California · Private foundation
Little Oak Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $7k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $4,808
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 50% of the organizations Little Oak Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $7k | 40% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $4k | 90% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $3k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $6k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cityteam Ministries | $3,515 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,040 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $2,018 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gofundmeorg | $1,575 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodwill of Silicon Valley Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Cajun Navy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forgotten People Connection USA | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| United Help Ukraine Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cityteam Ministries | $3,515 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,040 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $2,018 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Gofundmeorg | $1,575 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodwill of Silicon Valley Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Cajun Navy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forgotten People Connection USA | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| United Help Ukraine Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Unidosus | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| California Line Dance Association of America | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Voices Project USA Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Cupertino Robotics Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Lightner Museum | $76 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Modern Art | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc | $40 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation International | $5 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Little Oak Foundation 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Little Oak Foundation
- How much does Little Oak Foundation give?
- Little Oak Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $7,308 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Little Oak Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (18%), Food & Nutrition (16%), International (16%).
- Who are Little Oak Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Cityteam Ministries ($4k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($3k), Samaritan's Purse ($2k).
- Does Little Oak Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Little Oak Foundation 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 Little Oak Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Little Oak Foundation based?
- Little Oak Foundation is based in CA.
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