Oneroot Foundation
Ketchum, ID · EIN 87-6588450. Reported 210 grants totalling $27.2M to 137 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Oneroot Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Oneroot Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 4 grants totalling $79,000 to them. That is 0% of the $20.5M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Orange County's United Way | federated giving programme | California | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Iola Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $17,625. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $2,632,367.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augie's Quest to Cure Als | Denver, CO | $2,745,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Career College Education Foundation | Irvine, CA | $2,674,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Career College Foundation | Irvine, CA | $2,632,367 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Career College Educational Found | Irvine, CA | $2,616,897 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Career College Educational Foundation | Irvine, CA | $2,334,109 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trojan Sig Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| BABY2BABY | Los Angeles, CA | $895,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kidworks | Santa Ana, CA | $846,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $805,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Motion Picture & Television Fund | Woodland Hills, CA | $700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Discovery Cube of Orange County | Santa Ana, CA | $690,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Volleyball Newport Beach Inc | Newport Beach, CA | $488,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Petersen Automotive Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Coast University Foundation | Irvine, CA | $291,940 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of California Irvine Foundation | Irvine, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Newport Harbor Educational Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Football Foundation | Irving, TX | $215,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Discovery Cube Oc | Santa Ana, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Stars & Stripes Children's Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Central Orange Coast | Irvine, CA | $156,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tri-Cities Food Bank | Kennewick, WA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $148,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| CASA Teresa Inc | Orange, CA | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| BUFFS4LIFE Nil Collective | Boulder, CO | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stars and Stripes Children's Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 5430 Foundation | Van Nuys, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Nature Center | Newport Beach, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Clippers Foundation | Inglewood, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Sacc Scholarship Charitable Trust | Santa Ana, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Literacy Project | Newport Beach, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cdm Foundation Endowment | South Bend, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lee Pesky Learning Center | Boise, ID | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | Evanston, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | Oceanside, CA | $74,125 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The All-American Boys Chorus | Costa Mesa, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Chp 11-99 Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jamboree Housing Corporation | Irvine, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newport Beach Independent International Film Festival | Newport Beach, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Orangewood Foundation | Santa Ana, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Orange County Coastkeeper Inc | Costa Mesa, CA | $48,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Edible Schoolyard Nyc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys Republic | Chino Hills, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Csfpf-Cal State Fullerton Phil Found Inc | Fullerton, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Heterodox Academy | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Let Grow Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum | Mystic, CT | $40,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Irvine, CA | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Newport Elementary School Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $36,104 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Newport Harbor Sailing Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $34,950 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $34,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation | Sun Valley, ID | $33,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Oc & Ie | Santa Ana, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Oc Council Boy Scouts of America | Orange, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The John Wayne Cancer Foundation | Costa Mesa, CA | $27,600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Travis Ranch PTA | Yorba Linda, CA | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Orange County | Irvine, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hilinski's Hope Inc | Irmo, SC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maritime Museum Association of San Diego | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oscar & Ma Company | Tustin, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | Anaheim, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian School | Pasadena, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Whittier College | Whittier, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Henry Collegiate School Inc | Virginia Beach, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Csfpf-Cal State Fullerton Phil Foundation Inc | Fullerton, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hands Paws and Hearts | Lancaster, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Orange and Sb Counties | Orange, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Coast Repertory Inc | Costa Mesa, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Westside German Shephard Rescue of La | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nhhs Boys Lacrosse Boosters Club Inc | Wilmington, NC | $19,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orange County United Way | Irvine, CA | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ecocenter Inc | San Juan Capistrano, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls on the Run of the Bay Area | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds | New York, NY | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Walk on Water Inc | Malibu, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Adventure West Council Boy Scouts of America | Greeley, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ben Carlson Memorial and Scholarship Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Blue Angels Foundation Inc | Pensacola, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Humane Technology | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cpp Philanthropic Foundation | Pomona, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| CT3 Charitable Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dolphins Challenge Cancer | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Farm Aid Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| It Gets Better Project | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Laura's House | Aliso Viejo, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miracles for Kids Inc | Irvine, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orange County Museum of Art | Costa Mesa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ocean Clean Up | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Shea Center | San Juan Capistrano, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Oc | Santa Ana, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Speak Up Newport Foundation Scholarship | Newport Beach, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Never Surrender Inc | Hermantown, MN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Balboa Island Museum | Balboa Island, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beyond Blindness | Santa Ana, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citrus College Foundation | Glendora, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cures Within Reach | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hands Paws & Hearts | Lancaster, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heart and Armor Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lutheran High School Association of Oc | Orange, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Charity League Inc-Yorba Linda | Yorba Linda, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newport Beach Police Employees Assoc | Newport Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Only One Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orange County Council BSA | Orange, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Priority Living Inc | Tustin, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Surf | Manhattan Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Conservation Alliance | Windsor, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Cup Dreams Foundation | Park City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Centennial High School Girls Volleyball Boosters | Corona, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Biome Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Regenerative Organic Alliance | Sacramento, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture | Pocantico Hills, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Porsche 356 Club Inc | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA | $2,040 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lewis Center for Educational Research | Apple Valley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Newport Beach Police Employees Association | Newport Beach, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
43 of 137 (31%) 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 40%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Career College Foundation
TO PROVIDE NO-COST EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION - Augie's Quest to Cure Als
TO ADVANCE RESEARCH, FAST-TRACK EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS, AND FIND A CURE FOR THIS DISEASE. - Trojan Sig Foundation
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE. - University of Colorado Foundation
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE BRUCE D. BENSON CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. - Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard Foundation
TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS - Motion Picture & Television Fund
TO SUPPORT THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY IN LIVING & AGING WELL WITH DIGNITY AND PURPOSE AND HELPING EACH OTHER IN TIMES OF NEED.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 138 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $1,597,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $5,621,879 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $4,834,286 | $19,500 |
| 2024 | 43 | $6,238,109 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 61 | $8,859,108 | $25,000 |
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. Oneroot Foundation has 9 of them, worth $114,312. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| American Career College Educational Foundation | Irvine, CA | $22,812 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $19,500 |
| Every Mother Counts | New York, CA | $15,000 |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 |
| Mystic Seaport Museum | Mystic, CT | $10,000 |
| Edible Schoolyard Nyc | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Mission Plasticos | Orange, CA | $10,000 |
| Boys Republic | Chino Hills, CA | $10,000 |
| Speak Up Newport Foundation Scholarship | Newport Beach, CA | $7,000 |
Where its money goes
77% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Oneroot Foundation'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: Po Box 6079, Ketchum, ID, 83340. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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