Virginia · Public charity
Ashoka
The creation of an association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs - men and women with system-changing solutions for the world's most urgent social problems - and fostering a global culture of everyone being a changemaker for the good of all.
- $7.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,108,294
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,108,294
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $97M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Ashoka funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $93k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $169k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $135k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $111k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $84k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Venture Inc | $2,115,294 | 2 | 75% |
| Parity Baltimore Incorporated | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Recycle Across America | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Fabscrap Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Nest Inc | $35,806 | 1 | 2% |
| Get America Working Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 65% |
| Project on Organizing Development Education and Research Ltd | $29,422 | 1 | 3% |
| Greater Milwaukee Committee for Community Development | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Venture Inc | $2,115,294 | 2 | 75% |
| Parity Baltimore Incorporated | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Recycle Across America | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Fabscrap Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Nest Inc | $35,806 | 1 | 2% |
| Get America Working Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 65% |
| Project on Organizing Development Education and Research Ltd | $29,422 | 1 | 3% |
| Greater Milwaukee Committee for Community Development | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Enterprise Community Partners Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| With | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Call NYC | $16,032 | 1 | 2% |
| Miami Dade College | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kulaniakea | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Empowered | $12,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Truckers Against Trafficking | $11,769 | 1 | 1% |
| The Works Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Housing Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Central College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Ventures Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Duke University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Community Land Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idea 2 Form LLC | $9,426 | 1 | n/a |
| Medic Mobile Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duo Development | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Benjamin Banneker Development Corporation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Blackstar Stability Manager LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Tenants Organization | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| The Guild | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Frolic Community LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Ashoka supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ashoka
- How much does Ashoka give?
- Ashoka reported 1 itemized grants totaling $2,108,294, out of $7,642,803 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ashoka fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (77%), Housing & Shelter (6%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Ashoka's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Youth Venture Inc ($2.1M), Parity Baltimore Incorporated ($100k), Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife Inc ($50k).
- Does Ashoka fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ashoka?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Ashoka based?
- Ashoka is based in VA.
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