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Odyssey 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.

$380k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$126k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$345kHealth$271kEducation$196kInternational$170kRecreation & Sports$150kHousing & Shelter$120kEnvironment$100kCivil Rights$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $340k
$54,717
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION$125,652
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF N NEVADA$60,000
CLEAN UP THE LAKE$54,717
SEATTLE BACH FESTIVAL$50,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$50,000
CRAIG HOSPITAL$40,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%STANFORD STUDENT ENTERPRISES: $60k → 8%SHOOT FOR THE STARS: $42k → 9%PROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTORS OF AME: $45k → 11%COLLABORATIONS TEACHERS AND ARTISTS: $60k → 11%FRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER: $110k → 17%VOICE IN SPORT FOUNDATION: $60k → 20%THE VIOLA DE GAMBA SOCIETY: $30k → 16%LIBERIAN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $15k → 10%CRAIG HOSPITAL: $63k → 8%KEYSTINE SCIENCE CAMP: $15k → 9%CROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION: $40k → 12%LIMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $126k → 16%SEATTLE BACH FESTIVAL: $50k → 9%CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH: $30k → 10%SOUND EXPERIENCE: $55k → 11%HEALWELL: $69k → 7%THE HAVEN: $120k → 8%CLEAN UP THE LAKE: $55k → 8%NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: $150k → 10%CRAIG HOSPITAL: $40k → 8%FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $50k → 12%NATIVE ACTION NETWORK: $60k → 9%CLEAN UP THE LAKE: $45k → 8%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF N NEVADA: $60k → 10%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $45k → 8%ARAPAHOE LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%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

WA
WI
NY
NV
CA
CO
VA
KS
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 13% of Odyssey Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Odyssey Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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 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.

1
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
2
Alaska Whale Foundation

Alaska Whale Foundation is dedicated to marine mammal conservation through research monitoring and education.

Environment
3
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
4
Cascades Carnivore Project

Our mission is to study and restore carnivore populations at risk of extinction and the mountain ecosystems they call home through innovative science, strong partnerships and local community action.

Science & Tech
5
The Foundation for Medical Excellence

To promote excellence in medicine, to improve the quality of healthcare and to advance sound health policy in the pacific northwest through education programs, collaborative initiatives and research.

Education
6
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
7
Renown Health

Renown Health makes a genuine difference in the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.

Health
8
Honnold Foundation

Funding solar energy solutions, building capacity, and amplifying local leadership for those experiencing the greatest impacts from climate change, economic instability, and social injustice.

Environment
9
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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10
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
11
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
12
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Haven Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLABORATIONS TEACHERS AND ARTISTS: $60,000 · OtherCOLLABORATIONS TEACHERS AND ARTISTSJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF N NEVADA: $60,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF N NEVADAIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVOICE IN SPORT FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherVOICE IN SPORT FOUNDATIONTHE CHANDA PLAN FOUNDATION: $59,805 · OtherTHE CHANDA PLAN FOUNDATIONPROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTORS OF AME: $45,000 · OtherPROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTORS OF AMESHOOT FOR THE STARS: $42,300 · OtherSHOOT FOR THE STARSTHE VIOLA DE GAMBA SOCIETY: $30,000 · OtherACHIEVE TAHOE: $30,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $45,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INCFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $50,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES+2 more: $30,000 · OtherNevada Museum of Art: $150,000 · Arts & CultureNevada Museum of A…NATIVE ACTION NETWORK: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNATIVE ACTION NETW…Seattle Bach Festival: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSeattle Bach Festi…LIMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $125,652 · EducationLIMON EDUCATION F…FRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER: $110,000 · EducationFRIENDS WITHOUT A…ARAPAHOE LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationCraig Hospital: $102,500 · HealthCraig HospitalHealwell: $69,000 · HealthHealwellCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLIT…THE HAVEN INC: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterCLEAN UP THE CAYES dba CLEAN UP THE LAKE: $99,717 · EnvironmentSound Experience: $55,000 · Science & TechCENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH: $30,000 · Science & Tech
Other$572,105Arts & Culture$260,000Education$245,652Health$211,500Housing & Shelter$120,000Environment$99,717Science & Tech$85,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNevada Museum of Art: $150,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLIMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $125,652 over 1y, 64% of budgetFRIENDS WITHOUT A BORDER: $110,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCraig Hospital: $102,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN UP THE CAYES dba CLEAN UP THE LAKE: $99,717 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetHealwell: $69,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetNATIVE ACTION NETWORK: $60,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHE CHANDA PLAN FOUNDATION: $59,805 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSound Experience: $55,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Bach Festival: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetACHIEVE TAHOE: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLiberian Assistance Program Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetARAPAHOE LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% 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.

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Odyssey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Odyssey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 26 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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