities feed children with our no kid hungry campaign and addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty. it's a…

Unclassified
8
Emanate Health Hospice

Our mission is to help people keep well in body, mind, and spirit by providing quality health care services in a safe, compassionate environment.

Human Services
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
11
Emanate Health

Our mission is to help people keep well in body, mind, and spirit by providing quality health care services in a safe, compassionate environment.

Health
12
Livin Foundation

Prevent suicide by creating quality connections through everyday conversations about mental health, by way of programs and partnerships.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL: $61,000 · OtherLOYOLA BLAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOLBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY: $30,000 · OtherBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERYSIMON'S FUND: $27,000 · OtherSIMON'S FUNDRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $25,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSECANINE COMPANIONS: $11,500 · OtherCARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $8,500 · OtherLIFEWORKS: $8,350 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $11,500 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · OtherRAASIN IN THE SUN: $8,350 · Other+6 more: $41,650 · Other+6 morePhilabundance: $108,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanceCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $12,500 · Food & NutritionCentral Texas Food Bank…Our Shared Kitchen Inc: $8,000 · Food & NutritionOur Shared Kitchen IncCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $46,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIO…THE ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDA: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE ALLISON BRU…NORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNORTH BAY CHILD…SMART FIT GIRLS INC: $44,350 · Youth DevelopmentSMART FIT GIRL…Out Youth Inc: $31,850 · Youth DevelopmentOut Youth IncLighthouse Family Retreat Inc: $27,000 · HealthMaternity Care Coalition: $8,000 · HealthHOPE CONNECTIONS FOR CANCER SUPPORT INC: $2,500 · HealthK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $25,000 · AnimalsNBCC FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · Social Science
Other$242,850Food & Nutrition$128,500Human Services$81,000Youth Development$76,200Health$37,500Animals$25,000Social Science$17,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPhilabundance: $108,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $46,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMART FIT GIRLS INC: $44,350 over 5y, 62% of budgetOut Youth Inc: $31,850 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY: $30,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetLighthouse Family Retreat Inc: $27,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ALLISON BRUNDICK HARAMIS FOUNDA: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetNBCC FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAASIN IN THE SUN: $8,350 over 1y, 18% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Shared Kitchen Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE CONNECTIONS FOR CANCER SUPPORT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tark Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tark Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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