Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Optical Society of America Inc
To promote the generation application and archiving of knowledge of optics and photonics and to disseminate the knowledge worldwide.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $784k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $59,267
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $686,840
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $148M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Optical Society of America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800k 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 | 4 | $784k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $2.8M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $3.0M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.5M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $990k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSA Foundation Inc | $12,578,038 | 8 | 49% |
| University of Rochester | $800,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Welfare Benefit Plans Trust | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers | $67,527 | 3 | 0% |
| Materials Research Society | $59,267 | 1 | 1% |
| Wistee Connect Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 100% |
| The American Ceramic Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Central Florida | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| RIT SPIE OSA Student Chapter | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
About Optical Society of America Inc
- How much does Optical Society of America Inc give?
- Optical Society of America Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $783,634, out of $1,854,686 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Optical Society of America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (91%), Education (8%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are Optical Society of America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: OSA Foundation Inc ($13M), University of Rochester ($800k), University of Arizona ($250k).
- Does Optical Society of America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Optical Society of America Inc based?
- Optical Society of America Inc is based in DC.
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