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Little Oak Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2026still arriving
5
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5kFood & Nutrition$5kInternational$4kReligion$4kArts & Culture$2kPhilanthropy$2kAnimals$2kCommunity Improvement$1kOther$0
02FY2026 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cupertino Sports Center$4,808
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$1,000
United Help Ukraine$500
Doctors without Borders$500
Humane Society Silicon Valley$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $5) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Make-A-Wish International: $5 → 11%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

NY
MA
CT
CA
AZ
NC
DC
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Little Oak Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 75% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 69%.

Little Oak Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 10% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21k · 9 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
24

Total granted

$21k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+36%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalReligionFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • CM
    CITYTEAM MINISTRIES
    4× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +32%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2023–2026 · $3k · revenue +1%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2020–2025 · $2k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • C
    CUSD
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • F
    Facebook
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • GO
    GOODWILL OF SILICON VALLEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $1k · revenue +32%
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
United States Fund for Unicef

The organization's mission is to relentlessly pursue a better world for every child. unicef usa advances the global mission of unicef by rallying the american public to support the world's most vulnerable children. through fundraising,…

International
2
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
3
Techsoup Global

Techsoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that leverages technology to enable connections and innovative solutions for a more equitable planet.

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4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
6
Rise Against Hunger Inc

Rise against hunger, inc. is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime. rise against hunger distributes food and other…

International
7
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
UniversalGiving

Our mission is to connect people to quality giving and volunteer opportunities worldwide. universalgiving is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, whose vision is to create a world where giving and volunteering are a natural part of everyday…

Philanthropy
9
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
10
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
11
Globus Relief

The mission of globus relief is to improve the delivery of healthcare worldwide by gathering, processing and distributing surplus medical and health supplies to charities at home and abroad.

International
12
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cityteam Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Lightner Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 35 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cupertino Sports Center: $4,808 · OtherCupertino Sports CenterSecond Harvest Food Bank: $3,500 · OtherSecond Harvest Food BankJAACUC: $2,200 · OtherJAACUCHYDE MIDDLE SCHOOL: $1,360 · OtherHYDE MIDDLE SCHOOLCUSD: $1,200 · OtherCUSDFacebook: $1,060 · OtherFacebookGOODWILL OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $1,000 · OtherFORGOTTEN PEOPLE CONNECTION USA: $800 · OtherUnited Cajun Navy: $1,000 · Other+15 more: $2,712 · Other+15 moreCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $3,515 · ReligionCITYTEAM MINISTRIE…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,040 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 · InternationalMEDECINS …PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $250 · InternationalPROJECT H…THE VOICES PROJECT USA INC: $200 · InternationalTHE VOICE…SECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $2,018 · Food & NutritionHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $2,000 · AnimalsGOFUNDMEORG: $1,575 · PhilanthropyUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $500 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $5 · Human Services
Other$19,640Religion$5,555International$2,950Food & Nutrition$2,018Animals$2,000Philanthropy$1,575Human Services$1,005

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 budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $3,515 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,040 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $2,018 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $1,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIDOSUS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA LINE DANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $360 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOICES PROJECT USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $5 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 35 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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