Washington · Private foundation
The Open Hand 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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $760k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations The Open Hand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | $81k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $71k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $65k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $64k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $50k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $35k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $28k | 25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Justice Mission | $102,739 | 9 | 0% |
| Vision Nationals | $84,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino Ca | $29,550 | 6 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bibleproject | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | $16,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Methow Conservancy | $13,077 | 4 | 0% |
| Facing Homelessness | $11,864 | 2 | 1% |
| Youthcare | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $5,545 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Justice Mission | $102,739 | 9 | 0% |
| Vision Nationals | $84,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino Ca | $29,550 | 6 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bibleproject | $17,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | $16,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Methow Conservancy | $13,077 | 4 | 0% |
| Facing Homelessness | $11,864 | 2 | 1% |
| Youthcare | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $5,545 | 3 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $5,147 | 2 | 1% |
| Love Never Fails Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Embers International | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $4,515 | 3 | 0% |
| GeekGirlCon | $3,167 | 3 | 1% |
| Young Life | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cadence International | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $2,040 | 2 | 0% |
| Plan International Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Christian Relief Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Living Future Institute | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Plan International USA Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian Law Resource Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Council of Trout Unlimited | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hoh River Trust | $1,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Realoptions | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $194 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Open Hand 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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Open Hand Foundation
- How much does The Open Hand Foundation give?
- The Open Hand Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $81,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Open Hand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (39%), International (28%), Environment (8%).
- Who are The Open Hand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Justice Mission ($103k), Vision Nationals ($84k), Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino Ca ($30k).
- Does The Open Hand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Open Hand 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 Open Hand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is The Open Hand Foundation based?
- The Open Hand Foundation is based in WA.
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