Yavanna Foundation
Yavanna Foundation is a private foundation based in Wilmington, Delaware. Its 2025 filing reports grants to preselected charitable organizations and states that it does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
Yavanna Foundation at a glance
In short: Yavanna Foundation gave $341K across 14 grants in 2025 (avg $24K), top state Oregon. 29% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $341,000
- +5.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 14
- +27.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $24,357
- -16.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $8,083,612
- +2.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 29% first-time grantees (4 of 14, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Oregon (44% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Yavanna Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations. No application materials, restrictions, or deadline are provided.
- Contact
Mailing address: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE 19809-1377
Phone: (800) 839-1754
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Yavanna Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Post Carbon Institute ($150K). Together the top 10 received $321K.
Grant Size Distribution
64 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 52 grants of 64 (81%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in Oregon (44%), California (22%), the District of Columbia (19%), and Minnesota (15%).
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 14 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Yavanna Foundation open to new grantees?
29%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 4 of 14 grantees (29%) were first-time recipients. With only 14 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 7 points. First grants averaged $10K; repeat grants $30K. How we count
Medians: $6K first-time, $10K repeat.
- 64% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−12%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 95% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $322K (2024) to $388K (2020). In 2025 it made 14 grants totaling $341K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Post Carbon Institute Corvallis, OR | General & Unrestricted | $150,000 |
| Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future Red Wing, MN | General & Unrestricted | $50,000 |
| Caminante Society Richmond, CA | General & Unrestricted | $30,000 |
| Media Matters for America Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 |
| Overnight Productions Inc Los Angeles, CA | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 |
| Tesseract Research Center Inc Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 |
| Tides Center Los Angeles, CA | Voices for Progress Education Fund | $10,000 |
| Apis Arborea Sebastopol, CA | General & Unrestricted | $6,000 |
| Internet Archive San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | $5,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,083,612 | $574,720 | $407,825 | $341,000 | 14 | $377,681 | $550,676 | $396,705 |
| 2024 | $7,916,717 | $365,507 | $385,438 | $322,000 | 11 | $357,962 | $342,685 | $377,884 |
| 2023 | $7,936,648 | $249,565 | $405,267 | $345,000 | 8 | $380,258 | $313,264 | $358,026 |
| 2022 | $8,092,350 | $251,204 | $461,885 | $386,000 | 14 | $423,375 | $227,209 | $380,001 |
| 2021 | $8,303,031 | $484,569 | $429,847 | $341,000 | 17 | $379,727 | $437,149 | $418,597 |
| 2020 | $8,248,309 | $-142,300 | $475,155 | $388,000 | 19 | — | $247,375 | $390,030 |
| 2019 | $8,865,764 | $386,408 | $462,034 | $363,500 | 18 | — | $336,747 | $417,085 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Yavanna Foundation reported a distributable amount of $397K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants show support for a range of organizations. For example, Media Matters for America says it monitors, analyzes, and corrects conservative misinformation in U.S. media; Tesseract Research Center says it promotes knowledge of public policy through research, publications, and events; and Apis Arborea says it works to preserve honeybee life and resiliency through habitat restoration and holistic ecological care. The Internet Archive describes its mission as providing permanent access to digital historical collections.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 14 grants totaling $341,000. Grant amounts ranged from $5,000 to $150,000, with a median of $10,000. The largest reported grants included $150,000 to Post Carbon Institute, $50,000 to the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, $30,000 to Caminante Society, and $25,000 each to Media Matters for America and Public Citizen Foundation.
Other 2025 recipients included Overnight Productions ($10,000), Tesseract Research Center ($10,000), Tides Center ($10,000), Apis Arborea ($6,000), Internet Archive ($5,000), MAPS ($5,000), Northern California Public Broadcasting ($5,000), and Secular Student Alliance ($5,000).
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Philip H Jensen is listed as president, director, and secretary on the 2025 filing.
Yavanna Foundation is led by Philip H Jensen, President, Director & Secretary on every filing since 2019 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Philip H Jensen
President, Director & Secretary
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Yavanna Foundation
How much does Yavanna Foundation give each year?
Yavanna Foundation gave $341K across 14 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $322K across 11 grants.
What is Yavanna Foundation's typical grant size?
Yavanna Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $24,357, across 14 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Yavanna Foundation that year got $10K on average.
Where does Yavanna Foundation give grants?
Yavanna Foundation's top state is Oregon, with 44% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were California (22%) and District of Columbia (19%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (4 grants) and Los Angeles, CA (3 grants).
Does Yavanna Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 93% of Yavanna Foundation's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (13 of 14) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Yavanna Foundation's largest grantees?
Yavanna Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Post Carbon Institute ($150,000), Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future ($50,000) and Caminante Society ($30,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 67% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Yavanna Foundation?
Yavanna Foundation reported $8.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $378K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $397K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Yavanna Foundation fund?
No mission statement for the foundation is provided. Its 2025 grants show support for a range of organizations. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Yavanna Foundation?
The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funds and states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Yavanna Foundation's EIN?
Yavanna Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-1865668. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Yavanna Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 21, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 12, 2026)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 21, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS October 26, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 6, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 5, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 2, 2024)
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