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The Tharani Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Tharani Family Foundation Inc

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.

$16k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$17kAnimals$9kEducation$7kArts & Culture$6kPublic Benefit$6kYouth Development$6kHuman Services$5kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION$5,000
THE HINDU WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK$3,000
SAMMY GELBAND FOUNDATION$2,001
FIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM$1,000
NEW JERSEY GOLF FOUNDATION$1,000
ZARA'S CENTER$1,000
THE RAMS CLUB$1,000
BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE$1,000
NEW YORK STATE HONORARY FIRE CHIEF ASSOCIATION$750
PART PF THE SOLUTION$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FROSTED FACES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%THE HINDU WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: $3k → 6%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%THE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%NATIONAL EATING DISORDER: $1k → 5%NATIONAL LINK TRUST: $1k → 14%K9S FOR WARRIORS: $1k → 6%TO SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE: $1k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY: $1k → 13%VGA GOLF: $1k → 10%NEW JERSEY GOLF FOUNDATION: $1k → 5%DOG LOVER RESCUE: $1k → 7%NJSGA CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP: $1k → 10%CHRISTINA SEIX ACADEMY: $1k → 11%SAMMY GELBAND FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%OPERATION DEMOCRACY INC: $1k → 6%THE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%NATIONAL EATING DISORDER: $1k → 5%NATIONAL LINK TRUST: $1k → 14%PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY: $1k → 13%VGA GOLF: $1k → 10%DOG LOVER RESCUE: $1k → 7%NJSGA CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP: $1k → 10%THE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%NATIONAL LINK TRUST: $1k → 14%PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%THE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%DOG LOVER RESCUE: $1k → 7%NJSGA CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP: $1k → 10%THE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%NATIONAL LINK TRUST: $1k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $5k → 15%THE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 10%NJSGA CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP: $1k → 10%THE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $1k → 15%VFW POST: $1k → 10%NATIONAL LINK TRUST: $1k → 14%MIAMI DADE ANIMAL SERVICES: $1k → 15%THE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 10%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREAT WASHINGTON: $3k → 14%UNICEF GALA: $5k → 17%ZARA'S CENTER: $1k → 17%THE RESOLUTION PROJECT INC: $2k → 17%NEW YORK STATE HONORARY FIRE CHIEF ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%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

NY
MA
NJ
CA
MD
NC
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$53k · 14 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
23

Total granted

$53k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+62%

Still filing today

64%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsRecreation & SportsHealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • PT
    PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +20%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +96%
  • NL
    NATIONAL LINKS TRUST
    4× · 2020–2023 · $5k · revenue +476%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -34%
  • TR
    THE RESOLUTION PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +217%
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
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
New York Dental Affiliates Pc

Operating as an integral part of the nyc health + hospitals ("h+h"), formerly the new york city health and hospitals corporation. nyda will further h+h's tax-exempt charitable, scientific, and educational purposes by enhancing the…

Health
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
World Golf Foundation Inc

To unite the golf industry around initiatives that promote, enhance the growth of and provide access to the game worldwide, while preserving golf's traditional values and passing them on to others. it accomplishes its mission through: 1.…

Recreation & Sports
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Griffin Moody Scholarship Fund. 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

32 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. 32 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherSammy Gelband Foundation: $2,001 · OtherHINDU WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: $3,000 · OtherHINDU WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORKJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $2,500 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTONTHE RESOLUTION PROJECT INC: $1,500 · Other+17 more: $11,428 · Other+17 morePGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · Recreation & SportsPGA TOUR FIRST…USGA FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsUSGA FOUNDATIO…FIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsFIGURE SKATING…STREETSQUASH INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsSTREETSQUASH I…The New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsThe New Jersey…THE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE UNION LEAG…NATIONAL LINKS TRUST: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL LINKS…University of Miami: $6,000 · EducationUniversity…CHRISTINA SEIX ACADEMY: $1,000 · EducationCHRISTINA …STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,600 · AnimalsHUMANE SO…K9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $1,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR W…FROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · AnimalsFROSTED F…AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN …BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsBIG DOG R…MOORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 · AnimalsMOORE HUM…SOUTH FLORIDA CRIME COMMISSION INC: $4,500 · Crime & LegalNEW YORK STATE HONORARY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,750 · Public Benefit
Other$41,429Recreation & Sports$11,500Arts & Culture$11,000Education$8,000Animals$7,100Crime & Legal$4,500Public Benefit$3,750

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 budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION LEAGUE CLUBHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL LINKS TRUST: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA CRIME COMMISSION INC: $4,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetNEW YORK STATE HONORARY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,750 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHINDU WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSammy Gelband Foundation: $2,001 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUSGA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RESOLUTION PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION DEMOCRACY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARRFOUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIGURE SKATING IN HARLEM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFROSTED FACES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTINA SEIX ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Jersey Golf Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouse with a Heart - Pet Sanctuary Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Pga Tour IncThe Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…
Pga Tour IncFL13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pga Tour Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Tharani Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tharani Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Carrfour Supportive Housing Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 45 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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