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Woka Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$1.0M
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.

Environment$45MInternational$6.0MFood & Nutrition$2.8MScience & Tech$648kEducation$325kPhilanthropy$250kHealth$250kSocial Science$200kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $4.0M
  • $250k+21 grants · $9.0M
$225,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$192M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New Energy Nexus$1,000,000
Green America$1,000,000
Activate$700,000
Ashoka$500,000
Elemental Excelerator Elemental Imp$500,000
Global Greengrants$400,000
Climate Foundation$400,000
African Women Rising$400,000
Rockefeller Family Fund FCOG$400,000
Oil Change International$350,000
International Biochar Initiative$350,000
Center for Climate Integrity$350,000
Individual grant recipient$330,000
Kakenya's Dream$300,000
Natural Resource Defense Council$300,000
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, $5.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%The Father Center of New Jersey: $1k → 11%African Women Rising: $400k → 14%African Women Rising: $400k → 14%Prime Coalition: $1.8M → 8%African Women Rising: $400k → 14%Prime Coalition: $1.6M → 8%African Women Rising: $400k → 14%Prime Coalition: $450k → 8%Prime Coalition: $300k → 8%Prime Coalition: $225k → 8%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
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
NM
KS
DC
HI
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Woka Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 26% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 23%.

Woka Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.9% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51M · 44 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
5

Total granted

$51M
$820k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
-9%

Still filing today

59%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M 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
EnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesScience & TechInternationalOther
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

  • PC
    PRIME COALITION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $4.3M · revenue +57%
  • GREEN AMERICA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.1M · revenue +4%
  • CF
    Climate Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +41% · 86% of their budget

Funded once

  • TR
    THE REGENERATION PROJECT
    one grant, 2021 · $300k · revenue -90%
  • TL
    The Living Lab World Resources Inst
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • C
    CLIMA
    one grant, 2020 · $120k
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
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
2
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
3
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
4
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
5
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
6
Cascade Climate Inc

To accelerate progress in interventions that harness Earths natural systems to stabilize the climate.

Environment
7
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
8
Nature for Justice

To empower frontline communities to lead nature-based solutions that advance climate justice, ecosystem restoration, and resilient livelihoods through connecting locally-led initiatives to funding, markets, and technical support.

Environment
9
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
10
The Climate Group Inc

Climate group advances climate action by mobilizing business and government leadership to drive systemic decarbonization across energy, transport, and industry, while engaging the public through large-scale convenings and global platforms.…

Environment
11
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
12
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Goodpower Education Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Regeneration Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 59 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New Energy Nexus: $3,700,000 · OtherNew Energy NexusActivate: $3,525,000 · OtherActivateGreentown: $2,400,000 · OtherGreentownThe Land Institute: $1,000,000 · OtherElemental Excelerator Elemental Imp: $1,000,000 · OtherQuivira: $920,000 · OtherAgroecology Fund: $900,000 · OtherFORGE: $800,000 · OtherRockefeller Family Fund FCOG: $800,000 · OtherMAD AGRICULTURE: $1,000,000 · Other+23 more: $7,245,781 · Other+23 moreInternational Biochar Initiative: $1,700,000 · EnvironmentInternational Biochar Ini…GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $1,525,000 · EnvironmentGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUNDNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,400,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE…WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST: $1,350,000 · EnvironmentWHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUSTRainforest Action Network: $1,250,000 · EnvironmentRainforest Action NetworkDEPLOYUS INC: $1,100,000 · EnvironmentDEPLOYUS INCCenter for Land-Based Learning: $890,000 · EnvironmentCenter for Land-Based Lea…MANGROVE ACTION PROJECT: $750,000 · EnvironmentMANGROVE ACTION PROJECTCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $740,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONA…MONGABAY ORG CORP: $600,000 · Environment+4 more: $1,250,000 · Environment+4 morePRIME COALITION INC: $4,300,000 · Human ServicesPRIME COALI…AFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $1,600,000 · Human ServicesAFRICAN WOM…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesGREEN AMERICA: $4,100,000 · AnimalsNURTURING MINDS INC: $1,188,598 · EducationKAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE: $950,000 · EducationGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP: $825,000 · EducationCLIMATE GENERATION: $500,000 · EducationClimate Foundation: $2,540,000 · Science & TechVertueLab: $850,000 · Science & TechASHOKA: $2,250,000 · InternationalGroundswell International Inc: $900,000 · International
Other$23,290,781Environment$12,555,000Human Services$5,901,000Animals$4,100,000Education$3,463,598Science & Tech$3,390,000International$3,150,000

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 budgetPRIME COALITION INC: $4,300,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetGREEN AMERICA: $4,100,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetClimate Foundation: $2,540,000 over 5y, 86% of budgetASHOKA: $2,250,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetInternational Biochar Initiative: $1,700,000 over 4y, 85% of budgetAFRICAN WOMEN RISING: $1,600,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetGLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND: $1,525,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $1,400,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST: $1,350,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $1,250,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetNURTURING MINDS INC: $1,188,598 over 5y, 21% of budgetDEPLOYUS INC: $1,100,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetMAD AGRICULTURE: $1,000,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetThe Land Institute: $1,000,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetKAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE: $950,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetGroundswell International Inc: $900,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCenter for Land-Based Learning: $890,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetVertueLab: $850,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP: $825,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetRegenerative Farms Inc: $750,000 over 5y, 66% of budgetMANGROVE ACTION PROJECT: $750,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $740,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMONGABAY ORG CORP: $600,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetOil Change International Inc: $550,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCLIMATE GENERATION: $500,000 over 2y, 19% of budget350ORG: $400,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CLIMATE INTEGRITY: $350,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGOODPOWER EDUCATION FUND INC: $300,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE REGENERATION PROJECT: $300,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCROWDSOURCING SUSTAINABILITY INCORPORATED: $182,565 over 2y, 78% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetUIH Family Partners d/b/a The Father Center of New Jersey: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds PRIME COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Climate Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ASHOKA ↗
  • Who funds International Biochar Initiative ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN WOMEN RISING ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Rainforest Action Network ↗
  • Who funds NURTURING MINDS INC ↗
  • Who funds DEPLOYUS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAD AGRICULTURE ↗
  • Who funds The Land Institute ↗
  • Who funds KAKENYA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds Groundswell International Inc ↗
  • Who funds Center for Land-Based Learning ↗
  • Who funds VertueLab ↗
  • Who funds GREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP ↗
  • Who funds Regenerative Farms Inc ↗
  • Who funds MANGROVE ACTION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONGABAY ORG CORP ↗
  • Who funds Oil Change International Inc ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE GENERATION ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CLIMATE INTEGRITY ↗

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.

ImpactassetsincThe Schmidt Family Fo…Tides FoundationClif Family FoundationPatagoniaorgMaine Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…New Venture FundThe Martha and Hunter…The San Francisco Fou…The Marisla FoundationWallace Global Fund II
ImpactassetsincMD23× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Impactassetsinc · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · New Venture Fund · The Martha and Hunter Grubb Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · The Marisla Foundation · Wallace Global Fund II

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 Woka Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Woka Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 64%
  • Regenerative Farms Inc: 64% of income from government
  • VertueLab: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Woka Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Woka 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 59 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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