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Tsuha Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$693k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.3MHuman Services$934kEducation$923kHealth$283kReligion$168kCommunity Improvement$155kYouth Development$154kInternational$112kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $518k
$30,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIRCLES USA$150,000
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$127,000
WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS$80,750
PUNAHOU SCHOOL$60,000
MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY$50,000
WORLD IMPACT INC$50,000
LIFE REMODELED$30,000
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$30,000
BREAD FOR THE WORLD INSTITUTE$25,000
NOMI NETWORK INC$25,000
ACE FOUNDATION$25,000
ASIAN AMERICAN FUTURES$15,000
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND$15,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS HAWAII INC$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $191k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%3RD DECADE INC: $20k → 15%JOHN CORCORAN FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%ANGEL CITY ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%ACE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ACE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $13k → 14%ACE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ACE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ACE FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
TN
DC
HI
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 20 repeat orgs$522k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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20

Total granted

$2.6M
$432k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+28%

Still filing today

80%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionEmploymentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $254k · revenue +100%
  • PS
    PUNAHOU SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $242k · revenue +40%
  • MT
    MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $210k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMBITION ANGELS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -17%
  • CC
    CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • CF
    CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
2
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
6
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
7
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
8
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
10
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
11
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
12
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ambition Angels; the most unlike its peers is People People Media Company. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
29/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CIRCLES USA: $681,000 · OtherCIRCLES USAInterfaith Community Services Inc: $200,000 · OtherInterfaith Community Services IncWORLD IMPACT INC: $125,000 · OtherWORLD IMPACT INCYOUSCHOOL USA: $60,000 · OtherWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $57,000 · Other+17 more: $461,960 · Other+17 moreGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $1,165,000 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHRO…CHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION…+3 more: $33,000 · PhilanthropyOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $254,000 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE…PUNAHOU SCHOOL: $242,000 · EducationPUNAHOU SCHOOLMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $210,000 · EducationMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDEN…WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $185,500 · EducationWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNE…AMBITION ANGELS: $100,000 · EducationAMBITION ANGELSWASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $38,000 · Education+5 more: $110,000 · Education+5 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,000,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS…ACE FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Human ServicesAngel City Alliance: $25,000 · Human Services3RD DECADE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesPeace Neighborhood Center: $13,000 · Human ServicesThe John Corcoran Foundation Inc: $7,750 · Human ServicesSOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR: $118,000 · ReligionPeople People Media Company: $100,000 · Arts & CultureGLENDALE ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,584,960Philanthropy$1,298,000Education$1,139,500Community Improvement$1,000,000Human Services$190,750Religion$118,000Arts & Culture$105,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $1,165,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $254,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $242,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $210,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $185,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetACE FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetSOUL SURVIVOR OUTDOOR: $118,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetAMBITION ANGELS: $100,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetPeople People Media Company: $100,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $57,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBread for the World Institute: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNOMI NETWORK INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $38,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNorth County Education Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $31,260 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE REMODELED: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAngel City Alliance: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS HAWAII INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budget3RD DECADE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHawai'i Pacific Health: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN FUTURES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeace Neighborhood Center: $13,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON GRACE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFARRINGTON ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLENDALE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Long Family FoundationGofundmeorgThrivent Charitable I…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY13.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Long Family Foundation · Gofundmeorg · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tsuha Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tsuha Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Tsuha Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tsuha 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.

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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home