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Koa Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$306k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Environment$160kEducation$142kArts & Culture$45kHuman Services$43kHousing & Shelter$23kFood & Nutrition$20kReligion$20kHealth$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $110k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $146k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC$50,000
SUN VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENCE$25,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE$20,000
ASPEN WALDORF FOUNDATION$15,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD INC$15,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF$11,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC$10,000
WOOD RIVER COMMUNITY YMCA$10,000
TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL$10,000
SUN VALLEY PLAYWRIGHTS RESIDENCY$10,000
ST THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$10,000
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$7,500
THE U C DAVIS FOUNDATION$6,000
LIFT UP$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SUN VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENCE: $25k → 7%IDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC: $1k → 8%SUN VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENCE: $25k → 7%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $3k → 7%BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC: $2k → 7%FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $500 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
ID
MT
NY
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$494k · 39 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
7

Total granted

$494k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+40%

Still filing today

85%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    The Community Library Association Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +5%
  • SV
    SUN VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENCE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +25%
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • SO
    STAGE OF LIFE THEATRE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +45%
  • IY
    IDAHO YOUTH RANCH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +34%
  • SV
    SUN VALLEY OPERA COMPANY
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +8%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Aspen Valley Land Trust

Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.

Environment
2
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
3
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
4
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
5
Ecosystem Sciences Foundation Inc

River and watershed restoration

Environment
6
Boulder Watershed Collective

The Boulder Watershed Collective is a 501c3 non-profit stakeholder-driven organization established to address forested watershed health,resiliency and stewardship. We have three program areas: ClimateAdaptation and Resilience Watershed…

Environment
7
Land Trust of the Treasure Valley

To create oppurtunites for conservation of natural, scenic, historic, recreational and agricultural values of southwestern idaho's open spaces through collabarative efforts for current and future generations. the land trust indentifies…

Environment
8
Council of Western State Foresters

The council of western state foresters (cwsf) promotes the conservation, protection, and sustainable management of forests for today and generations to come by leading collective action, fostering learning, facilitating resource sharing,…

Environment
9
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
10
Wyofile

Wyofile is an independent, nonprofit news service focused on the people, places and policy of wyoming. recognizing the rapid decline in resources among traditional news outlets, wyofile offers in-depth coverage of complicated subjects and…

Arts & Culture
11
Mountain Area Land Trust

Mountain area land trust's mission is to save natural areas, wildlife habitat, streams and rivers, working ranches and historic lands, for the benefit of the community and as a legacy for future generations.

Environment
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Forest Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mote Marine Laboratory Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 56 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/47
Grantees still filing
36/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOOD RIVER COMMUNITY YMCA: $30,000 · OtherWOOD RIVER COMMUNITY YMCAIndividual grant recipient: $24,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherST THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCHENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTERCOMPASS FOR LIFELONG DISCOVERY: $10,000 · OtherCOMPASS FOR LIFELONG DISCOVERYWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $8,000 · OtherLIFT UP: $7,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE ROARING FORK: $7,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERIC…NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATIONASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Other+11 more: $34,000 · Other+11 moreThe Community Library Association Inc: $60,000 · EducationThe Community Library Associ…ASPEN WALDORF FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationASPEN WALDORF FOUNDATION INCTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILL…THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIONBoise State University Foundation Inc: $10,500 · EducationBoise State University Found…VALLEY SETTLEMENT: $5,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $7,500 · Education+3 moreROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD: $30,000 · EnvironmentROCKY MOUNTAIN W…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $29,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DE…WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $5,000 · EnvironmentWOOD RIVER LAND …SAWTOOTH SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentSAWTOOTH SOCIETY…Roaring Fork Safe Passages: $3,000 · EnvironmentSociety for Conservation GIS Inc: $2,500 · EnvironmentSUN VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENCE: $50,000 · Human ServicesSUN VALLEY I…BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $5,000 · Human ServicesBLAINE COUNT…+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesSUN VALLEY PLAYWRIGHTS RESIDENCY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSUN VALLE…THE LIBERTY THEATRE COMPANY: $9,500 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBER…BOULDER MOUNTAIN CLAYWORKS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER M…SPOT SUN VALLEY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSPOT SUN …CARBONDALE COMMUNITY ACCESS RADIO: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $4,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionARCH COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST INC: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$184,000Education$135,000Environment$75,000Human Services$56,500Arts & Culture$44,500Food & Nutrition$20,000Housing & Shelter$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Community Library Association Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSUN VALLEY INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENCE: $50,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $29,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN WALDORF FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARCH COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUN VALLEY PLAYWRIGHTS RESIDENCY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCOMPASS FOR LIFELONG DISCOVERY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBERTY THEATRE COMPANY: $9,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDERNESS WORKSHOP: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER MOUNTAIN CLAYWORKS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetVALLEY SETTLEMENT: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY CHARITABLE FUND INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAWTOOTH SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSPOT SUN VALLEY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRoaring Fork Safe Passages: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTHROOTS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL CAMP INC: $3,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSociety for Conservation GIS Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnglish in Action: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARBONDALE COMMUNITY ACCESS RADIO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoaring Fork Schools Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTibet Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTAGE OF LIFE THEATRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO YOUTH RANCH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY OPERA COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLOURISH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARITAS CHORALE LIMITED: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Warrington Founda…Spur Community Founda…Idaho Community Found…Boswell Family Founda…The Springcreek Found…Colorado Gives Founda…Heinz Family Foundati…Aspen Community Found…The Bessemer Giving F…Rose Community Founda…Community Foundation …Orange County Communi…
The Warrington Foundation Co Fifth ThirdOH47.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Warrington Foundation Co Fifth Third · Spur Community Foundation Inc · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Boswell Family Foundation · The Springcreek Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Heinz Family Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Rose Community Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Orange County Community 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Koa Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Koa Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 56 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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