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George L Ohrstrom Foundation at a glance

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George L Ohrstrom 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.

$4.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$7.7MEnvironment$3.4MEducation$2.7MPhilanthropy$2.4MRecreation & Sports$1.5MHuman Services$1.0MPublic Benefit$935kReligion$729kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $431k
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.7M
$50,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$88M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$400,000
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$350,000
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM$350,000
BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$345,000
THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC$300,000
NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY & MUSEUM$225,000
THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION$200,000
NORTH YELLOWSTONE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$175,000
THEODORE ROOSEVEST CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP$125,000
AMERICA'S VETDOGS$125,000
HOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$100,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$100,000
CHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPEL$100,000
DOE FUND INC$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $5k → 8%JAFCO CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $5k → 8%COMMIT FOUNDATION: $200k → 10%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $5k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $5k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $5k → 8%THE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%THE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%THE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%THE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%ADOLPH AND ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%ELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $10k → 7%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%AL'S ANGELS: $8k → 9%AL'S ANGELS: $8k → 9%AL'S ANGELS: $8k → 9%AL'S ANGELS: $8k → 9%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $60k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $50k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $50k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $50k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $30k → 17%TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $30k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of George L Ohrstrom Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

George L Ohrstrom Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.7% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 105 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

105 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2024, 58 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
27

Total granted

$20M
$916k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+22%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +82%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
    6× · 2019–2024 · $975k · revenue +24%
  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $906k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Miamigraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $118k · revenue +29%
  • TF
    THE FUND FOR JOHN HOPKINS MEDICINE
    one grant, 2019 · $105k
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +95%
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.

04Its field

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.

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United States Naval Institute

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.

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
9
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc

Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…

Environment
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is African Parks Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

108 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 108 of the 140 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/108
Grantees still filing
86/108
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $2,050,000 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CA…THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $940,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLI…THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $906,000 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOT…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $516,667 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF …AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION INC: $390,000 · HealthAMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION I…GEOSENTINEL FOUNDATION INC: $325,000 · HealthGEOSENTINEL FOUNDATION INC+9 more: $565,000 · Health+9 moreUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $800,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF…ATLANTIC SALMON FEDERATION INC: $400,000 · OtherATLANTIC SALMON FEDERATION INCCHRIST MEMORIAL CHAPEL: $305,000 · OtherMOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION: $250,000 · OtherAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $650,000 · OtherAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 C…North Yellowstone Education Foundation: $575,000 · OtherNorth Yellowstone Education Foundati…THE DOE FUND INC: $300,000 · Other+65 more: $4,153,000 · Other+65 moreBNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $974,000 · PhilanthropyBNY MELLON CHA…VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $633,000 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARI…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $600,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED …Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $220,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medica…Land Conservation Assistance Network: $190,000 · PhilanthropyLand Conservat…C4 Recovery Foundation: $130,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $160,000 · Philanthropy+5 moreTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $975,000 · EducationTHE NATIONAL …ALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL: $433,960 · EducationALLEN-CHASE F…KENYON COLLEGE: $400,000 · EducationKENYON COLLEG…GREEN VALE SCHOOL: $350,000 · EducationGREEN VALE SC…THE REASON FOUNDATION: $230,000 · EducationTHE REASON FO…HARLEM ACADEMY: $120,000 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $118,000 · Education+6 more: $180,000 · Education+6 moreYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $735,000 · EnvironmentYELLOWSTONE…HOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC: $360,000 · EnvironmentHOBE SOUND …THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $295,000 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMON…THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLA…THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $130,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERN…THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $125,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERV…LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $105,000 · Environment+9 more: $281,000 · Environment+9 moreTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $600,000 · Human ServicesTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $270,000 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Human Services+5 more: $82,000 · Human ServicesTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $447,500 · AnimalsAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $225,000 · AnimalsWILD SALMON CENTER: $150,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $45,000 · Animals+1 more: $15,000 · Animals
Health$5,692,667Other$7,433,000Philanthropy$2,907,000Education$2,806,960Environment$2,306,000Human Services$1,027,000Animals$882,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $2,050,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $975,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetBNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $974,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $940,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $906,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $735,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $650,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $633,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetNorth Yellowstone Education Foundation: $575,000 over 5y, 40% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $516,667 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $447,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL: $433,960 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION INC: $390,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetHOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC: $360,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetGREEN VALE SCHOOL: $350,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetGEOSENTINEL FOUNDATION INC: $325,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $300,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $295,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $275,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC: $270,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $225,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $220,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLand Conservation Assistance Network: $190,000 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $180,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGER SKI FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER FUND INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER: $150,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $150,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetEAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $140,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE LYFORD CAY CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $135,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $130,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetC4 Recovery Foundation: $130,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM ACADEMY: $120,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $118,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $105,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetABSAROKA BEARTOOTH WILDERNESS FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 5y, 11% of budget
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 MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE FOREVER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds North Yellowstone Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KENYON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GREEN VALE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GEOSENTINEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds THE REASON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Land Conservation Assistance Network ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGER SKI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Gallery of Art ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WILD SALMON CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE 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.

The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Bessemer Giving F…Jewish Communal FundStephanie & Lawrence …Donald Grant & Ann Ma…Kazickas Family Found…The New York Communit…The Krimendahlsaint-A…The Traphagen Foundat…The Jct FoundationJ & Ar FoundationRk Mellon Family Foun…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY24× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jrcharitable Trust · Donald Grant & Ann Martin Calder Foundat · Kazickas Family Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Krimendahlsaint-Amand Foundation · The Traphagen Foundation · The Jct Foundation · J & Ar Foundation · Rk Mellon Family Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization George L Ohrstrom Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George L Ohrstrom Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Clasp Homes Inc: 91% of income from government
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to George L Ohrstrom Foundation?

Find your warmest path to George L Ohrstrom Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 140 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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