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Tarr Charitable Family Foundation Inc

Sarasota, FL · EIN 65-0416098. Reported 119 grants totalling $468,650 to 88 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$468,650granted, 2021-2024
88organizations funded
23%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,597,196assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Tarr Charitable Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $24,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
17 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
61 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
25 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare FoundationSarasota, FL$65,000442024
Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, FL$37,000332024
Loyola University New OrleansNew Orlean, LA$37,000332024
Sarasota Christian SchoolSarasota, FL$35,050222022
Loveland Center IncVenice, FL$21,500332023
Ju Shooting TeamJacksonville, FL$17,500332024
University of Florida FoundationGainesville, FL$15,000222022
Georgia Southern University FoundationStatesboro, GA$13,000222024
Fanconi Anemia Research FundEugene, OR$10,000222023
Sarasota Sheriffs Office Employee AsstSarasota, FL$10,000112021
Send a Kid to CampFt Lauderdale, FL$10,000112021
All Faiths Food Bank IncSarasota, FL$9,500222022
State College of Florida Foundation IncBradenton, FL$9,450222024
Take Stock in Children of ManateePalmetto, FL$7,500222023
Art With a Heart in HealthcareJacksonville, FL$6,500222023
Second Chance Last OpportunitySarasota, FL$6,500222024
Salvation ArmySarasota, FL$6,000222024
Booker High School Foundation for Arts and EducationSarasota, FL$5,000112024
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota CountySarasota, FL$5,000112021
Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties IncSarasota, FL$5,000112024
Cross Roads YouthHartwell, GA$5,000112022
Embracing Our DifferencesNorth Haven, CT$5,000112021
Mayors Feed the Hungry Program IncSarasota, FL$5,000112024
Pines of Sarasota Foundation IncSarasota, FL$5,000112022
Ringling College of Art & DesignSarasota, FL$5,000112023
Send a Kid to CampVancouver, WA$5,000112023
St Judes Childrens Research OfficeTampa, FL$5,000222023
St Martha SchoolSarasota, FL$5,000112021
University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, GA$5,000112024
Wildlife Center of Southwest FloridaVenice, FL$5,000112021
Grace LifeSarasota, FL$4,000112021
Soldiers Freedom OutdoorsMelrose, FL$3,600332024
Bayshore ChurchSarasota, FL$3,500112021
Eternal Bread of Life Outreach MinistriesSarasota, FL$3,500222024
Safe Children Coalition IncSarasota, FL$3,500222024
Southeastern Guide Dogs IncPalmetto, FL$3,500112024
Agape FlightsVenice, FL$3,000112021
Answering AddictionSarasota, FL$3,000112021
Gilmer Community Food PantryEllijay, GA$3,000112024
Mother of Good Counsel HomeSt Louis, MO$3,000112023
Shriners HospitalsTampa, FL$3,000332023
St Mary's Early Learning AcademyPine City, MN$3,000112023
Venice High School FoundationVenice, FL$3,000112023
Girls IncSarasota, FL$2,500222023
The Glasser Schoenbaum Human ServicesSarasota, FL$2,500112021
Bayside Community ChurchSarasota, FL$2,000222023
Booker High SchoolSarasota, FL$2,000112021
Ducks Unlimited IncMemphis, FL$2,000112023
Brian Bill FoundationSt Petersburg, FL$1,550112023
Arc IncBoca Grande, FL$1,500112024
Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center IncSarasota, FL$1,500112021
Sigma Nu - Theta Chapter Alumni AssociationBirmingham, AL$1,500112024
Suncoast Basset Rescue IncAuburndale, FL$1,500112024
The American LegionIndianapolis, IN$1,100112024
Abundant Life ChurchSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Alongside USarasota, FL$1,000112022
American Red CrossSarasota, FL$1,000112022
Animal Rescue Coalition IncSarasota, FL$1,000112024
Blaze of HopeSarasota, FL$1,000112022
Bridge a LifeSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Combat Veterans Motorcycle AssociationLiberty, MO$1,000112024
Convenant HouseWashington DC, DC$1,000112022
Dial Hope FoundationSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Feed Empty Little Tummies IncPalmetto, FL$1,000112024
Harvest HouseSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Incarnation ChurchSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-ManateeSarasota, FL$1,000112023
Key ChoraleSarasota, FL$1,000112022
Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI$1,000112024
Resurrection HouseSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Sarasota DefendersSarasota, FL$1,000112022
Sarasota Rising IncorporatedSarasota, FL$1,000112023
Special Olympics Florida IncClermont, FL$1,000112024
St Jude Children's Reseach HospitalClearwater, FL$1,000112021
The Circus Arts Conservatory IncSarasota, FL$1,000112024
Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice IncVenice, FL$500112021
Harbor 58 MinistriesVenice, FL$500112022
Humane Society of Sarasota County IncSarasota, FL$500112021
SertomaSarasota, FL$500112021
State of Florida Police Athletic Leagues IncJacksonville, FL$350222024
Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL$250112023
Alzheimer's AssociationClearwater, FL$250112021
Macular Degeneration ResearchSarasota, ME$250112021
Turning Points for ChildrenPhiladelphia, PA$250112023
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund IncNorth Palm Beach, FL$250112023
Florida Sheriff's Youth RanchesBoys Ranch, FL$100112023
Johns Hopkins All Children's FoundationBaltimore, MD$100112023
Meals on Wheels Plus of ManateeBradenton, FL$100112023

23 of 88 (26%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 23%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
16 grants
Education
14 grants
Health Care
7 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Animal Welfare
3 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202135$133,500$2,500
202226$129,050$2,500
202330$110,950$1,775
202428$95,150$1,750

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 80% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Florida
$373K
Louisiana
$37K
Georgia
$26K
Oregon
$10K
Washington
$5K
Connecticut
$5K
Missouri
$4K
Minnesota
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund31 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation of Sarasota Co30 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc24 shared recipientsGulf Coast Community Foundation Inc23 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc18 shared recipientsThe Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz18 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Tarr Charitable Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2070 Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota, FL, 34237. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 65-0416098 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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