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Rights Education Adoption &

Palm Desert, CA · EIN 06-1498082. Reported 139 grants totalling $437,801 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$437,801granted, 2021-2024
66organizations funded
77%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,389,895assets, 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 $2,000 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
8 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
97 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
27 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Reap for Animal WelfareNapa, CA$30,000112023
MccallumPalm Desert, CA$25,000332024
Imua Family ServicesKahului, HI$23,700442024
Assistance Dogs of HawaiiMakawao, HI$20,000332023
Joslyn CenterPalm Desert, CA$19,000332024
Maui Food BankWailuku, HI$19,000332024
Hope Alliance for AnimalsKillingsworth, CT$18,000442024
Salvation ArmyHonolulu, HI$16,000442024
Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT$16,000442024
Hospice MauiWailuku, HI$13,621442024
Coachella Valley Horse RescueIndio, CA$13,000332024
Connecticut Food BankWallingford, CT$13,000332023
Greyhound Rescue & RehabilitationCross River, NY$13,000332024
New Haven Animal ShelterNew Haven, CT$12,000442024
Shriners HospitalHonolulu, HI$12,000442024
The Greater New Haven Cat ProjectNew Haven, CT$11,000442024
Mana' OlanaKihei, HI$10,500442024
Humane Society of the DesertNorth Palm Springs, CA$10,030332024
Fidelco Guide Dog FoundationBloomfield, CT$10,000332024
Molly Humane SocietyPalm Springs, CA$10,000332024
Animal Samaritans SPCAThousand Palms, CA$8,000222023
Family Life Center IncKahului, HI$8,000442024
St Judes Childrens HospitalMemphis, TN$7,000222023
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$7,000332024
Hospice KonaKona, HI$6,000332024
Women & Family Life CenterGuilford, CT$6,000332024
Branford Compassion ClubBranford, CT$5,000442024
Hale Kau KauKihei, HI$5,000222023
Martha's VillageIndio, CA$5,000222024
Doctors Without BordersHagerstown, MD$4,250332024
Ct Draft Horse RescueHaddam Neck, CT$4,000442024
Connecticut FoodshareWallingford, CT$3,000112024
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
The MusesLos Angeles, CA$2,500222024
Desert Community FoundationPalm Desert, CA$2,000222024
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
Whale TrustMakawao, HI$2,000112021
Women Helping WomenWailuku, HI$2,000112021
Cats Exclusive IncMargate, FL$1,000112021
Hawaii Public RadioHonolulu, HI$1,000112021
Oliveseed FoundationPalo Alto, CA$1,000112024
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$200112024
Paralyzed Veterans of AmericaWashington, DC$200222024
First Air Force OneBridgewater, VA$100112024
The Veterans of Foreign WarsKansas City, MO$100112024
Boys TownBoys Town, NE$50112024
Paralyzed VeteransSeattle, WA$50112021

34 of 66 (52%) 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 77%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
21 grants
Human Services
15 grants
Arts & Culture
10 grants
Education
5 grants
Health Care
5 grants
International Affairs
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 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

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 36% of this one's giving went to organizations in Hawaii. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Hawaii
$157K
California
$128K
Connecticut
$104K
New York
$16K
Tennessee
$9K
District of Columbia
$7K
Maryland
$4K
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 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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund27 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc24 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust20 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc18 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc18 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

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

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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