California · Private foundation
Makahakama Foundation
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.
- $530k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 23
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Makahakama Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $468k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $347k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lahaina Community Land Trust | $300,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Vida Verde Nature Education | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Hawaii Community Lending | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| African Diaspora Network | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Alas Ayudando Latinos a Sonar | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Acceleration Project Inc | $36,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Teach for America Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Truckee Donner Land Trust | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Makahakama Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The Sobrato Family Foundation · The Palo Alto Community Fund · Marin Community Foundation · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Tides Foundation · Sand Hill Foundation · Atkinson Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · East Bay Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Makahakama Foundation
- How much does Makahakama Foundation give?
- Makahakama Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $530,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 23 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Makahakama Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (68%), Community Improvement (14%), International (3%).
- Who are Makahakama Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Lahaina Community Land Trust ($300k), Vida Verde Nature Education ($100k), Hawaii Community Lending ($100k).
- Does Makahakama Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Makahakama 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 Makahakama Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
- Where is Makahakama Foundation based?
- Makahakama Foundation is based in CA.
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