How much does The Oak Foundation give?

The Oak Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $137,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does The Oak Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (29%), Human Services (26%), Arts & Culture (13%).

Who are The Oak Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Our Lady of Peace ($143k), Wild Salmon Center ($133k), Trout Unlimited Inc ($128k).

Does The Oak Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Oak 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 The Oak Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.

Where is The Oak Foundation based?

The Oak Foundation is based in MN.

Foundation Dossiers

Minnesota · Private foundation

The Oak Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$138k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 19
Grants FY2024: 21
Organizations funded FY2023: 38%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $25,000
Organizations funded a year: 11 to 21; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 9
Total assets, FY2024: $1.9M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Oak Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

AnimalsEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesEmploymentFood & 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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	19	$138k	16%
FY2023	21	$150k	38%
FY2022	18	$233k	17%
FY2021	16	$166k	50%
FY2020	17	$144k	47%
FY2018	11	$89k	45%
FY2017	12	$141k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$305kHuman Services$272kArts & Culture$139kAnimals$89kHealth$73kYouth Development$33kFood & Nutrition$30kPhilanthropy$28kOther$0

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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Our Lady of Peace	$143,000	7	0%
Wild Salmon Center	$132,500	5	1%
Trout Unlimited Inc	$127,500	4	0%
There With Care	$74,167	6	0%
E Town	$68,750	5	1%
Colorado Horse Rescue	$33,500	4	2%
Taking the Reins	$33,000	7	1%
Dolls for Daughters	$32,000	7	1%
Go4thegoal Foundation	$26,000	5	2%
At Home Group	$25,000	6	1%

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All grantees of The Oak Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Our Lady of Peace	$143,000	7	0%
Wild Salmon Center	$132,500	5	1%
Trout Unlimited Inc	$127,500	4	0%
There With Care	$74,167	6	0%
E Town	$68,750	5	1%
Colorado Horse Rescue	$33,500	4	2%
Taking the Reins	$33,000	7	1%
Dolls for Daughters	$32,000	7	1%
Go4thegoal Foundation	$26,000	5	2%
At Home Group	$25,000	6	1%
Kids First Health Care	$25,000	2	0%
Amp the Cause	$22,500	3	0%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society	$22,500	3	0%
Assistance Dogs of Hawaii	$20,000	4	0%
John Austin Cheley Foundation Inc	$12,500	3	1%
Ocean Defenders Alliance	$10,000	2	2%
Kitsap Humane Society	$10,000	2	0%
Trees That Feed Foundation	$10,000	2	1%
Sock It to Em Sock Campaign	$7,500	4	1%
Rewild	$7,500	2	0%
Park Nicollet Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center	$5,000	1	0%
One Tree Planted Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Help America Hear Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Freedomworks Incorporated	$5,000	1	0%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
The Surfrider Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Sylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue	$5,000	1	0%
Always Choose Adventures	$5,000	1	1%
Minnesota Independence College and Community	$5,000	1	n/a
Isla Urbana Inc	$4,000	2	1%
The Bridge for Youth	$2,500	1	0%
Natural Highs--Healthy Alternatives to Drugs and Alcohol	$1,500	1	n/a
Boulder Public Library Foundation	$1,000	1	0%
Wayzata Community Church	$1,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($156k), not named here.

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

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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 32.

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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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO17.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Minneapolis Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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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About The Oak Foundation

How much does The Oak Foundation give?: The Oak Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $137,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Oak Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (29%), Human Services (26%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are The Oak Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Our Lady of Peace ($143k), Wild Salmon Center ($133k), Trout Unlimited Inc ($128k).
Does The Oak Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Oak 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 The Oak Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
Where is The Oak Foundation based?: The Oak Foundation is based in MN.