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The Ohana 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.

$355k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 18
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$3.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Ohana Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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
Arts & CultureHealthCivil RightsInternationalHuman ServicesEducationOther
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 arriving21$355k43%
FY202417$450k29%
FY202313$290k8%
FY202214$325k7%
FY202114$270k21%
FY202018$235k33%
FY201916$176k56%
FY201815$167k53%
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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 2025.

Education$605kHealth$462kHuman Services$285kCivil Rights$281kArts & Culture$273kFood & Nutrition$205kInternational$128kHousing & Shelter$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
IL
NY
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
HI
GA
TX

Top grantees

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

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of The Ohana Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Maui Preparatory Academy$315,00061%
Marin Montessori School$284,50071%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$176,34690%
Maui Food Bank Inc$165,00070%
Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood Great Rivers$135,00061%
True West Film Center$110,00023%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$95,00060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$90,00050%
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis$79,00061%
The Representation Project$70,00071%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$40,000410%
Baby2baby$40,00040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$30,00020%
Saint Louis Fashion Fund$25,00022%
Rung Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Flance Management Inc D/B/A Flance Early Learning Center$20,00021%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$19,88020%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$15,00020%
Marin Shakespeare Company$15,00011%
Finca International Inc$15,00020%
The BC Fund$10,0001n/a
National Network of Abortion Funds$10,00012%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
Galilee Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Saint Louis Anti-Violence Project$10,0002n/a
Food in Need of Distribution Inc$10,00010%
San Francisco Food Bank$5,00010%
Together Rising$5,00010%
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$5,00010%
Covenant House$5,00010%
National Park Foundation$5,00010%
St Labre Indian School$5,0001n/a
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Women's Bakery Inc$2,50011%
Laumeier Sculpture Park$2,50010%
Bay Area Discovery Museum$1,00010%
Project Glimmer$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($515k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaui Preparatory Academy: $315,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetMarin Montessori School: $284,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $176,346 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $165,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetReproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood Great Rivers: $135,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTrue West Film Center: $110,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetContemporary Art Museum St Louis: $79,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe Representation Project: $70,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetBaby2baby: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Louis Fashion Fund: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRung Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFlance Management Inc D/B/A Flance Early Learning Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis: $19,880 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarin Shakespeare Company: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFinca International Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood in Need of Distribution Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTogether Rising: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis Children's Hospital Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women's Bakery Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLaumeier Sculpture Park: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Discovery Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Glimmer: $1,000 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 34.

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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.

Trio Foundation of St LouisMO17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Trio Foundation of St Louis · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The John and Alison Ferring Family Foundation · Leon and Mary Strauss Charitable Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Regional Cultural and Performing Arts Development Commission · St Louis Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 The Ohana Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ohana 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 The Ohana Foundation

How much does The Ohana Foundation give?
The Ohana Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $355,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Ohana Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Health (19%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Ohana Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maui Preparatory Academy ($315k), Marin Montessori School ($285k), The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc ($176k).
Does The Ohana Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ohana 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 Ohana Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Trio Foundation of St Louis, St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is The Ohana Foundation based?
The Ohana 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 54 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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