California · Public charity
Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation
See schedule othe organization's purpose is to engage in charitable and educational activities, including but not limited to ensuring children from low-income families have access to high-quality books in the home environment and extensive family engagement support.we believe that providing children with high-quality books will help…
- $102k
- Granted FY2018
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2018
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2018
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100% of Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Hawaii Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $80k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2018
- $80k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2018
- $11,400
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 2
- Total assets, FY2018
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 20% of the organizations Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 5 | $80k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $56k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raising A Reader | $61,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Brian Boitanos Youth Skate Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 98% |
| Hawaii Literacy Inc | $23,300 | 1 | 3% |
| Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Oakland Unified School District | $18,212 | 1 | n/a |
| Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Cartwright School District | $12,308 | 1 | n/a |
| Handson Bay Area | $6,890 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Book and Music Festival | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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: 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 Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation
- How much does Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation give?
- Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $79,700, out of $101,879 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (51%), Youth Development (11%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Raising A Reader ($61k), Brian Boitanos Youth Skate Inc ($24k), Hawaii Literacy Inc ($23k).
- Does Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation based?
- Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation is based in CA.
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