California · Private foundation
The Toni Ko 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.
- $268k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Toni Ko Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 7 | $263k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $195k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $186k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $32k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $168k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $75k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $103k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $61k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum Associates | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $185,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Bhutan Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Link Global | $36,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Council of Korean Americans Inc | $34,000 | 2 | 2% |
| New Covenant Academy | $30,330 | 1 | 1% |
| Global Children Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Moonshotplatforminc | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Los Angeles Police Foundation | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum Associates | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $185,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Bhutan Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Link Global | $36,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Council of Korean Americans Inc | $34,000 | 2 | 2% |
| New Covenant Academy | $30,330 | 1 | 1% |
| Global Children Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Moonshotplatforminc | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Los Angeles Police Foundation | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Just Like My Child Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Be Rare Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Zion Mountain Foundation | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Film Independent | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Asian Business Association San Diego | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Good Plus Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Esalen Institute | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Sunday | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| East-West Players Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children in Harmony | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mpak Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($412k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Toni Ko 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 · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Toni Ko Foundation
- How much does The Toni Ko Foundation give?
- The Toni Ko Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $267,782 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Toni Ko Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), International (30%), Social Science (5%).
- Who are The Toni Ko Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum Associates ($200k), United States Fund for Unicef ($185k), The Bhutan Foundation ($60k).
- Does The Toni Ko Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Toni Ko 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 Toni Ko Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Toni Ko Foundation based?
- The Toni Ko Foundation is based in CA.
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