Woka Foundation
https://www.wokafoundation.org
$94.2M
Total Assets (2020)
$7.1M
Total Giving (2020)
147
Grants on File (2020–2024)
$237K
Avg Grant Size
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No — Preselected Only
Contact Person
Activate
Phone
8055516814
Financial Trends 2022 data appears limited (dashed line) because the IRS transitioned its e-filing system that year and only published 2 months of XML archives.
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
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| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7.1M | $94.2M | $76.1M | 30 |
| 2023 | $24.8M | $129.4M | $26.8M | 57 |
| 2024 | $17.4M | $192.3M | $73.4M | 60 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 147 grants on record
Minimum
$1K
25th Pctl
$150K
Median
$250K
Average
$335K
75th Pctl
$400K
Maximum
$3.0M
Geographic Distribution
Key Personnel
| Name | Title | Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Krista Kurth | Director | $6K |
| Rod Womer | CEO/ Director | — |
| Barbara Karplus | Scty/Tres/Dir | — |
Grants Awarded (147 total)
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Energy Nexus | Oakland, CA | $3,000,000 | Expand platform capabilities to build a renewable energy entrepreneur support ecosystem | 2023 |
| Green America | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | Empower and incentivize growers and the food supply chain to embrace regenerative agriculture to drawdown carbon,... | 2023 |
| Prime Coalition | Cambridge, MA | $1,550,000 | Prime New Fund | 2020 |
| New Energy Nexus | Berkeley, CA | $1,000,000 | General operating support | 2024 |
| Activate | Berkeley, CA | $1,000,000 | ClimateTech Fellows | 2023 |
| Green America | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | Soil Carbon Initiative | 2024 |
| Green America | Washington, DC | $1,000,000 | Empower and incentivize growers and the food supply chain to embrace regenerative agriculture to drawdown carbon,... | 2023 |
| New Energy Nexus | Oakland, CA | $1,000,000 | Expand platform capabilities to build a renewable energy entrepreneur support ecosystem | 2023 |
| Greentown | Somerville, MA | $800,000 | Support the growth of startup climatetech entrepreneurs, improve the opportunities for decarbonization across key... | 2023 |
| African Women Rising | Santa Barbara, CA | $800,000 | Education, regenerative agriculture, and microfinance programs for women in refugee camps and surrounding... | 2023 |
| Activate | Berkeley, CA | $700,000 | General operating expenses and climate tech fellows | 2024 |
| Climate Foundation | Woods Hole, MA | $700,000 | Supporting construction of a scalable 10,000m of Marine Permaculture floating array to accelerate seaweed growth and... | 2023 |
| Women's Environment and Development | Brooklyn, NY | $600,000 | Support gender-just & environmentally sound climate solutions | 2024 |
| Groundswell International | Washington, DC | $600,000 | Growing the global agroecology movement to catalyze the transition to just farming and local food systems. | 2023 |
| Agroecology Fund | Boulder, CO | $600,000 | Strengthen the case for agroecology as a climate change and hunger solution. | 2023 |
| Natural Resource Defense Council | New York, NY | $600,000 | Rewrite the Future | 2023 |
| DEPLOYUS | Boston, MA | $600,000 | Accelerating decarbonization by strengthening climate leadership across the political spectrum. | 2023 |
| Elemental Excelerator Elemental Imp | Honolulu, HI | $500,000 | General operating support | 2024 |
| Climate Foundation | Seattle, WA | $500,000 | Supporting construction of a scalable 10,000 m of Marine Permaculture floating array to accelerate seaweed growth... | 2023 |
| Elemental Excelerator Elemental Imp | Honolulu, HI | $500,000 | General Support | 2023 |
| Ashoka | Arlington, VA | $500,000 | Select and support Ashoka Climate Fellows | 2024 |
| International Biochar Initiative | Canandaigua, NY | $500,000 | Capacity Building Support | 2023 |
| Elemental Excelerator Elemental Imp | Honolulu, HI | $500,000 | General Support for their efforts to help climate companies bridge the gap from pilot projects to commercial-scale projects. | 2023 |
| Ashoka | Arlington, VA | $500,000 | Select and support Ashoka Climate Fellows working in South and Southeast Asia | 2023 |
| The Living Lab World Resources Inst | Washington, DC | $500,000 | General operating expenses of The Living Lab for Equitable Climate Action | 2024 |