Wisconsin · Private foundation
Edward J Okray Foundation Inc
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.
- $285k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Edward J Okray Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 27 | $285k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $266k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $300k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $276k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $280k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $288k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $285k | 19% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farming for the Future Foundation | $566,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Portage | $426,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Foundation Inc | $177,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Operation Bootstrap | $74,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Central Wisconsin Childrens Museum Inc | $48,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Celebrate Plover Foundation Inc | $41,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Interfaith Food Pantry of Portage County Inc | $36,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The School at Altenburgs Farm Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 11% |
| United Way of Portage County Inc | $29,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($876k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward J Okray Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Edward J Okray Foundation Inc
- How much does Edward J Okray Foundation Inc give?
- Edward J Okray Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $285,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Edward J Okray Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (24%), Youth Development (22%), Health (16%).
- Who are Edward J Okray Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Farming for the Future Foundation ($566k), Boys & Girls Club of Portage ($426k), Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Foundation Inc ($177k).
- Does Edward J Okray Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward J Okray Foundation Inc 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 Edward J Okray Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin Inc, Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc, Delta Dental of Wisconsin Inc.
- Where is Edward J Okray Foundation Inc based?
- Edward J Okray Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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