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Ohrstrom Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.4M
Granted FY2020
37
Grants FY2020
34
Organizations funded FY2020
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72% of Ohrstrom Foundation Inc’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 26 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Median grant, FY2020
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$1,050,000
States reached, FY2020
12
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The 5 Gyres Institute$80,00016%
Southern Environmental Law Center$75,00010%
Together We Rise$75,00011%
National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project Inc$75,00014%
Rainforest Trust$75,00010%
Little Sisters Fund Inc$60,00018%
Madre Inc$50,00011%
International Rescue Committee INC$50,00010%
Windy Hill Foundation Inc$50,00013%
The Conscious Alliance$40,00010%
Show all 26 grantees
All grantees of Ohrstrom Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The 5 Gyres Institute$80,00016%
Southern Environmental Law Center$75,00010%
Together We Rise$75,00011%
National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project Inc$75,00014%
Rainforest Trust$75,00010%
Little Sisters Fund Inc$60,00018%
Madre Inc$50,00011%
International Rescue Committee INC$50,00010%
Windy Hill Foundation Inc$50,00013%
The Conscious Alliance$40,00010%
Wild Earth Allies Inc$40,00011%
Fauquier Free Clinic Inc$40,00013%
C4 Recovery Solutions Inc$35,00016%
The Piedmont Environmental Council$30,00011%
Middle East Children's Alliance$30,00011%
A Jewish Voice for Peace$25,00011%
Shenandoah National Park Trust$25,00012%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Plastic Oceans International$15,00012%
Appalachian Voices$15,00011%
Ocean Conservancy$15,00010%
A Place to Be$10,00010%
The Sentencing Project$10,00010%
Horton's Kids Inc$10,00010%
Ocean Blue Project Inc$10,0001n/a
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$5,00010%

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ohrstrom Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe 5 Gyres Institute: $80,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTogether We Rise: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNational Indian Youth Leadership Development Project Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetRainforest Trust: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLittle Sisters Fund Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetMadre Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWindy Hill Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Conscious Alliance: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWild Earth Allies Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFauquier Free Clinic Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetC4 Recovery Solutions Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetThe Piedmont Environmental Council: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMiddle East Children's Alliance: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetA Jewish Voice for Peace: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetShenandoah National Park Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlastic Oceans International: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAppalachian Voices: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Place to Be: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Sentencing Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHorton's Kids Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEnvironmental and Energy Study Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 25.

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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.

Fagus FoundationThe Luminescence Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodVerizon FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…
Fagus FoundationVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fagus Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Verizon Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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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How do I get to Ohrstrom Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ohrstrom Foundation Inc 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.

About Ohrstrom Foundation Inc

How much does Ohrstrom Foundation Inc give?
Ohrstrom Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $4,400,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
What does Ohrstrom Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Environment (9%), International (6%).
Who are Ohrstrom Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2020: The 5 Gyres Institute ($80k), Southern Environmental Law Center ($75k), Together We Rise ($75k).
Does Ohrstrom Foundation Inc 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 Ohrstrom Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fagus Foundation, The Luminescence Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is Ohrstrom Foundation Inc based?
Ohrstrom Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 35 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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