California · Private foundation
TAO Aspire 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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $429
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $280k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations TAO Aspire Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 17 | $10k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $9k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $7k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $6k | 68% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $5k | 84% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sempervirens Fund | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saint Lukes Foundation | $888 | 1 | 0% |
| Health4TheWorld | $800 | 3 | n/a |
| Earthjustice | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Stream of Praise Music Ministries | $522 | 1 | n/a |
| San Jose Police Foundation | $515 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Virginia Alumni Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Giving Tree | $425 | 3 | 0% |
| PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital | $412 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sempervirens Fund | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saint Lukes Foundation | $888 | 1 | 0% |
| Health4TheWorld | $800 | 3 | n/a |
| Earthjustice | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Stream of Praise Music Ministries | $522 | 1 | n/a |
| San Jose Police Foundation | $515 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Virginia Alumni Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Family Giving Tree | $425 | 3 | 0% |
| PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital | $412 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $365 | 1 | 0% |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center | $343 | 1 | 0% |
| Menlo Park Presbyterian Church | $307 | 2 | n/a |
| Peninsula Open Space Trust | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Chinese Worldwide Gospel Mission | $222 | 1 | 1% |
| Bupt Alumni Association of America | $206 | 1 | n/a |
| CEF Norcal | $165 | 1 | 0% |
| Ambassadors for Christ Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Prabasi Inc | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Tianyi Studios Corporation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The College of Saint Rose | $66 | 1 | 0% |
| Campbell Christian School | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| The Silicon Valley Leadership Group | $49 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget TAO Aspire Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About TAO Aspire Foundation
- How much does TAO Aspire Foundation give?
- TAO Aspire Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $11,042 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does TAO Aspire Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (21%), Education (16%), Religion (14%).
- Who are TAO Aspire Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Sempervirens Fund ($2k), Saint Lukes Foundation ($888), Health4TheWorld ($800).
- Does TAO Aspire Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does TAO Aspire 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 TAO Aspire Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is TAO Aspire Foundation based?
- TAO Aspire Foundation is based in CA.
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