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Delmar and Audria M Olson 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.

$169k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 41
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$169k16%
FY202441$150k10%
FY202338$125k21%
FY202227$115k11%
FY202136$155k25%
FY202036$139k25%
FY201931$110kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$343kReligion$124kHuman Services$111kCommunity Improvement$83kAnimals$71kFood & Nutrition$55kHealth$46kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wslr Inc$72,00073%
Plymouth Harbor Inc$63,50070%
Playhouse Friends Foundation$55,0005n/a
Friends of Albions Animals$37,5007n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$32,40060%
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc$23,00070%
Friends of the Bohm Theatre$20,50024%
Florida Studio Theatre Inc$20,00050%
Urbanite Theatre Inc$19,99672%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$15,00070%
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All grantees of Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wslr Inc$72,00073%
Plymouth Harbor Inc$63,50070%
Playhouse Friends Foundation$55,0005n/a
Friends of Albions Animals$37,5007n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$32,40060%
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc$23,00070%
Friends of the Bohm Theatre$20,50024%
Florida Studio Theatre Inc$20,00050%
Urbanite Theatre Inc$19,99672%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$15,00070%
Flyers Rights Education Fund$14,00074%
Harvest Tabernacle of Sarasota Inc$13,0003n/a
Illinois Masonic Charities Fund$12,50070%
Friends of Mary Sheldon Ismon House$11,3302n/a
Senior Friendship Centers Inc$11,00070%
Harvest House Inc$11,00031%
Library Foundation for Sarasota County Inc$10,00051%
Homer Historical Society$9,0002n/a
Albion Health Care Alliance$7,5001n/a
Sarasota Film Society Inc$7,00070%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$7,00060%
Feline Fund$6,25028%
Humane Society of South Central Mi$6,00021%
Safe Children Coalition Inc$6,00060%
Sarasota Audubon Society Inc$6,00061%
Walk the Beat Albion Inc$5,0001n/a
Florida West Coast Symphony Inc dba Sarasota Orchestra$5,00010%
Feeding America West Michigan$5,00010%
Albion-Homer United Way$5,0001n/a
St Paul's Lutheran Foundation$5,000118%
Everyday Blessings Inc$4,00040%
Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting Inc$3,00010%
All Faiths Food Bank Inc$3,00010%
Leelanau Conservancy$3,00030%
Camp Leelanau and Kohahna Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Friends of the Legacy Trail Inc$3,00030%
Albatross Aviary$2,0001n/a
Big Waters Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc$1,00010%
Sarasota Ski-A-Rees Inc$1,00012%
The Forks Senior Center$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($416k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWslr Inc: $72,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetPlymouth Harbor Inc: $63,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $32,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $23,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Bohm Theatre: $20,500 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetFlorida Studio Theatre Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUrbanite Theatre Inc: $19,996 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFlyers Rights Education Fund: $14,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetIllinois Masonic Charities Fund: $12,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSenior Friendship Centers Inc: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHarvest House Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLibrary Foundation for Sarasota County Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSarasota Film Society Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMote Marine Laboratory Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeline Fund: $6,250 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetHumane Society of South Central Mi: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSafe Children Coalition Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Audubon Society Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFlorida West Coast Symphony Inc dba Sarasota Orchestra: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America West Michigan: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul's Lutheran Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetEveryday Blessings Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida West Coast Public Broadcasting Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Faiths Food Bank Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeelanau Conservancy: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Leelanau and Kohahna Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Legacy Trail Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBig Waters Land Trust Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Circus Arts Conservatory Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Ski-A-Rees Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Forks Senior Center: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL31.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Norman E Peterson and Diana Lager Peterson Educational Fund Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · Mildred and Bernard Doyle Charitable Trust · The Roskamp Foundation Irrevocable Trust · Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Inc · Lewis Foundation · The Arthur S Karp Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation

How much does Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation give?
Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $169,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Religion (12%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Wslr Inc ($72k), Plymouth Harbor Inc ($64k), Playhouse Friends Foundation ($55k).
Does Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Delmar and Audria M Olson 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 Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc.
Where is Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation based?
Delmar and Audria M Olson Family Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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