Taneja Family Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Taneja Family Foundation’s giving supports health and pharmacy education in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
IP TAKE: This relatively new funder has so far made only a few grants per year to select health and education projects at well-known organizations and schools in the Tampa Bay area, most of which bear the Taneja family name. Without a website or a formal avenue for getting in touch, gaining this funder’s attention may be exceedingly difficult. This is not a transparent or accessible funder. An address and phone number are provided below. Alternatively, grantseekers may reach out via the Tanejas’ company, Belcher Pharmaceuticals, at its contact page, but it is not the most approachable. This is largely a regional funder focused on Florida.
PROFILE: Established in 2018, the Taneja Family Foundation is the philanthropic vehicle of Jugal Taneja, his wife, Manju Tanja, and their family. Jugal Taneja is a pharmaceutical executive who heads the Florida-based Belcher Pharmaceuticals, as well as several real estate ventures. This funder maintains an exceptionally low profile and gives mainly to public health and higher education initiatives that bear the family’s name. Giving has so far been limited to the Tampa Bay area of South Florida, where the foundation is based.
Grants for Public Health and Education
Still in its earliest years of grantmaking, the Taneja Family Foundation has made only a few grants each year in support of Florida organizations for public health and health-related education. In 2019, the foundation made a gift of $10 million to the University of South Florida for its pharmacy school, which has been since renamed the Taneja College of Pharmacy. The college continues to receive annual support from the foundation. Taneja has also made large donations to Florida Hospital Tampa, which is run by AdventHealth, for the construction of a new facility, the Taneja Center for Surgery. The foundation has also given to the Florida Hospital Foundation.
Important Grant Details:
The Taneja Family Foundation made $3.5 million in grants a recent year. This funder has so far made only a few grants each year, each of $1 million or more. Grantmaking focuses exclusively on health and pharmacy education in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. For additional information about the Taneja Family Foundation’s grantmaking, see its recent tax filings.
The Taneja Family Foundation has indicated that it does not accept unsolicited proposals for funding. An address and phone number are provided below. Grantseekers may also reach out via the Belcher Pharmaceuticals contact page.
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CONTACT:
Taneja Family Foundation
3507 Bayshore Blvd., 1801
Tampa, FL 33629
(727) 480-9500
