Private foundation
NEW YORK, NYEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 20% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITYPRINCETON, NJ | GENERAL SUPPORT | $500,000 | 2023 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheila L Sarma | PRESIDENT, SECRETARY | 10.00 | $0 |
| Karthik R Sarma | VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER | 5.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| GENERAL SUPPORT |
| $361,459 |
| 2024 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGECAMBRIDGE, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $200,000 | 2024 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGECAMBRIDGE, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $200,000 | 2023 |
| ACUMEN FUND INCNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $150,000 | 2024 |
| ACUMEN FUND INCNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $150,000 | 2023 |
| IIT MADRAS FOUNDATIONREDWOOD CITY, CA | GENERAL UNRESTRICTED | $100,000 | 2022 |
| Harvard - Chan School of Public HealthBoston, MA | General Unrestricted | $100,000 | 2020 |
| CHINMAYA MISSION NEW YORKWOODBURY, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $100,000 | 2024 |
| World Trade Center Performing Arts CenterNew York, NY | General Unrestricted | $100,000 | 2020 |
| Harvard - Chan School of Public HealthBoston, MA | General Unrestricted | $100,000 | 2021 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYMatched to this organization because 43 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.PRINCETON, NJ | GENERAL SUPPORT | $100,000 | 2024 |
| HARVARD - CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTHBOSTON, MA | GENERAL UNRESTRICTED | $100,000 | 2019 |
| INST FOR FIN MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH | GENERAL SUPPORT | $75,000 | 2024 |
| IIT Madras FoundationRedwood City, CA | General Unrestricted | $66,000 | 2020 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGEWELLESLEY, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $60,000 | 2024 |
| Chinmaya Mission New YorkWoodbury, NY | General Unrestricted | $55,000 | 2021 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGEWELLESLEY, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2023 |
| SAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN WOMENNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2024 |
| UNION SQUARE PARTNERSHIPNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2024 |
| MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATIONCHICOPEE, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2024 |
| LABHYA USA INCTOPSFIELD, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2024 |
| THE JOAN AND SANFORD I WEILL DEPT OF MEDNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2024 |
| LABHYA USA INCTOPSFIELD, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2023 |
| SOUTH ASIAN YOUTH ACTIONQUEENS, NY | GENERAL UNRESTRICTED | $37,500 | 2019 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.