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THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC

THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$46k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$29k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Sharks Foundation (Usa) Inc does

Mission

The sharks foundation works to (I) provide support, assistance, resources, and mentoring to current, former, and future players, management and associates of the sharks rugby team (and their family members and dependents), (ii) support the humanitarian or charitable purposes of foundations and similar organizations established or led by current or former players of the sharks rugby team, (iii) to support humanitarian or relief efforts and activities in the city of durban and surrounding communities in the province of kwazulu natal through grantmaking.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The sharks foundation works to (I) provide support, assistance, resources, and mentoring to current, former, and future players, management and associates of the sharks rugby team (and their family members and dependents), (ii) support the humanitarian or charitable purposes of foundations and similar organizations established or led by current or former players of the sharks rugby team, (iii) to support humanitarian or relief efforts and activities in the city of durban and surrounding communities in the province of kwazulu natal through grantmaking.

    $10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $10,000.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($130k) Expenses 100 ($127k) Net assets 100 ($3k)2022 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 1 ($2k) Net assets 53 ($2k)2023 Revenue 50 ($66k) Expenses 52 ($66k) Net assets 33 ($1k)2024 Revenue 36 ($46k) Expenses 15 ($19k) Net assets 881 ($29k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (36)Expenses (15)Net assets (881)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1k to $29k (+2603%).

$3k
$2k
$1k
$29k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,549 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$3k
’21
−$2k
’22
−$675
’23
$28k
’24
19
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

2021202220232024
Listed2222
Joined····
No longer listed····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'25*
total
funders
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin60% · top quartile
Months of reserve18.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−29% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 46%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC?
THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE SHARKS FOUNDATION (USA) INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing