Oregon · Private foundation
Orcasong Institute
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.
- $91k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $634k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Orcasong Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $91k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $75k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $71k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $200 | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orcas Center | $85,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival | $29,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Juan Islands Argricultural Guild | $27,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Palm Springs International Piano Competition | $21,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Sunup Rotary Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 44% |
| The Lgbtq Community Center of the D | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coachella Valley Repertory | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corazon Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Leadership San Juan Islands | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orcas Center | $85,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival | $29,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Juan Islands Argricultural Guild | $27,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Palm Springs International Piano Competition | $21,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Sunup Rotary Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 44% |
| The Lgbtq Community Center of the D | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coachella Valley Repertory | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corazon Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Leadership San Juan Islands | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Orcas Animal Protection Society | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Lodge No 1 Independent Order of Odd Fellows | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Left Lovers | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Planting Justice | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($39k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Orcasong Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation · Orcas Island Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Impactassetsinc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Orcasong Institute
- How much does Orcasong Institute give?
- Orcasong Institute reported 9 grants totaling $90,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Orcasong Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Human Services (19%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are Orcasong Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Orcas Center ($85k), Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival ($29k), San Juan Islands Argricultural Guild ($28k).
- Does Orcasong Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Orcasong Institute 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 Orcasong Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Daniel and Margaret Carper Foundation, Orcas Island Community Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego.
- Where is Orcasong Institute based?
- Orcasong Institute is based in OR.
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