Virginia · Private foundation
Aurora Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $46k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Aurora Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $60k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $44k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $104k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $42k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $28k | 63% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pratham USA | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sankara Eye Foundation USA | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Literacy Council of Northern Virginia Inc | $22,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sparsh Inc | $20,050 | 5 | n/a |
| SevaTruck Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Goonj Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Greatnonprofits | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Drama Society Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ashiyanaa Inc | $7,721 | 1 | 5% |
| Durga Temple | $6,354 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pratham USA | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sankara Eye Foundation USA | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Literacy Council of Northern Virginia Inc | $22,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sparsh Inc | $20,050 | 5 | n/a |
| SevaTruck Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Goonj Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Greatnonprofits | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Drama Society Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ashiyanaa Inc | $7,721 | 1 | 5% |
| Durga Temple | $6,354 | 5 | n/a |
| Womans Club of McLean | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $5,631 | 2 | 0% |
| McLean Crew Club Inc | $5,100 | 1 | 1% |
| Global Fund for Children | $5,023 | 3 | 0% |
| Kibir Desta Medical Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hindu American Foundation Inc | $4,624 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Shout | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Touching Lives Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Who Code Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Futures | $501 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Equality | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gofundmeorg | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| River Church Baltimore Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aurora Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Aurora Family Foundation
- How much does Aurora Family Foundation give?
- Aurora Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $46,109 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Aurora Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (14%), Education (12%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Aurora Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pratham USA ($29k), Sankara Eye Foundation USA ($24k), Literacy Council of Northern Virginia Inc ($22k).
- Does Aurora Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aurora Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aurora Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Aurora Family Foundation based?
- Aurora Family Foundation is based in VA.
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