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Oceanic Heritage Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k29 grants · $465k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $800k
$15,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Doctors Without Borders$200,000
City Harvest Inc$100,000
Food Bank for NYC$100,000
Achilles International$100,000
AmeriCares Foundation Inc$100,000
Fisher House Foundation$50,000
St Jude Children's Research Hospital$50,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation$50,000
Give an Hour$50,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering$30,000
Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (Fund)$30,000
Childrens Aid Society$15,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation$15,000
Lenox Hill Hospital Northwell Health Foundation$15,000
Seamens Church Institute$15,000
02The need
03

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 (FY21–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $15k → 17%Childrens Aid Society: $15k → 17%The Childrens Aid Society: $15k → 17%The Childrens Aid Society: $15k → 17%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
IA
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 40 repeat orgs$320k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
18

Total granted

$3.3M
$305k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+4%

Still filing today

80%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $380k · revenue +20%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $230k · revenue +19%
  • AI
    Achilles International Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $180k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • MS
    Medecins Sans Frontieres
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +4%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
4
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
5
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
6
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
7
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
8
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
11
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
12
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. 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

40 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. 40 of the 60 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
32/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Achilles International Inc: $180,000 · OtherAchilles International IncFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCMemorial Sloan Kettering: $90,000 · OtherMemorial Sloan KetteringSEAMENS CHURCH INSTITUTE INC: $60,000 · OtherThe Fund for American Studies (TFAS): $45,000 · OtherThe Elm ProjectCamp Ame: $45,000 · OtherThe Frick Collection: $45,000 · OtherHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $60,000 · OtherFRESH AIR FUND: $45,000 · OtherCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $45,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $60,000 · Other+18 more: $355,000 · Other+18 moreTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $180,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATIONMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF…SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BAL…Metropolitan Opera Association Inc: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Opera Ass…BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET THEATRE FOUNDAT…ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUN…Museum of Modern Art: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT TH…NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET I…American Museum of Natural History: $45,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Nat…+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $380,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIER…AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION …WORLD REHABILITATION FUND: $80,000 · InternationalWORLD REHABILITATION F…+2 more: $30,000 · InternationalTeachers College Columbia University: $70,000 · EducationTeachers Col…SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $65,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPER…THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W…THE TRUSTEES OF ANATOLIA COLLEGE: $45,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES…IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationIOWA STATE U…The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $45,000 · EducationThe New York…THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $45,000 · EducationTHE CHAPIN S…UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $30,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKIN…THE GIVE AN HOUR NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $150,000 · HealthTHE GIVE …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $115,000 · HealthST JUDE C…NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $15,000 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthCITY HARVEST INC: $185,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $165,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,145,000Arts & Culture$745,000International$720,000Education$420,000Health$295,000Food & Nutrition$185,000Community Improvement$165,000

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 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
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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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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.

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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home