How much does Ortega Foundation give?

Ortega Foundation reported 71 grants totaling $1,791,305 in its FY2017 IRS filing.

What does Ortega Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Health (7%), Education (4%).

Who are Ortega Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Liga Contra El Cancer Inc (League Against Cancer Inc) ($800k), Jose Marti Foundation Inc ($150k), Urbanpromise Miami Inc ($140k).

Does Ortega 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 Ortega Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, United Way Miami Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc.

Where is Ortega Foundation based?

Ortega Foundation is based in DE.

Foundation Dossiers

Delaware · Private foundation

Ortega Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2017: 71
Grants FY2017: 59
Organizations funded FY2017

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100% of Ortega Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Miami Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Ortega Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 44 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

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Median grant, FY2017: $8,188
Largest grant, FY2017: $400,000
States reached, FY2017: 9
Total assets, FY2017: $39M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$13MHealth$1.1MEducation$638kHousing & Shelter$472kReligion$141kHuman Services$134kArts & Culture$48kInternational$46kOther$0

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
Liga Contra El Cancer Inc (League Against Cancer Inc)	$800,000	2	10%
Jose Marti Foundation Inc	$150,000	3	100%
Urbanpromise Miami Inc	$140,000	2	25%
American Cancer Society Inc	$133,700	2	0%
Church of the Epiphany	$110,500	2	n/a
Camillus House Inc	$110,000	2	0%
Marian Center Charitable Trust	$100,000	2	4%
City Year Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida Inc	$65,000	2	0%
Christopher Columbus High School	$50,000	2	n/a

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All grantees of Ortega Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Liga Contra El Cancer Inc (League Against Cancer Inc)	$800,000	2	10%
Jose Marti Foundation Inc	$150,000	3	100%
Urbanpromise Miami Inc	$140,000	2	25%
American Cancer Society Inc	$133,700	2	0%
Church of the Epiphany	$110,500	2	n/a
Camillus House Inc	$110,000	2	0%
Marian Center Charitable Trust	$100,000	2	4%
City Year Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida Inc	$65,000	2	0%
Christopher Columbus High School	$50,000	2	n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$50,000	1	0%
St Thomas University Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Centro Mater Foundation Inc	$36,000	2	22%
Mindo Futures Inc	$26,150	2	2%
Nu Deco Ensemble Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Archdiocesan Council of Miami Inc	$20,000	2	n/a
Lotus Endowment Fund Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Miami Children's Health System Foundation Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Miami City Ballet Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Friends of the Medal of Honor Grove	$15,000	1	10%
Kristi House Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Immaculata la Salle High School Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow	$10,000	1	0%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	$10,000	1	0%
Humane World for Animals Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Mission International Rescue Charities Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc	$10,000	2	0%
The Eyes on your Mission Project Inc	$10,000	1	16%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Year Up Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Center for Social Change Inc	$10,000	1	0%
K9s for Warriors Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Dogs in Crisis Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Children's Center Utah	$10,000	1	0%
Branches Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Medical Students in Action Inc	$10,000	1	7%
Monsignor Edward Pace High School	$6,250	1	n/a
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy	$5,000	1	n/a
South Florida Progress Foundation Inc	$5,000	2	1%
Amor En Accion Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Amigos Together for Kids Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Miami Lakes United Soccer Club Inc	$4,000	2	n/a
Caring Hearts With Helping Hands Inc	$3,000	2	n/a
Jackson Health Foundation Inc	$3,000	2	0%
Down Syndrome Association of Miami Inc	$2,500	1	3%
United States Sailing Center Inc	$2,000	1	1%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society	$2,000	1	n/a
Ci Foundation Inc	$2,000	1	1%
South Florida Public Media Group Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Miami Youth Baseball Association Inc	$1,595	1	1%
The Alliance for Florida's National Parks Inc	$1,400	1	0%
Bet Shira Early Childhood Center Ptc Inc	$1,000	1	2%
Dani Girl Foundation Inc	$1,000	1	1%
Little League Baseball Inc	$800	1	1%
The Sundari Foundation Inc	$300	1	0%

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($464k), not named here.

Ortega Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 44.

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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.

The Miami Foundation IncFL43.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Coral Gables Community Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Assurant Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Gus Machado Family Foundation Inc · Padron Family Foundation Inc · Andres Asion Foundation Inc · Jose M Sanchez Family Foundation 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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About Ortega Foundation

How much does Ortega Foundation give?: Ortega Foundation reported 71 grants totaling $1,791,305 in its FY2017 IRS filing.
What does Ortega Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Health (7%), Education (4%).
Who are Ortega Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Liga Contra El Cancer Inc (League Against Cancer Inc) ($800k), Jose Marti Foundation Inc ($150k), Urbanpromise Miami Inc ($140k).
Does Ortega 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 Ortega Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Miami Foundation Inc, United Way Miami Inc, The Batchelor Foundation Inc.
Where is Ortega Foundation based?: Ortega Foundation is based in DE.