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Oceanic Heritage 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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 40
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$5.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Oceanic Heritage Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsInternationalCommunity 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving37$1.3M3%
FY202439$1.1M10%
FY202340$675k78%
FY202123$605kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$820kInternational$685kEducation$595kHealth$495kFood & Nutrition$380kRecreation & Sports$330kHuman Services$175kReligion$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Oceanic Heritage Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$380,00030%
Americares Foundation Inc$230,00030%
City Harvest Inc$185,00040%
The Barnes Foundation$180,00040%
Achilles International Inc$180,00041%
Food Bank for New York City$165,00030%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$150,00030%
The Give an Hour Nonprofit Corporation$150,00028%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$115,00030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$115,00020%
World Rehabilitation Fund$80,00032%
Teachers College Columbia University$70,00040%
Special Operations Warrior Foundation$65,00020%
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc$60,00030%
The Children's Aid Society$60,00040%
School of American Ballet Inc$60,00040%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$60,00030%
Seamens Church Institute Inc$60,0004n/a
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$60,00040%
The George W Bush Foundation$45,00030%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$45,00030%
Fresh Air Fund$45,00030%
Museum of Modern Art$45,00030%
The Trustees of Anatolia College$45,00030%
Iowa State University Foundation$45,00030%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$45,00030%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$45,00030%
The Chapin School Ltd$45,00030%
The Frick Collection$45,00030%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$45,00030%
New York City Ballet Inc$45,00030%
American Museum of Natural History$45,00030%
United Negro College Fund Inc$30,00020%
Johns Hopkins University$30,00010%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$15,00010%
The Elm Project$15,00014%
Helen Keller International$15,00010%
Northwell Health Foundation$15,00010%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$10,00010%
The Fund for American Studies$10,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($510k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Oceanic Heritage Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $380,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $230,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $185,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $180,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $165,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Give an Hour Nonprofit Corporation: $150,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Rehabilitation Fund: $80,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Operations Warrior Foundation: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Aid Society: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSchool of American Ballet Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Anatolia College: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIowa State University Foundation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chapin School Ltd: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elm Project: $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHelen Keller International: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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.

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How do I get to Oceanic Heritage Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Oceanic Heritage 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.

About Oceanic Heritage Foundation

How much does Oceanic Heritage Foundation give?
Oceanic Heritage Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $1,265,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 40 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Oceanic Heritage Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), International (19%), Education (16%).
Who are Oceanic Heritage Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($380k), Americares Foundation Inc ($230k), City Harvest Inc ($185k).
Does Oceanic Heritage Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Oceanic Heritage 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 Oceanic Heritage Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is Oceanic Heritage Foundation based?
Oceanic Heritage Foundation is based in NY.

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 60 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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