Delaware · Private foundation
The Sharda Family 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.
- $99k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Sharda Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | $99k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $58k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $82k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian American Business Impact Group Foundation | $91,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Indo-American Center Inc | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tie Foundation | $36,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blossoms For Pink | $10,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Bowie State University Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nepali American Community Center | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Northern Virginia Bengali Association | $6,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Pratham USA | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sewa International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian American Business Impact Group Foundation | $91,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Indo-American Center Inc | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tie Foundation | $36,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blossoms For Pink | $10,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Bowie State University Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nepali American Community Center | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Northern Virginia Bengali Association | $6,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Pratham USA | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sewa International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Iit Alumni Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edu-Girls Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Womens Empowerment Network | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Everyones Library | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sewa USA | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sri Sathyanarayanaswamy Seva Sannid | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sharda Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Sharda Family Foundation
- How much does The Sharda Family Foundation give?
- The Sharda Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $99,035 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Sharda Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (65%), Religion (13%), Education (9%).
- Who are The Sharda Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Indian American Business Impact Group Foundation ($91k), Indo-American Center Inc ($37k), Tie Foundation ($36k).
- Does The Sharda Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sharda Family 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 The Sharda Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Sharda Family Foundation based?
- The Sharda Family Foundation is based in DE.
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