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Six Tree 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212025.

Education$1.9MInternational$420kYouth Development$375kPhilanthropy$375kArts & Culture$30kHousing & Shelter$25kScience & Tech$25kCommunity Improvement$10k
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $220k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $438k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FDN$400,000
MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE$150,000
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FUND$100,000
GLADSTONE FOUNDATION$87,500
US JAPAN COUNCIL$50,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$50,000
FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL$35,000
PURPLE MAIA FOUNDATION$25,000
RISEHI FOUNDATION$25,000
OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA$25,000
PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH$25,000
NISHIMACHI FOUNDATION$25,000
JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDENS OF PHOENIX$20,000
MENLO COLLEGE$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WOMENS STARTUP LAB IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.6M · 14 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +6% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$2.6M
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
0%

Still filing today

64%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2025 · $635k · revenue +53%
  • PM
    PURPLE MAIA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $225k · revenue +28%
  • RF
    RISEHI FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +172% · 40% of their budget

Funded once

  • PI
    PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +239%
  • DC
    DYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -66%
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -29%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
4
Us-Japan Research Institute Suite 801
5
International Student Conferences Inc

The mission of international student conferences, inc. is to promote peace by furthering mutual understanding, friendship, and trust through international student interchange.

International
6
Hawaii Pacific University

Hawaii pacific university is an international learning community set in the rich cultural context of hawaii. students from around the world join us for an american education built on a liberal arts foundation. our innovative undergraduate…

Education
7
Hawaii International Film Festival

To foster international cultural awareness and understanding through the medium of film. to act as a creative pipeline for hawaii and the pacific, showcasing new and emerging talent from hawaii, asia, americas, europe, and the pacific…

Arts & Culture
8
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
9
United States-Japan Bridging Foundation Inc

The united states-japan bridging foundation provides u.s. undergraduates who demonstrate financial need and academic merit with scholarships to study abroad in japan, along with mentorship and networking opportunities.

International
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
University of Hawaii Foundation

To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.

Education
12
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Purple Maia Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Womens Startup Lab Impact Foundation. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
7/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE — $450,000 · OtherMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTEARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — $415,000 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYPURPLE MAIA FOUNDATION — $225,000 · OtherPURPLE MAIA FOUNDATIONFOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL — $110,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONALCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FUND — $100,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FUNDUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA — $85,000 · OtherPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH — $75,000 · OtherNISHIMACHI FOUNDATION — $60,000 · Other+6 more — $180,000 · Other+6 moreARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $635,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO…GLADSTONE FOUNDATION — $175,000 · EducationGLADSTONE FOUNDATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $175,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAN…US- JAPAN COUNCIL — $150,000 · InternationalPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH — $50,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC — $25,000 · InternationalGIVE2ASIA — $10,000 · InternationalHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · PhilanthropyKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM — $34,000 · PhilanthropyRISEHI FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureJapanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Inc — $20,000 · Arts & CultureGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentWOMENS STARTUP LAB IMPACT FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human Services
Other$1,700,000Education$985,000International$235,000Philanthropy$134,000Arts & Culture$120,000Youth Development$25,000Human Services$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $635,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE — $450,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPURPLE MAIA FOUNDATION — $225,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetGLADSTONE FOUNDATION — $175,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUS- JAPAN COUNCIL — $150,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISEHI FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetNISHIMACHI FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH — $50,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetMENLO COLLEGE — $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKRISTI YAMAGUCHI'S ALWAYS DREAM — $34,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 55 SILICON VALLEY MONTEREY BAY COUNCIL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJapanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGIVE2ASIA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable FoundationHI15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Atherton Family Foundation · Small River Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Six Tree Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Six Tree Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Six Tree 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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