Funding search · EIN 311634639 · Portland, OR

So Hum Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

235
grants reported
$4.2M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationindiachildrencommunitieseducationalthroughwomenyouth

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Every Woman Treaty3 grants · $504,000
  • Aravind Eye Foundation4 grants · $500,000
  • American Service To India4 grants · $296,200
  • Everywoman Everywhere Coalition1 grant · $250,000
  • Self Enhancement4 grants · $140,000
  • Spoon Foundation4 grants · $136,000
  • Bark4 grants · $120,000
  • Neighbors for Kids4 grants · $120,000
  • Nomad Foundation4 grants · $111,000
  • Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition3 grants · $110,500

Giving over time

$1.0M
2021
$1.0M
2022
$1.0M
2023
$1.1M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 235 grants.

  • $254,000

    Every Woman Treaty · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $250,000

    Everywoman Everywhere Coalition · North Bergen, NJ · 2021

    Funding to support the eradication of violence against women and girls internationally.

  • $125,000

    Aravind Eye Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Every Woman Treaty · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Aravind Eye Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Every Woman Treaty · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Aravind Eye Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $125,000

    Aravind Eye Foundation · New York, NY · 2021

    Operating support.

  • $105,000

    Bark · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $105,000

    Spoon Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $83,500

    American Service To India · Diamond Bar, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $75,700

    American Service To India · Diamond Bar, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $70,500

    Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition · Seal Rock, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $68,500

    American Service To India · Diamond Bar, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $68,500

    American Service To India · Diamond Bar, CA · 2021

    Funding programs for social & economic development in southern india.

  • $55,000

    Neighbors for Kids · Depoe Bay, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $50,000

    Global Roots · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $43,000

    Destiny Reflection USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2021

    To educate, employ and empower vulnerable children and women in kolkata so they can avoid sexual exploitation.

  • $36,000

    Nomad Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2021

    Enhancing opportunities for the nomads of niger while preserving their cultural identity & traditions.

  • $35,000

    Self Enhancement · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Self Enhancement · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Self Enhancement · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $35,000

    Self Enhancement · Portland, OR · 2021

    Helping kids of color stay in school, graduate on time & become positive, contributing citizens.

  • $34,000

    Bbh Eye Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $32,500

    Human Kindness Foundation · Durham, NC · 2023

    General operating support

  • $32,500

    Human Kindness Foundation · Durham, NC · 2022

    General operating support

  • $31,000

    Social Venture Partners Portland · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $30,075

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Family Promise of Lincoln County · Gleneden Beach, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Healing Arts Mission · Granville, OH · 2023

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition · Seal Rock, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Partners for Youth · Langley, WA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $30,000

    Neighbors for Kids · Depoe Bay, OR · 2021

    Providing youth with educational enrichment, youth development to become responsible adults.

  • $30,000

    Partners for Youth · Langley, WA · 2021

    Operating support.

  • $28,000

    Peace in Schools · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Bbh Eye Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Nomad Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Dougy Center · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Nomad Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Animal Balance · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Nomad Foundation · Ojai, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $25,000

    Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2021

    Operating support.

  • $22,700

    Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,075

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,075

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Healing Arts Mission · Granville, OH · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    L'Arche USA · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Neighbors for Kids · Depoe Bay, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Sisters of the Road · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Healing Arts Mission · Granville, OH · 2022

    General operating support

  • $20,000

    Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2021

    Animal care in egypt, sanitation first and the donkey sanctuary - kenya and india.

  • $20,000

    Friends of Lincoln County Animals · Newport, OR · 2021

    To support and advance the health and well-being of domesticated animals in lincoln county, oregon.

  • $20,000

    Healing Arts Mission · Granville, OH · 2021

    Operating support, specifically haiti programs.

  • $19,500

    Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $17,000

    Caravan To Class · Sausalito, CA · 2021

    Funds to bring education to the fabled timbuktu, mali, village by village, reversing the injustice of illiteracy.

  • $16,000

    Destiny Reflection USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $16,000

    Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $16,000

    Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $16,000

    Spoon Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $16,000

    Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition · Portland, OR · 2021

    Funds to support the maitreya school and shakyamuni buddha clinic at the root institute, bodhgaya india.

  • $15,000

    Mercy Corps International · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir Orphanage (Nepal) · 2024

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Mercy Corps International · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir Orphanage (Nepal) · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Store To Door · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Mercy Corps International · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Neighbors for Kids · Depoe Bay, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Social Venture Partners Portland · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir Orphanage (Nepal) · 2022

    General operating support

  • $15,000

    Mercy Corps International · Portland, OR · 2021

    Funds to seek creative solutions to the poverty and hunger in the world.

  • $15,000

    Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir Orphanage (Nepal) · 2021

    Funds to help support a home and school for children in nepal.

  • $13,923

    Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021

    Funding administrative help regarding the distribution of the etd jones scholarship program for youth of color.

  • $13,500

    L'Arche USA · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $13,500

    L'Arche USA · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $13,500

    L'Arche USA · Portland, OR · 2021

    Funds to support their mission: to positively transform the lives of latino youth, families and communities .

  • $13,103

    Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $12,000

    Friends of Lincoln County Animals · Newport, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $12,000

    Friends of Lincoln County Animals · Newport, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Global Resource Alliance · Ojai, CA · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Oregon Humane Society · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Oregon Shores · Seal Rock, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Bbh Eye Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Global Resource Alliance · Ojai, CA · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Oregon Humane Society · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Spoon Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Global Resource Alliance · Ojai, CA · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Oregon Humane Society · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    The Open Road · Portland, OR · 2022

    General operating support

  • $10,000

    Bbh Eye Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2021

    Operating support.

  • $10,000

    Global Resource Alliance · Ojai, CA · 2021

    Funds to help impoverished people and aid orphans in tanzania.

  • $10,000

    Oregon Humane Society · Portland, OR · 2021

    Funding to promote animal welfare, shelter and treat abused and neglected animals.

  • $10,000

    Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition · Seal Rock, OR · 2021

    Funds to maintain the beautiful oregon coast and resources.

  • $8,000

    Grace Memorial · Portland, OR · 2024

    General operating support

  • $8,000

    Pnr USA Foundation · South Plainfield, NJ · 2024

    General operating support

  • $8,000

    Pnr USA Foundation · South Plainfield, NJ · 2023

    General operating support

  • $8,000

    Destiny Reflection USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operating support

  • $8,000

    Pnr USA Foundation · South Plainfield, NJ · 2022

    General operating support

  • $8,000

    Pnr USA Foundation · South Plainfield, NJ · 2021

    Donation to help in the relief and rehabilitation of people living with disabilities in india.

  • $7,500

    Human Kindness Foundation · Durham, NC · 2024

    General operating support

  • $7,500

    Human Kindness Foundation · Durham, NC · 2021

    Funds to provide ministries in prison institutions.

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