The Sparks Foundation Inc
EIN 20-0396160 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 11 grants · $165.3k
Who it funds most
1 of its 4 grantees were funded in more than one year.
The Sparks Foundation Inc's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 4 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202443209349105359
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
Its returns7 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202533219349106158 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202443209349105359 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202343199349101149 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202233149349102593 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202133169349104558 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS 990-PF | 201933159349100638 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS 990-PF | 201823199349100737 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
The Sparks Foundation Inc made 16 grants across 2017–2018, totalling $530.3k as filed.
- Grants
- 16
- Total, as filed
- $530.3k
- Years
- 2017–2018
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION | 2 | $250.0k |
| HIGH SKY CHILDREN'S RANCH | 2 | $153.2k |
| MIDLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | 1 | $100.0k |
| THE WAY RETREAT CENTER | 1 | $10.0k |
| COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CLINIC | 1 | $5.0k |
| MOUNTAIN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION | 1 | $5.0k |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH | 1 | $2.5k |
| FLAGS USA | 1 | $2.0k |
| PERMIACARE TURNING POINT | 1 | $1.0k |
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | 1 | $500 |
| NEW LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH | 1 | $500 |
| MIDLAND COLLEGE | 1 | $311 |
| OPEN DOOR | 1 | $100 |
| CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM K-1 INVESTMENTS | 1 | $94 |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | $115.0k |
| 2018 | 10 | $415.2k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-200396160. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified