Massachusetts · Private foundation
Oedel Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 62
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Oedel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 16 | $3.0M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $178k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $192k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 54 | $157k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 61 | $152k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 62 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
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, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Development Organization Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 17% |
| International Institute of New England Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bread & Roses Inc | $69,195 | 6 | 4% |
| Neighbors in Need Inc | $58,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Lazarus House Inc | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tufts Medicine Care at Home Parent Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Perkins School for the Blind | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Oedel 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: Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Nathaniel & Elizabeth P Stevens Foundation · Rogers Family Foundation · The Saab Family Foundation · Demoulas Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Oedel Foundation
- How much does Oedel Foundation give?
- Oedel Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $3,002,029 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Oedel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (73%), Youth Development (8%), International (6%).
- Who are Oedel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Youth Development Organization Inc ($300k), International Institute of New England Inc ($200k), Bread & Roses Inc ($69k).
- Does Oedel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Oedel 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 Oedel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Essex County Community Foundation Inc, Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Nathaniel & Elizabeth P Stevens Foundation.
- Where is Oedel Foundation based?
- Oedel Foundation is based in MA.
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