California · Private foundation
Adesso Nonprofit Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $121k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,895
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,013
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Adesso Nonprofit Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $111k | 64% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $106k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $142k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $246k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Musae Culture Center | $88,500 | 4 | 39% |
| Pomona Hope | $29,900 | 2 | 5% |
| Maui Humane Society | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brahma Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Chinese American Professional Assoc | $10,498 | 1 | n/a |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pomona Economic Opportunity Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chinese American Parent Association of Walnut | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Music Association of Southern California | $2,000 | 1 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Musae Culture Center | $88,500 | 4 | 39% |
| Pomona Hope | $29,900 | 2 | 5% |
| Maui Humane Society | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brahma Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Chinese American Professional Assoc | $10,498 | 1 | n/a |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pomona Economic Opportunity Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chinese American Parent Association of Walnut | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Music Association of Southern California | $2,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Diamond Bar Friends of The Library | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($502k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Adesso Nonprofit Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Adesso Nonprofit Foundation
- How much does Adesso Nonprofit Foundation give?
- Adesso Nonprofit Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $120,815 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Adesso Nonprofit Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Arts & Culture (31%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are Adesso Nonprofit Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: San Musae Culture Center ($89k), Pomona Hope ($30k), Maui Humane Society ($20k).
- Does Adesso Nonprofit Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adesso Nonprofit Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adesso Nonprofit Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Adesso Nonprofit Foundation based?
- Adesso Nonprofit Foundation is based in CA.
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