How much does Aroha Philanthropies give?

Aroha Philanthropies reported 82 grants totaling $3,845,316 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 82 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.

What does Aroha Philanthropies fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Arts & Culture (17%), Youth Development (2%).

Who are Aroha Philanthropies's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Lifetime Arts Inc ($1.0M), Project Success ($687k), Community Music Center ($612k).

Does Aroha Philanthropies fund new organizations?

In FY2018, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Aroha Philanthropies accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Aroha Philanthropies?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Target Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.

Where is Aroha Philanthropies based?

Aroha Philanthropies is based in MN.

Foundation Dossiers

Minnesota · Private foundation

Aroha Philanthropies

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2018: 82
Grants FY2018: 82
Organizations funded FY2018: 37%
First-time grantees FY2018

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Median grant, FY2018: $14,509
Largest grant, FY2018: $541,009
Organizations funded a year: 59 to 82; FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2018: 27
Total assets, FY2018: $5.6M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 37% of the organizations Aroha Philanthropies funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2018	82	$3.8M	37%
FY2017	59	$3.7M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$23MArts & Culture$5.2MYouth Development$697kHealth$669kHuman Services$264kEducation$95kHousing & Shelter$38kReligion$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Lifetime Arts Inc	$1,043,997	2	48%
Project Success	$686,538	2	14%
Community Music Center	$611,987	2	8%
Macphail Center for Music	$497,994	2	2%
National Guild for Community Arts Education Inc	$281,068	2	6%
American Association of Museums	$261,580	1	2%
Mateo Lodge Inc	$171,036	2	3%
Caminar	$152,802	1	1%
Engage Inc	$150,000	1	8%
People Incorporated	$131,692	2	0%

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All grantees of Aroha Philanthropies by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Lifetime Arts Inc	$1,043,997	2	48%
Project Success	$686,538	2	14%
Community Music Center	$611,987	2	8%
Macphail Center for Music	$497,994	2	2%
National Guild for Community Arts Education Inc	$281,068	2	6%
American Association of Museums	$261,580	1	2%
Mateo Lodge Inc	$171,036	2	3%
Caminar	$152,802	1	1%
Engage Inc	$150,000	1	8%
People Incorporated	$131,692	2	0%
Filmnorth	$117,500	2	5%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts	$110,259	2	0%
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies	$110,146	2	4%
Touchstone Mental Health	$104,878	2	0%
Pillsbury United Communities	$102,500	2	0%
Children's Theatre Company and School	$95,121	2	0%
The Cowles Center	$85,662	1	4%
Tu Dance	$82,500	2	5%
Vocalessence	$80,533	1	3%
Grafton County Senior Citizens Council Inc	$72,693	2	n/a
Umrc-Porter Hills Foundation	$71,250	2	1%
Johnson City Public Library	$66,367	2	2%
Keshet Dance Company	$60,750	2	3%
The Minnesota Opera	$55,975	2	0%
The Newark Museum Association	$52,664	2	0%
Taller Puertorriqueno Inc	$52,500	2	1%
Teachers & Writers Collaborative Inc	$52,250	2	6%
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc	$47,550	2	1%
Walker Art Center	$47,500	2	0%
Space One Eleven Inc	$45,996	2	8%
Silicon Valley Creates	$39,000	2	1%
Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts Dba Lundstrum Performing Arts	$35,000	1	4%
School One	$28,795	2	1%
Textile Center of Minnesota	$27,500	2	2%
Commonbond Communities	$25,000	2	0%
Mayo Clinic	$25,000	2	n/a
Stagebridge	$25,000	1	4%
Northern Clay Center	$25,000	1	1%
YMCA of Rock River Valley	$23,509	2	0%
Park Square Theatre	$22,500	2	0%
Performing Arts Workshop Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
East Side Arts Council	$20,000	1	8%
Gilloury Institute	$19,000	1	n/a
Rum River Art Inc	$17,500	2	7%
Walker Methodist Foundation	$17,500	2	1%
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Smithsonian Institution	$12,500	1	0%
John Michael Kohler Arts Center Inc	$12,500	1	0%
The Olana Partnership	$12,500	1	0%
The Heard Museum	$12,500	1	0%
Speed Art Museum	$12,500	1	0%
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance	$12,500	1	1%
The Neon Museum	$12,500	1	0%
Ohio History Connection	$12,500	1	n/a
Anchorage Museum Association	$12,500	1	0%
Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson	$12,500	1	2%
Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls	$12,500	2	n/a
Episcopal Homes of Minnesota	$12,500	2	n/a
Union County Historical Society Inc	$12,370	1	5%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum	$12,293	1	0%
Craft Contemporary	$10,500	1	n/a
Albuquerque Museum Foundation Incorporated	$10,125	1	0%
Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor	$10,125	1	9%
Youth Performance Company	$10,000	2	1%
Minnesota Youth Symphonies	$10,000	2	1%
Zenon Dance Company and School Inc	$10,000	2	1%
Stages Theatre Company Inc	$10,000	2	0%
The Loft Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Theatre 55	$10,000	1	n/a
Highpoint Center for Printmaking	$10,000	2	1%
The Louisiana Museum Foundation	$9,900	1	1%
Naples Botanical Garden Inc	$9,390	1	0%

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Aroha Philanthropies supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 63 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 63.

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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.

Target FoundationMN33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Target Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · William Boss Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Jerome Foundation Inc · Hardenbergh Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Wenger Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Aroha Philanthropies

How much does Aroha Philanthropies give?: Aroha Philanthropies reported 82 grants totaling $3,845,316 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 82 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does Aroha Philanthropies fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Arts & Culture (17%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are Aroha Philanthropies's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Lifetime Arts Inc ($1.0M), Project Success ($687k), Community Music Center ($612k).
Does Aroha Philanthropies fund new organizations?: In FY2018, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Aroha Philanthropies accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Aroha Philanthropies?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Target Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
Where is Aroha Philanthropies based?: Aroha Philanthropies is based in MN.