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The Sharma Foundation at a glance

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The Sharma 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.

$238k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$892kFood & Nutrition$215kPhilanthropy$165kEducation$162kHousing & Shelter$140kPublic Safety & Disaster$115kHuman Services$111kInternational$56kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $163k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIM VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - HILTON HEAD$50,000
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$30,000
DURANGO EDUCATION FOUNDATION$25,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CENTER$20,000
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER DURANGO$20,000
MANNA - SOUP KITCHEN$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
UCSB FOUNDATION$12,500
VOLUNTEER CENTER - SOUTH BAY$10,000
BABY2BABY$10,000
BEACON HILL$5,000
CONQHER INC$4,500
TEXAS ENTREPRENEUR ECOSYSTEM$4,000
HAKING INNOVATION$3,000
FUTURE READY FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%STOREY LANE INDEPENDENT LIVING: $1k → 8%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $3k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: $2k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: $2k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: $2k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: $2k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: $2k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: $1k → 14%ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS: $800 → 14%STAND 4 SISTERHOOD: $2k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
SC
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 40 repeat orgs$408k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
38

Total granted

$1.5M
$387k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+14%

Still filing today

35%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyEducationPublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MT
    MANNA - THE DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN
    3× · 2023–2025 · $65k · revenue +55%
  • DE
    Durango Education Foundation
    3× · 2023–2025 · $55k · revenue +56%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $45k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • United Way of Greater Houston
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +5%
  • WC
    WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • DR
    DIRECT RELIEF - PUERTO RICO
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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
Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc

Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to help people with barriers to employment build skills, find jobs and reach their goals in life so that they can reach their full potential and experience…

Employment
2
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
3
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
4
Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity Inc

Dallas area habitat for humanity, inc. is a nondenominational christian not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to sponsor specific projects in habitat development for the dallas, texas area. modest but adequate housing, new or…

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5
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
6
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
7
Dallas Innovation Alliance

The Dallas Innovation Alliance (DIA) is a 501(c)(3) public-private consortium of public, private, civic and academia to support smart city initiatives in Dallas. Our definition of a Smart City is one at the intersection of community, data…

Community Improvement
8
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
9
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
10
United Way of Brazoria County

To educate, unite and focus our community's resources in order to efficiently address the most critical needs of Brazoria County

Philanthropy
11
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc

Uwmd is a community-based social change organization that unites the community to create lasting change. for 100 years, we've brought together passionate change-makers, alongside corporate, civic and nonprofit partners, to strengthen…

Philanthropy
12
Housing Forward

Housing forward leads in the development and implementation of an effective homeless response system to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring in dallas and collin counties.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is God's Love We Deliver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stand 4 Sisterhood. 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

37 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. 37 of the 86 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
28/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIM VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $375,000 · OtherVIM VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINEVIM VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - HILTON HEAD: $200,000 · OtherVIM VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - HILTON HEADMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherMANNA - THE DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN: $65,000 · OtherHILTON HEAD HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $65,000 · OtherMERCY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherVIM VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE - GREATER BLUFFTON JASPER COUNTY: $55,000 · Other+63 more: $624,900 · Other+63 moreUnited Way of Greater Houston: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $15,300 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,600 · PhilanthropyWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $45,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $20,000 · International+1 more: $2,600 · InternationalDurango Education Foundation: $55,000 · EducationBEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE: $17,500 · EducationHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $25,000 · EnvironmentGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,519,900Philanthropy$142,900International$87,600Education$72,500Environment$55,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Housing & Shelter$30,000

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 budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANNA - THE DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN: $65,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDurango Education Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE: $17,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $15,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAlliance For Progress: $11,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL ANGELS OF THE WOODLANDS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Resource Center in Durango: $9,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSTAND 4 SISTERHOOD: $7,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVICKERY MEADOW YOUTH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2,600 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAIRLINE AMBASSADORS INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHUNDRED CLUB OF DURANGO: $2,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHONEYDROP FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetFAMILY COMPASS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRONTIERS OF FLIGHT MUSEUM INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWEIMARANER RESCUE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED MEGACARE INC: $1,600 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSTOREY LANE INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEDUCATION OPENS DOORS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK ACCOUNTANTS INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE CORPS: $800 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCHILD POVERTY ACTION LAB: $800 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds United Way of Greater Houston ↗
  • Who funds MANNA - THE DURANGO SOUP KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Durango Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of the Lowcountry ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds BEACON HILL PREPARATORY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LA PLATA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Alliance For Progress ↗

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.

Communities Foundatio…United Way of Metropo…The Dallas FoundationW P & Bulah Luse Foun…Texas Women's Foundat…Texas Instruments Fou…The Hoglund FoundationThe Addy FoundationHoblitzelle FoundationHillcrest FoundationMeadows Foundation IncThe Moody Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX21.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Hoglund Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · The Moody 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 The Sharma Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sharma Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 86 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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