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Private Foundation · CA

Woka Foundation

Newbury Park, CA · EIN 842848519 · Website ↗ · 990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$192.3M

Total Giving

$42.4M

Grants on File

138

Average Grant

$307K

Giving Radius

Where Woka Foundation Has Given

Historical grants to 49 recipients across 14 states. Top concentrations: Washington ($4.6M, 12 grants), Cambridge ($4.3M, 5 grants), Oakland ($3.6M, 8 grants), Berkeley ($3.1M, 8 grants), Somerville ($3.0M, 6 grants). Plus international giving not shown on this map.

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient	Location	Amount	Purpose	Year
No Am Assoc for Environmental Edu	Washington, DC	$100K	Climate Change Education Policy Analysis	2020
Kiss the Ground	Los Angeles, CA	$100K	Supporting Kiss the Grounds Farmland Program, which offers the support Farmers need to succeed in their transition to regenerative agriculture.	2020
White Buffalo Land Trust	Summerland, CA	$300K	Jalama Canyon Ranch	2020
Climate Foundation	Woods Hole, MA	$230K	Supporting construction of 200m of Marine Permaculture floating arrays to demonstrate sustainable seaweed harvests and other ecosystem services traditionally provided by seaweed ecosystems.	2020
UC Berkeley - Lawrence Hall of Scie	Berkeley, CA	$69K	Funding BEETLES' development of a Nature Videography outdoor science activity for use at Outdoor Education and Nature Centers involving children taking slow-motion phone videos to make observations impossible with the naked eye.	2020
Natural Resource Defense Council	New York, NY	$300K	Rewrite the Future	2020
Green America	Washington, DC	$100K	Supporting the Soil Carbon Initiative (SCI) by assembling case studies of farmers with robust soil health systems, conducting Farmer-to-Farmer learning, and creating a commitment program for brands to source from suppliers that meet SCI standards.	2020
Vertue Lab	Portland, OR	$350K	Climate Impact Fund	2020
Clima	Oakland, CA	$120K	Resourcing climate justice movements building local resilience and addressing the root causes of climate change, particularly solutions led by women, Indigenous Peoples, youth, and peasants.	2020
Women's Environment and Development	Brooklyn, NY	$65K	General Support	2020
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$75K	Funding a year-long cohort of Upper Midwest leaders committed to learning, acting, and supporting each other in order to advance racial equity and an overall stronger, more inclusive regenerative agriculture movement.	2020
Regenerative Farms	Williamsburg, MA	$100K	Supporting capacity development, to include governance, project planning, and fundraising, for a global network advancing gender equity and regenerative agriculture practices in smallholder farms.	2020
Prime Coalition	Cambridge, MA	$450K	Prime New Fund	2020
Nurturing Minds	Newtonville, MA	$100K	General Support	2020
Activate	Berkeley, CA	$325K	To support the fellowships program and general operations	2020
Global Greengrants	Boulder, CO	$125K	Women's Environmental Action Initiative to strengthen their grassroots projects that promote women's climate justice leadership.	2020
Prime Coalition	Cambridge, MA	$300K	Prime New Fund	2020
Minneapolis Foundation	Minneapolis, MN	$100K	ReAmp: Agriculture Hub	2020
Ashoka	Arlington, VA	$250K	Ashoka Fellows and Ashoka Young Changemakers in Planet & Climate Work	2020
Center for Land Based Learning	Woodland, CA	$100K	Supporting the development of the Maples Farm as a 'learning lab' to train new farmers. The 30-acre Maples farm will serve as an incubator to help new farmers start farms based on regenerative agriculture principles.	2020
Funders of Regenerative Agriculture	Staatsburg, NY	$100K	General Support	2020
New Energy Nexus	Oakland, CA	$700K	Expand platform capabilities to build a renewable energy entrepreneur support ecosystem	2021
No Am Assoc for Environmental Edu	Washington, DC	$100K	Climate Change Education Policy Analysis	2021
Mad Agriculture	Boulder, CO	$250K	Develop capital and market value offerings that help farmers accelerate the transition to regenerative and organic agriculture.	2021
Vertue Lab	Portland, OR	$500K	ClimateTech Fellows	2021

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Section V

Board of Directors

Rod Womer CEO/ Director
Barbara Karplus Scty/Tres/Dir
Krista Kurth Director
Rod Womer CEO/ Director
Barbara Karplus Scty/Tres/Dir
Krista Kurth Director
Rod Womer CEO/ Director
Barbara Karplus Scty/Tres/Dir
Krista Kurth Director
Rod Womer CEO/ Director
Barbara Karplus Scty/Tres/Dir
Krista Kurth Director

Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year	Total Assets	Qualifying Distributions	Total Revenue	Total Expenses
2023	$129.4M	$5.5M	$26.8M	$19.8M
2022	$105.8M	$6.0M	$-2,185,846	$15.2M
2021	$148.0M	$6.5M	$65.8M	$16.3M
2020	$94.2M	$1.8M	$76.1M	$8.7M
2019	$4.0M	—	$3.5M	$96K