Illinois · Private foundation
David & Carol O'Dell 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.
- $107k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $273k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 9 | $107k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $42k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $80k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $10k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lake Ministries | $82,450 | 3 | 3% |
| Friends of Sunny Hill Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 5% |
| God Water Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Life for Haiti | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $5,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Christian School | $2,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Five Pines Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| College Church in Wheaton | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc | $860 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center | $600 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lake Ministries | $82,450 | 3 | 3% |
| Friends of Sunny Hill Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 5% |
| God Water Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Life for Haiti | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ethnos360 Inc | $5,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Christian School | $2,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Five Pines Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| College Church in Wheaton | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc | $860 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center | $600 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids Alive International Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| All God's Children International | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conf | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation with peer funders
About David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation
- How much does David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation give?
- David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $106,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (85%), Human Services (3%), Education (2%).
- Who are David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Cedar Lake Ministries ($82k), Friends of Sunny Hill Inc ($9k), God Water Inc ($6k).
- Does David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David & Carol O'Dell 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 David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation based?
- David & Carol O'Dell Family Foundation is based in IL.
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