Colorado · Private foundation
Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship
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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $306k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England Aquarium Corporation | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean Rescue Alliance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inwater Research Group Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| South Carolina Aquarium | $4,075 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Casco Bay | $2,760 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship
- How much does Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship give?
- Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship reported 3 grants totaling $49,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (43%), Environment (38%).
- Who are Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: New England Aquarium Corporation ($28k), The Marine Mammal Center ($23k), Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation ($20k).
- Does Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship 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 Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship based?
- Ferris Olson Family Foundation for Ocean Stewardship is based in CO.
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