Florida · Private foundation
Oberweis 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.
- $76k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Oberweis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $76k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $123k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $140k | 91% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hood Community Development Corporation | $120,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Golf Foundation of Illinois | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Avery Coonley School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marmion Academy | $3,200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| One Nation Under God | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hood Community Development Corporation | $120,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Golf Foundation of Illinois | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Avery Coonley School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marmion Academy | $3,200 | 2 | n/a |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| One Nation Under God | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| From the Barrio Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fox Valley Park District | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Nicholas School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonita Wonder Gardens Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Abate of Illinois Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| United American Patriots Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Sheriffs Association Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($138k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Oberweis Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Rich Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Oberweis Foundation
- How much does Oberweis Foundation give?
- Oberweis Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $75,525 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Oberweis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (29%), Food & Nutrition (25%), Education (15%).
- Who are Oberweis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Project Hood Community Development Corporation ($120k), Public Action to Deliver Shelter Inc D/B/A Hesed House ($110k), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ($15k).
- Does Oberweis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Oberweis 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 Oberweis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rich Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Oberweis Foundation based?
- Oberweis Foundation is based in FL.
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