Maryland · Private foundation
The Orokawa Foundation Inc
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.
- $5.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 57
- Grants FY2025
- 58
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,176,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 49 to 58
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $100M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Orokawa Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $201k 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 | 57 | $5.8M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 58 | $5.4M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $5.2M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 50 | $5.4M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $4.6M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 51 | $4.7M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $1,953,700 | 6 | 1% |
| University of Baltimore Foundation Inc | $1,625,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Paul's Place Inc | $1,600,000 | 6 | 12% |
| University of Maryland Foundation Inc | $1,352,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $1,300,000 | 6 | 7% |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $1,176,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $835,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Associated Catholic Charities Inc | $625,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Insideout Writers Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Itineris Foundation Inc | $575,000 | 6 | 12% |
Show all 63 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Orokawa Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · Sherman Family Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation
How this is measured
About The Orokawa Foundation Inc
- How much does The Orokawa Foundation Inc give?
- The Orokawa Foundation Inc reported 57 grants totaling $5,777,739 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 58 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Orokawa Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Human Services (22%), Health (18%).
- Who are The Orokawa Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc ($2.0M), University of Baltimore Foundation Inc ($1.6M), Paul's Place Inc ($1.6M).
- Does The Orokawa Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Orokawa Foundation Inc 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 Orokawa Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Orokawa Foundation Inc based?
- The Orokawa Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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