Funding search · EIN 880992719 · Palo Alto, CA

Makahakama Foundation

Name: Makahakama Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

55
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

crisp progressions recovery sblisn anti barn conserva disaster

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $367,500
Lahaina Community Land Trust1 grant · $300,000
Vida Verde Nature Education1 grant · $100,000
Hawaii Community Lending1 grant · $100,000
African Diaspora Network2 grants · $40,000
Ayudando Latinos a Sonar2 grants · $40,000
The Acceleration Project1 grant · $36,000
Hawaii Community Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust1 grant · $20,000
Teach for America Bay Area2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$85,000

2022

$636,500

2023

$530,000

2024

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Lahaina Community Land Trust · Lahaina, HI · 2024
For Fire Recovery Opportunity and Permanence Fund
$257,500
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support the TNC Hawai'I, TNC CA Plastics Initia
$100,000
Hawaii Community Lending · Hilo, HI · 2023
To support the Kanaka Anti-Displacement Fund grant
$100,000
Vida Verde Nature Education · San Gregorio, CA · 2023
Matching barn grant
$60,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
For the Ocean Recovery work at the Nature Conserva
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$36,000
The Acceleration Project · Scarsdale, NY · 2024
Project Launchpad support
$30,000
Ayudando Latinos a Sonar · El Granada, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
African Diaspora Network · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
African Diaspora Network · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ayudando Latinos a Sonar · El Granada, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Teach for America Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Elemental Excelerator · Honolulu, HI · 2023
To support the Scale Up Fund grant program
$10,000
La Cocina · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Pacific Community Ventures · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Teach for America Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Working Solutions Cdfi · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ravenswood Education Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Climate Resilient Communities · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
$2500 to CRISP and $2500 to SBLISN
$5,000
Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Jose Jazz · San Jose, CA · 2024
Progressions Program grant
$5,000
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Audacity Performing Arts Project · Campbell, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Trust for Hidden Villa · Los Altos Hills, CA · 2024
Scholarship fund
$5,000
Truckee Donner Land Trust · Truckee, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Climate Resilient Communities · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the CRISP and SBLISN
$5,000
Lifemoves · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
San Jose Jazz · San Jose, CA · 2023
To support the Progressions Program grant program
$5,000
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley · San Jose, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mountain View, CA · 2023
To support the Emergency and Disaster Relief Fund
$5,000
The Audacity Performing Arts Project · Campbell, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Truckee Donner Land Trust · Truckee, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Epacenter · East Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Big Sur Land Trust · Monterey, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Kitchen Table Advisors · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Korean American Community Foundation of San Franci · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Silicon Valley Urban Debate League · Milpitas, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Big Sur Land Trust · Monterey, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Glaad · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Korean American Community Foundation of San Franci · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Silicon Valley Urban Debate League · Milpitas, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Chopsticks Alley Art · San Jose, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
San Jose Taiko Group · San Jose, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Chopsticks Alley Art · San Jose, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
San Jose Taiko Group · San Jose, CA · 2023
Unrestricted

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