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Rights Education Adoption &

Palm Desert, CA · EIN 06-1498082. Reported 177 grants totalling $525,861 to 75 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$525,861granted, 2021-2025
75recipients, as named on its returns
77%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,532,876assets, latest filing

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. Rights Education Adoption & did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $30 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
16 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
121 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
32 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
7 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
MccallumPalm Desert, CA$33,000442025
Reap for Animal WelfareNapa, CA$30,000112023
Imua Family ServicesKahului, HI$28,700552025
Assistance Dogs of HawaiiMakawao, HI$25,000442025
Joslyn CenterPalm Desert, CA$24,000442025
Hope Alliance for AnimalsKillingsworth, CT$20,000552025
Maui Food BankWailuku, HI$19,000332024
Salvation ArmyHonolulu, HI$19,000552025
Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT$18,000552025
Coachella Valley Horse RescueIndio, CA$16,000442025
Hospice MauiWailuku, HI$15,621552025
Greyhound Rescue & RehabilitationCross River, NY$15,000442025
Shriners HospitalHonolulu, HI$14,000552025
Animal SamaritansThousand Palms, CA$13,000112025
Connecticut Food BankWallingford, CT$13,000332023
New Haven Animal ShelterNew Haven, CT$12,000442024
The Greater New Haven Cat ProjectNew Haven, CT$12,000552025
Mana' OlanaKihei, HI$11,500552025
Fidelco Guide Dog FoundationBloomfield, CT$11,000442025
Humane Society of the DesertNorth Palm Springs, CA$10,030332024
Molly Humane SocietyPalm Springs, CA$10,000332024
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$9,000442025
Animal Samaritans SPCAThousand Palms, CA$8,000222023
Family Life Center IncKahului, HI$8,000442024
Hospice KonaKona, HI$8,000442025
Women & Family Life CenterGuilford, CT$8,000442025
Branford Compassion ClubBranford, CT$7,000552025
Martha's VillageIndio, CA$7,000332025
St Judes Childrens HospitalMemphis, TN$7,000222023
Doctors Without BordersHagerstown, MD$6,250442025
St Jude Children's Research HospitaMemphis, TN$6,000112025
Connecticut FoodshareWallingford, CT$5,000222025
Ct Draft Horse RescueHaddam Neck, CT$5,000552025
Hale Kau KauKihei, HI$5,000222023
Desert Community FoundationPalm Desert, CA$4,000332025
Oliveseed FoundationPalo Alto, CA$3,500222025
The MusesLos Angeles, CA$3,500332025
Fieldco Guide Dog FoundationBloomfield, CT$3,000112021
Greyhound Rescue and RehabilitationCross River, NY$3,000112021
Maui Cancer Wellness RetreatPukalani, HI$3,000332023
Maui Humane SocietyPuunene, HI$3,000112021
Ninth LifeMakawao, HI$3,000112021
Women and Family Life CenterGuilford, CT$3,000112021
Navy Seal FoundationVirginia Beach, VA$2,500112023
Friends of the Manchester Animal ShManchester, NH$2,000112025
Hawaii Animal Rescue FoundationPuunene, HI$2,000112021
Hope Lodge HawaiiHonolulu, HI$2,000112021
John SwainPalm Desert, CA$2,000112022
Kona HospiceKona, HI$2,000112021
Midwest Friends of Animals IncMonroe City, IN$2,000112021
Northeast Animal ShelterSalem, MA$2,000112021
Paws So Florida Rescue IncFtlauderdale, FL$2,000112021
St JudesMemphis, TN$2,000112021
The Marie SocietyWashington, DC$2,000112025
Whale TrustMakawao, HI$2,000112021
Women Helping WomenWailuku, HI$2,000112021
The Parish SchoolHouston, TX$1,500112025
Cats Exclusive IncMargate, FL$1,000112021
Hawaii Public RadioHonolulu, HI$1,000112021
Pacific Cancer FoundationWailuku, HI$1,000112021
Pacific Whale FoundationWailuku, HI$1,000112021
PBS HawaiiHonolulu, HI$1,000112021
Pilots to the RescueMerrifield, VA$1,000112024
Wildcat SanctuarySandstone, MN$1,000112021
Ziggy StrongMilwaukee, WI$1,000112024
National D-Day Memorial FoundationBedford, VA$360222025
Paralyzed Veterans of AmericaWashington, DC$300332025
The Veterans of Foreign WarsKansas City, MO$300222025
St Joseph's Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD$200112025
Boys TownBoys Town, NE$150222025
First Air Force OneBridgewater, VA$100112024
National Park FoundationWashington, DC$100112025
Tuskegee Airmen Nat'l Historical MuDetroit, MI$100112025
World War II Veterans CommitteeArlington, VA$100112025
Paralyzed VeteransSeattle, WA$50112021

39 of 75 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 77%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 89 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Animal Welfare
25 grants
Human Services
19 grants
Arts & Culture
12 grants
Education
7 grants
Health Care
6 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202138$89,250$2,000
202230$87,030$3,000
202335$179,971$5,000
202436$81,550$2,000
202538$88,060$2,000

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.

Where its money goes

34% of its giving went to organizations in Hawaii. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Hawaii
$177K
California
$164K
Connecticut
$117K
New York
$18K
Tennessee
$15K
District of Columbia
$11K
Maryland
$6K
Virginia
$4K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund27 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc25 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust22 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc19 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc18 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Hawaii.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Rights Education Adoption &'s own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 716 Elk Clover Circle, Palm Desert, CA, 92211. 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.

EIN 06-1498082 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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