New York · Private foundation
Kona Foundation Inc
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.
- $48k
- Granted FY2023
- 21
- Grants FY2023
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
91% of Kona Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Bessemer Giving Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 20 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Kona Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $48k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $8,755
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Kona Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 20 | $47k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $36k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $33k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $33k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $34k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $32k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $24k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Beth Am | $44,255 | 7 | n/a |
| The Piatigorsky Foundation D/B/A Pf Classical | $42,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio | $21,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Feel Good Action | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $9,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Lakeside School | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kona Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Seattle Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Raikes Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to Kona Foundation Inc?
Find your warmest path to Kona Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About Kona Foundation Inc
- How much does Kona Foundation Inc give?
- Kona Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $47,755 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kona Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Environment (8%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Kona Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Temple Beth Am ($44k), The Piatigorsky Foundation D/B/A Pf Classical ($43k), Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio ($22k).
- Does Kona Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kona Foundation Inc 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 Kona Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Moccasin Lake Foundation.
- Where is Kona Foundation Inc based?
- Kona Foundation Inc is based in NY.
Play a game based on Kona’s filings →