Tsuha Foundation
Escondido, CA · EIN 46-1547854. Reported 72 grants totalling $4,878,260 to 38 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. Tsuha 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $3,260 and the largest $1,090,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund | New York, NY | $1,090,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Circles USA | Albuquerque, NM | $546,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Health & Science University Foundation | Portland, OR | $254,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Punahou School | Honolulu, HI | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wallin Education Partners | Minneapolis, MN | $185,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Memphis Teacher Residency | Memphis, TN | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Community Services Inc | Escondido, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Impact Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ace Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ambition Angels | East Palo Alto, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chapel & York Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People People Media Foundation | Castro Valley, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Soul Survivor Outdoor | Carlsbad, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - Hawaii Aloha Fund | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bread for the World Institute | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | Orlando, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christian Foundation of America | Normandy Park, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nomi Network Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Workshops for Warriors | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youschool USA | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baylor University | Waco, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Life Remodeled | Detroit, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washtenaw Community College Foundation | Ann Arbor, MI | $29,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Angel City Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii Inc | Honolulu, HI | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Life | Colorado Springs, CO | $21,260 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Asian American Futures | Irvine, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peace Neighborhood Center | Ann Arbor, MI | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Vision International | Monrovia, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc - Rip Medical Debt | Rye, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North County Education Foundation | Escondido, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glendale Arts | Glendale, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Gatherers | Ann Arbor, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
19 of 38 (50%) 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 67%, 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 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.
- Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
TO SUPPORT VARIOUS CHARITIES THROUGH GOLDMAN SACHS FUND. - Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
TO SUPPORT VARIOUS CHARITIES THROUGH FIDELITY INVESTMENTS FUND. - Circles USA
TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN POVERTY. - Oregon Health & Science University Foundation
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, MEDICAL RESEARCH, AND PATIENT CARE. - Ambition Angels
TO EQUIP UNDERSERVED TEENS WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED TO THRIVE IN SCHOOL, THEIR CAREERS AND LIFE. - Wallin Education Partners
TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL AID, ADVISING AND ACCESS SCHOLARS FOR COLLEGE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 52 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | $716,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $2,644,010 | $22,500 |
| 2023 | 15 | $825,500 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 14 | $692,750 | $30,000 |
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. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $25,000. 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 New York.
- 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 Tsuha 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: 201 E Grand Ave 2A, Escondido, CA, 92025. 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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