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Optivest 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.

$48k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
39%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$13,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$233k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Optivest Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionInternationalEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving10$48k70%
FY202418$386k39%
FY202327$1.2M19%
FY202231$1.7M19%
FY202130$1.0M37%
FY202019$757k11%
FY201922$732k18%
FY201833$827k27%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$2.5MEducation$2.1MReligion$1.3MHuman Services$600kCivil Rights$396kHealth$244kYouth Development$134kPhilanthropy$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
SD
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
AZ
KS
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Acres of Love$479,37573%
Hope International$457,50080%
Forest Home Foundation$450,0008n/a
Operation Mobilization$395,9007n/a
Floresta USA Incorporated$355,87471%
Justice Rising International$337,85269%
Edify$315,00081%
Children's Hunger Fund$232,75060%
Congo Initiative USA Inc$212,60086%
Care for Children Care for Children - USA Inc$128,75044%
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All grantees of Optivest Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Acres of Love$479,37573%
Hope International$457,50080%
Forest Home Foundation$450,0008n/a
Operation Mobilization$395,9007n/a
Floresta USA Incorporated$355,87471%
Justice Rising International$337,85269%
Edify$315,00081%
Children's Hunger Fund$232,75060%
Congo Initiative USA Inc$212,60086%
Care for Children Care for Children - USA Inc$128,75044%
Novo Mission Inc$105,0003n/a
Homeword$82,75092%
Family Assistance Ministries$62,50030%
Hitching Post Ministries$62,00049%
Water Missions International$60,00030%
Extreme Response International Inc$50,63341%
Logos Healing Institute$34,125310%
Harbor Point Church$33,0002n/a
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$32,50030%
Many Hopes Inc$32,50031%
California Baptist University$25,00010%
Wells of Life Inc$23,50021%
Rad Dad - Tbi Family Fund$23,200110%
Milele International$20,00021%
The Riverbank Organization$20,000118%
Wholives Inc$19,80025%
Su Refugio Ministries$15,00021%
Northrise University Initiative$12,5001n/a
Camino Health Center$11,20030%
Mary's Shelter$10,25950%
Friends of Basha$10,0001n/a
Ho'Ola Na Pua$10,00010%
Faithquest Missions$10,00012%
Kids Alive International Inc$10,00010%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$5,00010%
Children's Cup$5,00010%
Jesus Said Go$5,00015%
Dean-o and the Dynamos Inc$5,00014%
United Servants Abroad Inc$4,50011%
Helimission Inc$3,9572n/a
Crossline Community Church$3,5001n/a
Azusa Pacific University$3,00010%
Cura Mission$3,0001n/a
San Clemente Presbyterian Church$2,9002n/a
Hidden With Christ Ministries Dba Treasures of Africa Kidz$2,50010%
Junipero Serra Catholic High School$1,50010%
Haven Ministries$1,30010%
Multiplication Network Ministries$8001n/a
East-West Ministries International$80010%
Global Mission$80010%
Relationship 180$60010%
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools Inc$57010%
Samaritan's Purse$50010%
Memorialcare Medical Foundation$5001n/a
God's Helping Hands$40010%
Sim USA Incorporated$4001n/a
Project Linus$26110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAcres of Love: $479,375 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetHope International: $457,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFloresta USA Incorporated: $355,874 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetJustice Rising International: $337,852 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetEdify: $315,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Hunger Fund: $232,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCongo Initiative USA Inc: $212,600 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetCare for Children Care for Children - USA Inc: $128,750 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetHomeword: $82,750 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetFamily Assistance Ministries: $62,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHitching Post Ministries: $62,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetWater Missions International: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetExtreme Response International Inc: $50,633 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLogos Healing Institute: $34,125 over 3y, 10% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMany Hopes Inc: $32,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCalifornia Baptist University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWells of Life Inc: $23,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetRad Dad - Tbi Family Fund: $23,200 over 1y, 10% of budgetMilele International: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Riverbank Organization: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetWholives Inc: $19,800 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetSu Refugio Ministries: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCamino Health Center: $11,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMary's Shelter: $10,259 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHo'Ola Na Pua: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFaithquest Missions: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKids Alive International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cup: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJesus Said Go: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetDean-o and the Dynamos Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUnited Servants Abroad Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAzusa Pacific University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHidden With Christ Ministries Dba Treasures of Africa Kidz: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJunipero Serra Catholic High School: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHaven Ministries: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast-West Ministries International: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Mission: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRelationship 180: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCapistrano Valley Christian Schools Inc: $570 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGod's Helping Hands: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Linus: $261 over 1y, 0.0% 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 44.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA24.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Higher Rock Foundation · Giving University · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · Kingdom Assignment · The Bowie Family Foundation · The Fuller Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Optivest Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Optivest 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 Optivest Foundation

How much does Optivest Foundation give?
Optivest Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $47,995 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Optivest Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (33%), Education (28%), Religion (18%).
Who are Optivest Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Acres of Love ($479k), Hope International ($458k), Forest Home Foundation ($450k).
Does Optivest Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Optivest 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 Optivest Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Higher Rock Foundation, Giving University.
Where is Optivest Foundation based?
Optivest Foundation is based in CA.

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 98 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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