Funding search · EIN 752857275 · Dallas, TX

The Sharma 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.

84
grants reported
$910,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$4,750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Hilton Head4 grants · $200,000
  • Manna - Soup Kitchen3 grants · $65,000
  • Mercy Hospital Foundation3 grants · $65,000
  • Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Greater Bluffton Jasper County2 grants · $55,000
  • Durango Education Foundation3 grants · $55,000
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Center2 grants · $40,000
  • Women'S Resource Center Durango2 grants · $35,000
  • Volunteer Center - South Bay3 grants · $30,000
  • Mercy Health Foundation1 grant · $30,000
  • Habitat Durango2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$240,000
2022
$220,000
2023
$212,500
2024
$237,500
2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

  • $50,000

    Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2025

    Medical support clinic

  • $50,000

    Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024

    Support clinic

  • $50,000

    Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023

    Support clinic

  • $50,000

    Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Hilton Head · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022

    Support clinic

  • $30,000

    Mercy Health Foundation · Durango, CO · 2025

    The mercy project

  • $30,000

    Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Greater Bluffton Jasper County · Bluffton, SC · 2023

    Support clinic

  • $25,000

    Durango Education Foundation · Durango, CO · 2025

    To provide assistance with educational needs

  • $25,000

    Mercy Hospital Foundation · Durango, CO · 2024

    The mercy project

  • $25,000

    Manna - Soup Kitchen · Durango, CO · 2023

    To provide meals to needy families & individuals

  • $25,000

    Mercy Hospital Foundation · Durango, CO · 2023

    The mercy project

  • $25,000

    Mobile Loaves & Fishes · Austin, TX · 2023

    To help the homeless

  • $25,000

    Vim Volunteers in Medicine - Greater Bluffton Jasper County · Bluffton, SC · 2022

    Support clinic

  • $25,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Refugee crisis in ukraine

  • $20,000

    Manna - Soup Kitchen · Durango, CO · 2025

    To provide meals to needy families & individuals

  • $20,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Center · New York, NY · 2025

    To support efforts of ending cancer

  • $20,000

    Women'S Resource Center Durango · Durango, CO · 2025

    To empower self-sufficiency of women in la plata county

  • $20,000

    Durango Education Foundation · Durango, CO · 2024

    To provide assistance with educational needs

  • $20,000

    Manna - Soup Kitchen · Durango, CO · 2024

    To provide meals to needy families & individuals

  • $20,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Center · New York, NY · 2024

    To support efforts of ending cancer for life.

  • $20,000

    Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023

    To help provide assistance to needy families

  • $20,000

    God'S Love We Deliver · New York, NY · 2022

    Provide meals to those affected by life altering illnesses

  • $15,000

    Habitat Durango · Durango, CO · 2025

    To provide affordable home ownership opportunities for working families.

  • $15,000

    Habitat Durango · Durango, CO · 2024

    To provide affordable home ownership opportunities for working families.

  • $15,000

    Women'S Resource Center Durango · Durango, CO · 2024

    To empower self-sufficiency of women in la plata county.

  • $15,000

    Bonton Farms · Dallas, TX · 2022

    To provide support for the bonton community.

  • $15,000

    Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County · Durango, CO · 2022

    To provide homes for families

  • $15,000

    Hilton Head Habitat for Humanity · Bluffton, SC · 2022

    To provide homes for families

  • $15,000

    Mercy Hospital Foundation · Durango, CO · 2022

    The mercy projcect

  • $15,000

    The Community Foundation · Durango, CO · 2022

    Community emergency relief funds

  • $12,500

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

    To support university scholarship fund

  • $12,500

    Ucsb Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    To support university scholarship fund.

  • $10,000

    Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    To provide support to parents and families in need.

  • $10,000

    Volunteer Center - South Bay · Torrance, CA · 2025

    To provide assistance for needy individuals and families

  • $10,000

    Volunteer Center - South Bay · Torrance, CA · 2024

    To provide assistance for needy individuals and families

  • $10,000

    Durango Education Foundation · Durango, CO · 2023

    To provide assistance with educational needs

  • $10,000

    Future Ready Foundation · Fate, TX · 2023

    To support girls in education and career development

  • $10,000

    Volunteer Center - South Bay · Torrance, CA · 2023

    To provide assistance for needy individuals and families

  • $10,000

    Global Empowerment Mission · Doral, FL · 2022

    To help provide swift distribution of emergency relief - to the ukraine refugee crisis.

  • $10,000

    The Lord'S Place · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Provide programs and services for the homeless.

