California · Nonprofit
OLIVESEED FOUNDATION
OLIVESEED FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $334,461 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($217,550). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $261k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $334k
- Net assets
- $16k
What Oliveseed Foundation does
Mission
Our mission is to build a positive and sustainable future in underserved communities through educational enrichment for youth, meaningful livelihoods for women, and clean water to drink. We focus on the indigenous amazigh and maasai communities of morocco and kenya.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Literacy & educational enrichment:educational enrichment for underserved youth is our central pillar. In kenya, we develop high-quality libraries and science labs for schools in greatest need. We developed our 6th school library in the maasai mara in 2024 and expanded our scholarship program to include more students who would not otherwise be able to attend school. Over 6000 students each year in kenya directly benefit from these projects. In morocco in 2024, we held a nationwide short story competition for rural teens, with published books. As an extension of this successful program, we also held an essay competition on "challenges facing the next generation" for youth in both morocco and kenya, boosting literacy, critical thinking, and young leadership. In both countries, the teens presented their findings to a national audience of educators.
$112,130 spentof which $54,158 as grants39% of program spendingClean water initiatives (maasai mara, kenya):where we work in kenya, most people get their drinking water from open pits or rivers shared with wildlife and cattle, and 80% of hospitalizations are the result of drinking dirty water. In 2024, we completed development of a purified water facility ready for sales to local businesses; this will help fund education projects and will employ community members. Also in 2024, we built large solar-pumped groundwater and water storage systems for 3 communities, providing clean water to people right in their village. These village water projects provide clean water free to 10,000 people.
$110,795 spentof which $91,166 as grants39% of program spendingOliveseed women's work center (maasai mara, kenya):most adult women in the rural maasai mara did not have the chance to go to school and have no economic opportunities. To address this need, we built a solar-powered women's work center with income-generating enterprises for women from 20 families. We provide vocational training, supplies, sales channels, and work space. The women make beadwork to sell at safari camps and sew clothing and other items to sell, making an income for the first time in their lives and supporting their families. In 2024, we expanded our development of high-quality sewn sanitary kits to keep teen girls in school. The women produced and distributed 1450 sanitary kits to local girls this year, along with health and hygiene education
$39,039 spentof which $12,518 as grants14% of program spendingThese expenses are our support for the g&a costs of the ground operation managing and implementing all our kenyan projects in literacy & education, clean water, and women's empowerment. We established a registered nonprofit in kenya called oliveseed kenya (osk) for local staff to carry out this project work. Osk also provides financial oversight and accounting, conducts project assessments, handles community relations, and provides security for the women's center and water facilities. In addition, osk owns and maintains necessary assets including vehicles and the land for the women's center. The osk books are independently audited each year, in compliance with kenyan law.
$22,816 spentof which $12,423 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $284,780.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $27k to $79k (+188%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of OLIVESEED FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $2k → $88k.
7 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of OLIVESEED FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
OLIVESEED FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund OLIVESEED FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 96% · 2022 63% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
94% of OLIVESEED FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $20k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $315k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
OLIVESEED FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like OLIVESEED FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OLIVESEED FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OLIVESEED FOUNDATION?
- OLIVESEED FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $334,461 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($217,550). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OLIVESEED FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $334,461 in grants to OLIVESEED FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OLIVESEED FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $217,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OLIVESEED FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing