Funding search · EIN 843262587 · Chicago, IL

The Tarko Foundation

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

82
grants reported
$161,500
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$1,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Washington Bus Education Fund2 grants · $12,000
  • Wisconsin Voices2 grants · $8,000
  • Holocaust Center for Humanity2 grants · $7,500
  • Marwens Arts3 grants · $7,500
  • Friends of Chicago River3 grants · $6,000
  • Bloc Wisconsin2 grants · $5,500
  • Lawton Elementary School Pta1 grant · $5,000
  • Abortion Care Network1 grant · $5,000
  • Chicagoland Pig Rescue2 grants · $4,500
  • Free Spirit Media2 grants · $4,500

Giving over time

$59,000
2022
$50,500
2023
$52,000
2024

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

  • $10,000

    Washington Bus Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $5,000

    Lawton Elementary School Pta · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $5,000

    Holocaust Center for Humanity · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $5,000

    Abortion Care Network · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $5,000

    Wisconsin Voices · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $3,000

    Borderless Magazine · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $3,000

    Bloc Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $3,000

    Chicagoland Pig Rescue · Homewood, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $3,000

    Jewish Family Services of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Voices · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Asap (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Cawc · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Dream of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Food Research & Action Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Marwens Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,500

    Mary'S Place · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Network for Good · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    The Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Marwens Arts · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,500

    Bloc Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Chicago Votes · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Free Spirit Media · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,500

    Friends of Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,500

    Holocaust Center for Humanity · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,500

    Jewish Family Services of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Little Village Environemental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,500

    Marwens Arts · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,500

    National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Palenque Lsna · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Souls To the Polls · Shorewood, WI · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,500

    Yellowhammer Fund · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    Peace Winds America · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    Free Spirit Media · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,000

    Friends of Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $2,000

    Palenque Lsna · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    Refugeeone · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    The Kavana Cooperative · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    Washington Bus Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    Community Security Service · New York, NY · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $2,000

    Skagit Land Trust · Mount Vernon, WA · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Asheville Poverty Initiative · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Atlantic Street Center · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Chicagoland Pig Rescue · Boone, IA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Community Security Service · Woodbury, NY · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Friends of Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $1,500

    Jewish Family Services of Wnc · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Asheville Poverty Initiative · Asheville, NC · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Ballard Food Bank · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Dream of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Jewish Family Services of Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,500

    Open Books (Dolly Parton'S Imagination Library) · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $1,500

    Open Books (Dolly Parton'S Imagination Library) · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $1,000

    Aerial Recovery · Nashville, TN · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Americares · Stamford, CT · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Animal Haven of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Beloved Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Cajun Navy · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Cerf · Brattleboro, VT · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Legal Aid of North Carolina · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Manna Foodbank · Mills River, NC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Operation Airdrop · Decatur, TX · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    The American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Asap (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) · Asheville, NC · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Community Security Service · Woodbury, NY · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Coyote Central · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Little Village Environmental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of the organization

  • $1,000

    National Indigenous Women'S Resource Center · Lame Deer, MT · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Washington Native Plant Society · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Greenwave · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Lavendar Rights Project · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $1,000

    Seattle Jewish Community Ukraine Challenge · Mercer Island, WA · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this oragnization

  • $500

    Friends of Hot Springs Library · Harlan, IA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $500

    Friends of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands · Anacortes, WA · 2024

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $500

    Animal Haven of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $500

    Cascade Pbs · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $500

    Girl Forward · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $500

    Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2023

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

  • $500

    Washington Trails Association · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General support to help fund the work of this organization

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.