About Tarsadia Foundation
Tarsadia Foundation concentrates its giving on international development—particularly India-focused social impact and education initiatives—favoring a small number of large grants to specialist partners and intermediaries. The foundation repeatedly funds capacity-building and scale-up efforts (via organizations like DASRA and fiscal sponsors such as New Venture Fund) and supports direct service/education work for children and vulnerable populations in India. Its pattern suggests strategic, high-value investments rather than many small local grants.
Focus Areas
Scaling Indian social-impact NGOs (capacity-building and growth funding)Education and child welfare programs in IndiaPhilanthropic intermediaries and fiscal-sponsorship vehicles for international initiativesSupport for health/poverty-alleviation programs targeting vulnerable Indian communities
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar giving: few large grants (multiple multi-million-dollar awards), repeat funding to select partners and use of intermediaries/fiscal sponsors to channel international work.
Funding Style
program supportrestricted/project-specific funding
About Tarsadia Foundation
Tarsadia Foundation’s most distinctive recent pattern is a repeat, high-value commitment to Dasra: $2.5 million in 2025 after $2 million grants in both 2024 and 2023. That continuity points to a funder that backs long-running intermediaries and capacity-building vehicles, not isolated one-off awards. Across its recent grants, the foundation also supports organizations tied to India-focused social impact work, including Divyajyoti Trust, Bhansali Trust, Bhansali Charitable Trust, and Central Square Foundation, alongside US-based partners that help channel or scale program delivery. The foundation’s grantmaking mixes India Upliftment with broader themes such as Inclusive Mobility, Human Transformation, and Current Crises and Future Threats. Recent awards show interest in education, child welfare, economic opportunity, health, and community rebuilding, with several grants structured as program support. Tarsadia Foundation also uses philanthropic intermediaries and fiscal-sponsorship vehicles, including New Venture Fund, indicating a preference for partners that can carry multi-site or systems-oriented work. Its recent portfolio suggests a deliberate emphasis on specialized organizations that can move money into India and into targeted programs serving vulnerable populations.
What Tarsadia Foundation Funds
In India-focused social systems work, Tarsadia Foundation gave $1 million in 2025 to Divyajyoti Trust for program support and $700,000 to Bhansali Trust for program support. It also supported Bhansali Charitable Trust with $500,000 in 2023 and Central Square Foundation with $450,000 in 2023, showing sustained attention to organizations working on education and broader social infrastructure. The foundation’s health and crisis-related giving appears through grants such as $545,000 to Illumination Foundation in 2023 and $350,000 to Baby2Baby in 2024. In economic opportunity and inclusive mobility, Grameen America Inc received $375,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. It also backed entertainment-linked and wellbeing-oriented work through the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Kevin Love Fund. Tarsadia Foundation further supports organizations that help scale social impact work, including New Venture Fund and Dasra.
How Tarsadia Foundation Gives
Tarsadia Foundation’s typical grant size is $19,510 at the 25th percentile, $100,000 at the median, and $225,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent grant list shows a much larger upper tier, with multi-million-dollar awards reserved for a small number of strategic partners. The foundation gives program support and also makes program-related investments. Its pattern is recurring rather than one-off in several cases: Dasra appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; New Venture Fund appears in 2023 and 2024; Grameen America Inc appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and Nilus appears in 2024 and 2025. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and the site also describes an unsolicited-inquiry pathway for general partnership and grantmaking.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$8.3M
Total Assets
$201M
Total Revenue
$5.3M
Total Expenses
$10M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $225K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$225K
Geographic Reach
Regional13 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Tarsadia Foundation Funds
Top 5 recipient countries by grant volume for Tarsadia Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 200 | $31.9M | 88.9% |
| 2 | India | 19 |
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