California · Private foundation
Orthodox Vision 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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Grants FY2025
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $905,774
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Orthodox Vision Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $943k 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 | 47 | $2.2M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $2.2M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $931k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $865k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $792k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $758k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $571k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 32 | $491k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus North America | $1,017,078 | 8 | 6% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $484,450 | 8 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative | $373,627 | 5 | 64% |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese | $373,162 | 4 | n/a |
| Ancient Faith Ministries Formerly Conciliar Media Ministries | $205,620 | 8 | 2% |
| Holy Assumption Monastery | $166,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry | $163,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Saint Constantine School | $115,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Camp Catanese Foundation | $106,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sitka and Alaska | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 46 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus North America | $1,017,078 | 8 | 6% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $484,450 | 8 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative | $373,627 | 5 | 64% |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese | $373,162 | 4 | n/a |
| Ancient Faith Ministries Formerly Conciliar Media Ministries | $205,620 | 8 | 2% |
| Holy Assumption Monastery | $166,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry | $163,000 | 8 | n/a |
| The Saint Constantine School | $115,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Camp Catanese Foundation | $106,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sitka and Alaska | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Orthodox Christian Fellowship | $69,751 | 6 | 3% |
| The Sacred Monastery of Saint Nina Inc | $68,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Crossroad Institute Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Treehouse Inc | $35,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Orthodox Christians for Life | $35,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Christ the Savior Academy Inc | $31,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles CO Gary Maeder | $28,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Nasr Orthodox Foundation | $27,000 | 8 | 4% |
| University of Saint Katherine | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc | $21,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Saint Pauls Greek Orthodox Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Orthodox Christian Laity | $20,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Fellowship of St James | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| La Canada Track Club | $15,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Orthodox Vocation and Ministry Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | $14,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Once Upon a Room Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Arab American Institute Foundation | $12,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus | $11,587 | 4 | n/a |
| The Saint Constantine School of Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hildegard College | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Mount Sinai Monastery | $10,000 | 8 | n/a |
| St John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pasadena Christian School | $8,743 | 8 | 0% |
| International Orthodox Theological Association | $7,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Glendale Babe Ruth Baseball League | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Occidental College | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Mexico of the Orthodox Church | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Flintridge Preparatory School | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Assistance League of Saddleback Valley | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Canada Presbyterian Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain Avenue Committed to Kids | $400 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Orthodox Vision Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation · The Katsaros Family Foundation · St Philaret Society · The Renaissance Fund NFP · Nehemiah Foundation Inc · Spell Family Foundation co William Spell · Hellenic Foundation · Laham Family Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Orthodox Vision Foundation
- How much does Orthodox Vision Foundation give?
- Orthodox Vision Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $2,172,760 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Orthodox Vision Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (74%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Education (6%).
- Who are Orthodox Vision Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Focus North America ($1.0M), Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc ($484k), Orthodox Christian Leadership Initiative ($374k).
- Does Orthodox Vision Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Orthodox Vision 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 Orthodox Vision Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation, The Katsaros Family Foundation, St Philaret Society.
- Where is Orthodox Vision Foundation based?
- Orthodox Vision Foundation is based in CA.
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