Minnesota · Private foundation
Sam I Kobata & Sons 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.
- $461k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $88,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $461k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $334k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $535k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $513k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $433k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $294k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $220k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $204k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State University | $668,853 | 9 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | $55,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | $54,300 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $48,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Whitworth University | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Seattle Pacific University | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Corban University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Utah Tech University | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lane Community College | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State University | $668,853 | 9 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho | $55,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | $54,300 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $48,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Whitworth University | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Seattle Pacific University | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Corban University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Utah Tech University | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lane Community College | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| George Fox University | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Wf & Blanche E West Educational & Coffman Jf
How this is measured
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About Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation
- How much does Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation give?
- Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $461,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Washington State University ($669k), Brigham Young University-Idaho ($55k), Corporation of Gonzaga University ($54k).
- Does Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam I Kobata & Sons 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 Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wf & Blanche E West Educational & Coffman Jf.
- Where is Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation based?
- Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation is based in MN.
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