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Lee Ohana Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$160kEducation$158kPhilanthropy$73kArts & Culture$27kReligion$18kAnimals$14kFood & Nutrition$9kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $86k
$5,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUPAGE FOUNDATION$28,000
TULANE UNIVERSITY$25,000
Individual grant recipient$13,390
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE$10,000
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH$5,500
KESEM FOUNDATION$4,009
BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS$3,500
WE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE$3,500
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$1,024
TULANE UNIVERSITY$500
02The need
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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 (FY22–23, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP KESEM: $6k → 14%CAMP KESEM: $3k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
MD
DE
TN
HI
LA
AL
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$371k · 13 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
12

Total granted

$371k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+14%

Still filing today

85%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • HH
    HINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +155%
  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    4× · 2022–2025 · $107k · revenue +19%
  • AC
    AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $41k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -80%
  • TR
    THE RECORD COMPANY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -31%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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2
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
5
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
6
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

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7
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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9
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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10
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
11
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
12
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Rush University Medical Center. 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

22 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. 22 of the 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $106,500 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIO…AUGUSTANA COLLEGE: $40,500 · EducationAUGUSTANA COLLEGEBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $21,025 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INCWE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE INC: $11,000 · EducationWE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE INCHINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $110,000 · HealthHINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONRush University Medical Center: $10,000 · HealthRush University Medical Cente…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Health+3 more: $2,185 · HealthTHE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $62,500 · PhilanthropyTHE DUPAGE COMMU…ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT IN…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY…REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH: $18,000 · OtherREDEEMER LUTHERAN…Individual grant recipient: $14,935 · OtherIndividual grant …BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $6,000 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQU…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOO…KESEM FOUNDATION: $4,009 · OtherALSAC - ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH: $3,500 · OtherWELLNESS HOUSE FOR LIVING WITH CANC: $3,000 · OtherDUPAGE PADS INC: $6,700 · OtherDUPAGE PADS INCEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,000 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE INI…THE RECORD COMPANY INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE RECORD COMPAN…+5 more: $3,755 · OtherHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $13,500 · AnimalsCamp Kesem National: $8,600 · Human ServicesHCS FAMILY SERVICES: $8,500 · Community Improvement
Education$179,025Health$127,185Philanthropy$72,500Other$75,899Animals$13,500Human Services$8,600Community Improvement$8,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHINSDALE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $106,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $62,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTANA COLLEGE: $40,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $21,025 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $13,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $8,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHCS FAMILY SERVICES: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDUPAGE PADS INC: $6,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RECORD COMPANY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,024 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirds of Prey Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELMHURST ART MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS DUPAGE & THE FOX VALLEY REGION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Alben F & Clara G Bat…The Chicago Community…The Dupage Community …Arthur J Gallagher Fo…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Alben F & Clara G Bates FoundationIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Dupage Community Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Lee Ohana Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lee Ohana Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Record Company Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Lee Ohana Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lee Ohana Foundation 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.

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 31 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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