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Tara Foundation

Name: Tara Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

102
grants reported: $296,600
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,305
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “holling” · $64,200

$15,000
Hollings Cancer Center · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$48,000
Hollings Cancer Center - Musc · Naperville, IL · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,200
Hollings Cancer Center - Musc · Naperville, IL · 2022
Operating Funds

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Hollings Cancer Center - Musc2 grants · $49,200
Medical University of South Carolina Health3 grants · $39,395
Hollings Cancer Center1 grant · $15,000
Autism Speaks4 grants · $14,703
Kiawah Island Conservancy1 grant · $13,900
The Point4 grants · $11,800
Charleston Wine and Food3 grants · $11,000
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity5 grants · $10,745
Loaves and Fishes2 grants · $9,500
Backpack Buddies Seabrook Island3 grants · $7,300

Giving over time

$44,103

2022

$80,250

2023

$119,272

2024

$52,975

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

$48,000
Hollings Cancer Center - Musc · Naperville, IL · 2023
Operating Funds
$37,895
Medical University of South Carolina Health · North Charleston, NC · 2024
Operating Funds
$15,000
Hollings Cancer Center · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$13,900
Kiawah Island Conservancy · Kiawah Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$10,000
Autism Speaks · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Funds
$7,700
The Point · Wadmalaw, SC · 2022
Operating Funds
$7,500
Loaves and Fishes · Naperville, IL · 2023
Operating Funds
$5,845
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$5,750
Arts Etc · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Funds
$5,250
Arts Etc · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$5,200
Barrier Island Free Medical Clinic · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$4,250
Charleston Wine and Food · Charleston, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$4,250
Charleston Wine and Food · Charleston, SC · 2022
Operating Funds
$3,550
Backpack Buddies Seabrook Island · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$3,550
Olm Community Outreach · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$3,500
Backpack Buddies Kiawah Island · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$3,450
Charleston Area Therapeutic Riding · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$3,103
Autism Speaks · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Funds
$3,000
Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network · North Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$3,000
Naperville Area Humane Society · Naperville, IL · 2023
Operating Funds
$2,950
Fields To Families · Charleston, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$2,800
Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation · Johns Island, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$2,800
Respite Care Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$2,690
Charleston Animal Society · North Charleston, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$2,650
Amor Healing Kitchen · Charleston, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$2,500
Meet the Weeds Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$2,500
Dragon Boat Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$2,500
Charleston Wine and Food · Charleston, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$2,500
Helen Ross McNabb Foundation · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Operating Funds
$2,200
Sea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation · Johns Island, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$2,000
Backpack Buddies Seabrook Island · Johns Island, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$2,000
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity · Johns Island, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$2,000
Third Serve Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$2,000
Loaves and Fishes · Naperville, IL · 2023
Operating Funds
$2,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Operating Funds
$1,940
Third Serve Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,900
Dragon Boat Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,850
Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network · North Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,850
Little Friends · Warrenville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,750
Charleston Animal Society · North Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,750
Backpack Buddies Seabrook Island · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,700
Arts Etc · Johns Island, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,700
Olm Community Outreach · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,600
The Point · Wadmalaw, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,500
Respite Care Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,500
Pet Helpers Adoption Center · Charleston, SC · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,500
The Point · Wadmalaw, SC · 2022
Operating Funds
$1,460
Naperville Woman'S Club · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,400
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,350
Spay Illinois Pet Well Clinic - Paws for a Cause Vet Care · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,310
Alive Center · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,300
Wesley Umc · Aurora, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,250
John H Herbert Scholarship Fund - Elmhurst University · Elmhurst, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,250
Respite Care Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,250
Naperville Sunrise Rotary · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,250
Edens Community Enrichment Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2022
Operating Funds
$1,230
Naperville Newcomers and Neighbors Club · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,200
Fry Family Ymca · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,200
Naperville Newcomers and Neighbors Club · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,200
Hollings Cancer Center - Musc · Naperville, IL · 2022
Operating Funds
$1,110
Wheaton-Naperville Infant Welfare Society · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,100
Kiawah Women'S Foundation · Johns Island, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,100
Olm Community Outreach · Johns Island, SC · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,100
Edward Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,010
Loaves & Fishes · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$1,000
Career & Networking Center · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$1,000
Mauldin High School · Mauldin, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,000
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,000
The Point · Wadmalaw, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$1,000
Autism Speaks · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Funds
$1,000
Mauldin High School · Mauldin, SC · 2022
Operating Funds
$900
Adopt Pet Shelter · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$900
Dupage Pads · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$850
Charleston Symphony Orchestra League · Charleston, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$810
Dupage Habitat for Humanity · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$800
Hesod House · Aurora, IL · 2023
Operating Funds
$750
Career & Networking Center · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$750
Medical University of South Carolina Health · North Charleston, NC · 2023
Operating Funds
$750
Medical University of South Carolina Health · North Charleston, NC · 2022
Operating Funds
$720
Wheaton-Naperville Infant Welfare Society · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$710
Spay Illinois Pet Well Clinic - Paws for a Cause Vet Care · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$675
Alive Center · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$660
Dupage Habitat for Humanity · Wheaton, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$650
Hesod House · Aurora, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$600
Naperville Neighbors United · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$600
360 Youth Services · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$600
Autism Speaks · Chicago, IL · 2022
Operating Funds
$590
Naperville Woman'S Club · Naperville, IL · 2025
Operating Funds
$500
Kids Matter · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$500
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$500
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$500
Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2022
Operating Funds
$500
Naperville Area Humane Society · Naperville, IL · 2022
Operating Funds
$500
Special Olympics Sc · Irmo, SC · 2022
Operating Funds
$450
Loving Luva Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$450
Operation Support Our Troops - America · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$400
Naperville Area Humane Society · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$400
Thomas E Kearns Elementary · Greenville, SC · 2023
Operating Funds
$382
Childhood Leukemia Warriors Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
Operating Funds
$350
West Suburban Community Pantry · Woodridge, IL · 2024
Operating Funds

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