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The Emmett R Quady Foundation

Woodside, CA · EIN 94-3267527. Reported 61 grants totalling $495,200 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$495,200granted, 2021-2024
50organizations funded
17%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,710,926assets, 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. The Emmett R Quady Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
25 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
15 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
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
Worldwide Fistula FundSchaumburg, IL$100,000112021
Hui Malama O Ke KaiWaimanalo, HI$55,200222024
Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA$40,000442024
Cal Poly University FoundationSan Luis Obispo, CA$25,000112024
Day Kimball Healthcare FoundationPutnam, CT$20,000222024
Hawaii Executive CollaborativeHonolulu, HI$20,000112023
Holy CrossWorcester, MA$20,000222022
Conejo Valley Botanic GardenThousand Oaks, CA$16,000222024
Uh FoundationHonolulu, HI$16,000222022
Hoola Na PuaHonolulu, HI$12,500112021
Youth on CourseMonterey, CA$12,500222023
College of the Holy CrossWorcester, MA$10,000112024
Hawaii Community FoundationHonolulu, HI$10,000112021
Sally Dean Performing ArtsWoodside, CA$10,000112022
The Creative City IncHonolulu, HI$10,000112023
Hawaii Humane SocietyHonolulu, HI$7,500112023
Forest UnlimitedForestville, CA$6,500222024
Christ the King SchoolBurlington, VT$6,000112022
Oi FoundationGaithersburg, MD$6,000112021
Aio FoundationHonolulu, HI$5,000112021
Gilbert House Children's MuseumSalem, OR$5,000112023
Gualala ArtsGualala, CA$5,000112024
Hawaii ContemporaryHonolulu, HI$5,000112021
Healthnetwork FoundationCleveland, OH$5,000112021
Mobile Loaves and FishesAustin, TX$5,000112024
Sierra Club FoundationOakland, CA$5,000112023
Stewards of the Coast & Redwoods Pond FundDuncans Mills, CA$5,000112024
Wiley's Wish Animal RescueSanta Clara, CA$5,000112024
Hui Mahi'ai AinaWaimanalo, HI$4,000222024
El Dorado Community FoundationPlacerville, CA$3,000112022
Endeavor InstituteVandenberg Afb, CA$3,000112021
Fort Worth Drowning Prevention CoalitionFort Worth, TX$3,000112021
Salem FoundationSalem, OR$3,000112022
Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief FundStayton, OR$3,000112021
Washington Place FoundationHonolulu, HI$3,000112022
Friends of WaimanaloHonolulu, HI$2,500112024
Hawaii Academy of ScienceHonolulu, HI$2,500112023
Santa Rosa Jc FoundationSanta Rosa, CA$2,500112024
The Ama FoundationChicago, IL$2,500112024
University of Hawaii Foundation Uh LawHonolulu, HI$2,500112021
DC Abortion FundWashington, DC$2,000112024
Audacity Performing ArtsLos Gatos, CA$1,500112022
CounterpulseSan Francisco, CA$1,500112022
Institute for Wildlife StudiesArcata, CA$1,500112021
Santa Rosa Tool LibrarySanta Rosa, CA$1,500112021
Aaron's GiftFremont, CA$1,000112022
KqedSan Francisco, CA$1,000112023
LandpathsSanta Rosa, CA$1,000112024
Sonoma Land TrustSanta Rosa, CA$1,000112024
Cbp FoundationHonolulu, HI$500112023

9 of 50 (18%) 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 17%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Environment
8 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Education
7 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Science & Technology
1 grant
Community Improvement
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$200,700$5,000
202211$50,000$3,000
202314$92,000$5,000
202418$152,500$5,000

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. 32% 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
$156K
California
$148K
Illinois
$102K
Massachusetts
$30K
Connecticut
$20K
Oregon
$11K
Texas
$8K
Vermont
$6K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 The Emmett R Quady Foundation'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: 302 Old La Honda Road, Woodside, CA, 94062. 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 94-3267527 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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