Purposes
Allocations from the Sarlo Foundation shall have a direct and significant impact on individuals. The Foundation’s chief areas of interest include immigrant issues (with a focus on human rights), education, medical crisis intervention in underdeveloped areas, and other arenas where an important difference can be made. The Foundation is not, generally, interested in making capital grants.

Recipients of Grants
Allocations are limited to organizations which have appropriate tax-deductible (501(c)(3)) status and provide requested information.

Decisions Regarding Grants Shall Consider:

• Organization's financial data.
• Amount of other funding sources available to the requesting agency.
• Priority of need and importance within the community or within the individual agency.
• Scope of the project; number of people served and geographic area.
• Quality of project design and method of evaluation.
• Credibility and experience of the sponsoring agency and personnel staffing the project.
• Possibility of future funding.

Project grant recipients must make prescribed periodic program and financial reports to the Sarlo Foundation upon request.