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Offerdahl Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
43
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$515,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 54
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Offerdahl Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentCrime & LegalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving42$1.3M26%
FY202444$573k27%
FY202345$352k47%
FY202254$548k74%
FY20218$11k100%
FY202029$269k100%
FY20173$4kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.5MPublic Benefit$452kHealth$187kCommunity Improvement$184kCivil Rights$136kRecreation & Sports$118kYouth Development$112kCrime & Legal$78kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
NV
IA
IN
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 86 grantees
All grantees of Offerdahl Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Dakota State University Foundation$902,49240%
University of Nevada Reno Foundation$300,00010%
Cato Institute$215,00050%
Competitive Enterprise Institute$138,50031%
Incline Tahoe Parks & Recreation Vision Foundation Inc$100,0001n/a
State Policy Network$79,50050%
The Reason Foundation$70,00020%
Pacific Legal Foundation$50,00050%
Incline Village Community Hospital Foundation$50,00014%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Sierra School of Performing Arts$30,00055%
Incline Education Fund$25,00033%
Tax Foundation$23,50030%
Boosting Hope Inc$21,00022%
Rotary Foundation of Incline Village$20,00015%
Pet Network Humane Society$20,00040%
Human Rights Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Institute for Justice$19,00030%
Incline Boosters Club$17,50042%
National Taxpayers Union$17,00020%
Tahoe Prosperity Center$15,00013%
Lake Tahoe School$15,00030%
Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Incorporated$15,0003n/a
Tahoe Family Solutions Inc$14,50040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$13,00040%
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc$12,50030%
Turning Point USA Inc$10,00020%
Nevada Nordic$10,00034%
Renown Health Foundation$10,00010%
Kagondo St Joseph Hospital Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Clear Fund$10,00010%
Incline Fireworks Inc$10,00023%
Sierra Senior Services Dba Meals on Wheels Tahoe$9,50031%
Care Chest of Sierra Nevada$7,50020%
Americans for Prosperity$7,00010%
Classical Tahoe$7,00040%
Worldwide Fistula Fund$7,00030%
Washoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriffs Association Inc$7,00040%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$6,00020%
Larkin Street Youth Services$5,60020%
Village Church$5,0001n/a
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$5,00010%
Incline Star Follies Inc$5,00015%
Shelterbox USA Inc$5,00010%
Tahoe Fund$4,50020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$4,00030%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$3,60010%
Oakland Promise$3,60010%
Arts For The Schools dba Fox Cultural Hall$3,50021%
National Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund$3,50010%
Charity Navigator$3,07540%
Fresh Start Women's Foundation$2,60020%
Sierra Nevada Ballet$2,50011%
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc$2,50010%
Lake Tahoe Dance Collective$2,5001n/a
Diamond Peak Ski Education Foundation$2,50010%
Nami Valley of the Sun$2,00011%
Ujamaa Place$2,00020%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$2,00010%
World Cup Dreams Foundation Fka Sfi Foundation$1,50010%
Fund Texas Choice$1,50010%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$1,50010%
The Independent Institute$1,00010%
WASHOE BRIDGE SOCIETY Inc$1,00010%
Brilliant Corners$1,00010%
Reno Jazz Orchestra$1,00010%
Sigma Sigma Sigma Foundation$1,00010%
Sierra Nevada Alliance$1,00010%
The Harrah Automobile Foundation National Automobile Museum$1,00010%
Rural Education & Development Inc$1,00010%
Achieve Tahoe$1,00010%
Ifwhenhow$1,00010%
EdChoice Inc$1,00010%
Ideas Beyond Borders Inc$1,00010%
Waterhope$1,0001n/a
Citizens Against Government Waste$1,00010%
Students for Liberty Inc$1,00010%
National Legal and Policy Center$1,00010%
Tahoe Food Hub$50010%
Jane's Due Process Inc$50010%
Midpen Housing Corporation$50010%
Mercer Island Eastside Orphans & Waifs$50010%
Wildwood Open Lands Foundation$5001n/a
Equality Federation Institute$30010%
Blind Dog Rescue Alliance Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($568k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Offerdahl Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $902,492 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCato Institute: $215,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCompetitive Enterprise Institute: $138,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetState Policy Network: $79,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Reason Foundation: $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIncline Village Community Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra School of Performing Arts: $30,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetIncline Education Fund: $25,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetTax Foundation: $23,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBoosting Hope Inc: $21,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetRotary Foundation of Incline Village: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetPet Network Humane Society: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHuman Rights Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIncline Boosters Club: $17,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNational Taxpayers Union: $17,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTahoe Prosperity Center: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLake Tahoe School: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTahoe Family Solutions Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Nordic: $10,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIncline Fireworks Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSierra Senior Services Dba Meals on Wheels Tahoe: $9,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCare Chest of Sierra Nevada: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClassical Tahoe: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWorldwide Fistula Fund: $7,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWashoe County Honorary Deputy Sheriffs Association Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $5,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIncline Star Follies Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTahoe Fund: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Promise: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts For The Schools dba Fox Cultural Hall: $3,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $3,075 over 4y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 79.

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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.

Tahoe Community FoundationNV55.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tahoe Community Foundation · Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation · Courage Sans Peur Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Harvey and Leslie Wagner Foundation · Wayne L Prim Foundation · The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · The McPherson 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.

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About Offerdahl Family Foundation

How much does Offerdahl Family Foundation give?
Offerdahl Family Foundation reported 43 grants totaling $1,259,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Offerdahl Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Public Benefit (15%), Health (6%).
Who are Offerdahl Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Dakota State University Foundation ($902k), University of Nevada Reno Foundation ($300k), Cato Institute ($215k).
Does Offerdahl Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Offerdahl Family 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 Offerdahl Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tahoe Community Foundation, Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation, Courage Sans Peur Foundation.
Where is Offerdahl Family Foundation based?
Offerdahl Family Foundation is based in NV.

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 130 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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