North Carolina · Private foundation
Ka Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Ka Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $665k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $475k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $301,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Wildaid Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Helix Training Program Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Space for Giants USA Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Greenhouse Scholars | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Waterwheel Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Core Light | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warrior Surf Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nicoya Peninsula Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowcountry Land Trust Inc | $301,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Wildaid Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Helix Training Program Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Space for Giants USA Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Greenhouse Scholars | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Waterwheel Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Core Light | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warrior Surf Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nicoya Peninsula Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Green Heart Project Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ka Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ka Foundation
- How much does Ka Foundation give?
- Ka Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,236,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Ka Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (54%), Animals (13%), Employment (11%).
- Who are Ka Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Lowcountry Land Trust Inc ($301k), Wildaid Inc ($300k), Helix Training Program Inc ($250k).
- Does Ka Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ka Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ka Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Ka Foundation based?
- Ka Foundation is based in NC.
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