· Private foundation
George and Carol Olmsted Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k21 grants · $72k
- $10k–50k45 grants · $740k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $345k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| US NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION | $115,000 |
| US AIR FORCE ACADEMY ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES AND FOUNDATION | $115,000 |
| US MILITARY ACADEMY ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES | $115,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $33,123 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA FOUNDATION | $26,000 |
| NORWICH UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $24,235 |
| Individual grant recipient | $23,057 |
| Individual grant recipient | $21,422 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,057 |
| VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| US COAST GUARD ACADEMY | $20,000 |
| THE CITADEL FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $19,328 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $513) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 17% of George and Carol Olmsted Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
96 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 51 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $257k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NUNorwich University6× · 2018–2024 · $118k · revenue +12%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC4× · 2021–2024 · $95k · revenue +15%
- SSCORE3× · 2021–2023 · $28k · revenue ×13
Funded once
- DODEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYone grant, 2018 · $115k
- DODEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCEone grant, 2018 · $115k
- DODEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYone grant, 2018 · $115k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…
The mission of the alumni association is to build the strongest bond among alumni and between alumni and the university by serving all alumni and students; being the center for engaging and connecting the global uva community; acting as a…
The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…
Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…
The university of virginia law school foundation's primary purpose is to receive, manage and expend funds for the benefit of the university of virginia school of law.
Organization shall raise funds to provide "margin of excellence" support for the corps of cadets (present day students) as coast guard officers and civilian exmployees are prohibited by the law from seeking funds beyond what is…
The nc state alumni association engages alumni and friends through programs and services that foster pride and enhance a lifelong connection to nc state university ("nc state").
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 219 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOC ↗
- Who funds Norwich University ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds THE CITADEL FOUNDATION ↗
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: Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George and Carol Olmsted Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George and Carol Olmsted Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Norwich University: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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