Kokua Na Lani
Redwood City, CA · EIN 83-1663489. Reported 96 grants totalling $2,752,146 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Kokua Na Lani did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $166,667. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of San Diego | La Joya, CA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| GO2 Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $497,584 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $387,089 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eat Learn Play Foundation | Oakland, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kuki'o Ho'omana Fund | Kailuakona, HI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Best Buddies | Miami, FL | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Jose State - Friends of the Brennan Family Football Facility Fund | San Jose, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $53,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wego Foundation | Towson, MD | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kukio Community Fund | Honolulu, HI | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lazarex Cancer Foundation | Danville, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Monkey Tail Ranch | Hollister, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Benioff Childrens Hospital Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $33,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| DREAMS33 | Redwood City, CA | $26,160 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Challenged Athletes Foundation | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Generation Alive | Spokane, WA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ironman Foundation | Tampa, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Jose State - Football Program | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catalino Tapia Scholarship Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | San Carlos, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Food Basket | Hilo, HI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Uhiwai O Haleakala | Makawao, HI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franklin Templeton Annual Heb Award Recepients | Largo, CA | $13,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jim Saunders Nanea Fund | Kailua Kona, HI | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Free Dive Saftey | Kailua Kona, HI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Higher Ground Sun Valley | Ketchum, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucky Duck Foundation | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Kelsey | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jim Saunders Fund | Kailua Kona, HI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rob Machado Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hip Agriculture | Kapaau, HI | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Addiction Education Society | San Mateo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | San Jose, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curriki | Cupertino, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Free Dive Safety | Kailua Kona, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queens Health System | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Kohala Center | Kamuela, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Challenge Athletes Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,613 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Medea Charitable Foundation | Detroit, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Palo Alto, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Underwater Society of America | Fremont, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cure Sma | Elk Grive Village, IL | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Francis Center | Redwood City, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
24 of 47 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $648,406 | $10,010 |
| 2022 | 25 | $742,183 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $737,390 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $624,167 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Kokua Na Lani has 21 of them, worth $3,039,169. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| GO2 Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $666,668 |
| GO2 Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $409,167 |
| University of San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $375,000 |
| University of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $375,000 |
| University of San Diego | La Joya, CA | $312,500 |
| Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $250,000 |
| GO2 Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $207,500 |
| University of San Diego | La Joya, CA | $156,250 |
| Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation | San Carlos, CA | $62,500 |
| Kuki'o Ho'omana Fund | Kailuakona, HI | $60,000 |
| Kukio Community Fund | Honolulu, HI | $40,000 |
| San Jose State - Friends of the Brennan Family Football Facility Fund | San Jose, CA | $37,500 |
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $16,667 |
| Giants Community Fund | San Francisco, CA | $16,667 |
| California Polytechnic State University | San Luis Obispo, CA | $15,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 84% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Kokua Na Lani's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 889 Winslow Street, Redwood City, CA, 94063. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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