  • $7,000

    Kimball Engineering & Scholarship Assist · Irving, TX · 2022

    Education scholarships

  • $5,000

    Beacon Hill · Dallas, TX · 2025

    To provide internship programs

  • $5,000

    Future Ready Foundation · Fate, TX · 2024

    To support girls in education and career development

  • $4,500

    Conqher · Lancaster, TX · 2025

    To help empower women and girls

  • $4,000

    Texas Entrepreneur Ecosystem · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Help empower texas entrepreneurs for success

  • $4,000

    Conqher · Lancaster, TX · 2024

    To help empower women and girls

  • $4,000

    Haking Innovation · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Provide student internship scholarships

  • $3,000

    Haking Innovation · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Provide student internship scholarships

  • $3,000

    Stand 4 Sisterhood · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Internship scholarships

  • $3,000

    Cybersecurity Game Changers · Desoto, TX · 2023

    To provide internship programs

  • $2,500

    Future Ready Foundation · Fate, TX · 2025

    To support girls in education and career development

  • $2,000

    Alliance for Progress · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Reduce social and health disparities amongst vulnerable populations.

  • $2,000

    Alliance for Progress · Dallas, TX · 2024

    Reduce social and health disparities amongst vulnerable populations.

  • $2,000

    Honey Drops Foundation · Duncanville, TX · 2024

    To provide solutions for advocating against domestic violence.

  • $2,000

    Conqher · Lancaster, TX · 2023

    To help empower women and girls

  • $2,000

    Stand 4 Sisterhood · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Internship scholarships

  • $2,000

    Alliance for Progress · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Reduce social and health disparities amongst vulnerable populations.

  • $2,000

    Conqher · Lancaster, TX · 2022

    To help empower women and girls

  • $2,000

    Cybersecurity Game Changers · Desoto, TX · 2022

    To provide internship programs

  • $2,000

    Girl Scouts of North Texas · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Dallas mayor's intern program

  • $2,000

    Haking Innovation · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Provide student internship scholarships

  • $2,000

    Stand 4 Sisterhood · Farmers Branch, TX · 2022

    For internship scholarships

  • $1,000

    Ability Connection · Irving, TX · 2025

    To provide for internship scholarships to support children with special needs

  • $1,000

    Naba -Accelerated Career Awareness Program (Acap) · Greenbelt, MD · 2025

    Residency programs to create pathway for future leaders

  • $1,000

    Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025

    Youth development

  • $1,000

    Women Leading Technology Dba Shebuilds Futures · Addison, TX · 2025

    To support internship programs for women

  • $1,000

    Bryan'S House · Dallas, TX · 2024

    To provide for internship scholarships to support children with special needs

  • $1,000

    Cybersecurity Game Changers · Desoto, TX · 2024

    To provide internship programs

  • $1,000

    Family Compass · Dallas, TX · 2024

    To provide child abuse preventative services

  • $1,000

    Storey Lane Independent Living · Ponder, TX · 2024

    To provide a safe residential environment for adults with cognitive disabilities.

  • $1,000

    Street Cents · Frisco, TX · 2024

    To connect communities through strategic training programs and opportunities.

  • $1,000

    Alliance for Progress · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Reduce social and health disparities amongst vulnerable populations.

  • $1,000

    Be a Steady Hand · Dallas, TX · 2023

    To furnish a summer internship

  • $1,000

    Beacon Hill Preparatory Institute · Dallas, TX · 2023

    To provide internship programs

  • $1,000

    Bryan'S House · Dallas, TX · 2023

    To provide for internship scholarships to support children with special needs

  • $1,000

    Family Compass · Dallas, TX · 2023

    To provide child abuse preventative services

  • $1,000

    Haking Innovation · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Provide student internship scholarships

  • $1,000

    Naba -Accounting Career Awareness Program (Acap) · Dallas, TX · 2023

    For internship scholarships

  • $1,000

    Parker Autism Center · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Support individuals impacted by autism spectrum disorders

  • $1,000

    Ability Connection · Dallas, TX · 2022

    To help special needs individuals.

  • $1,000

    Airline Ambassadors International · Califon, NJ · 2022

    To provide clean water, humanitarian assistance and raise awareness of human trafficking.

  • $1,000

    Be a Steady Hand · Dallas, TX · 2022

    To furnish a summer internship

  • $1,000

    Bryan'S House · Dallas, TX · 2022

    To provide for internship scholarships to support children with special needs

  • $1,000

    Naba -Accounting Career Awareness Program (Acap) · Dallas, TX · 2022

    For internship scholarships

  • $1,000

    Parker Autism Center · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Support individuals impacted by autism spectrum disorders

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