Skip to content
Osborne Legacy Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Osborne Legacy 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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Environment$56kHuman Services$41kAnimals$15kFood & Nutrition$12kArts & Culture$10kPhilanthropy$1kHealth$250Other$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$333k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TREE HOUSE$3,000
PROVIDENCE HOUSE$3,000
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$3,000
CONSERVATION NORTHWEST$3,000
GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION$2,500
AKIN$2,500
NATURE CONSERVANCY$2,500
SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE$2,500
OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION$1,500
LAKEVIEW CEMETARY FOUNDATION$1,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AKIN: $3k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MI
OR
OH
UT
VA
MD
NM
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113k · 12 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
6

Total granted

$113k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+35%

Still filing today

92%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SU
    Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
    7× · 2019–2025 · $15k · revenue +98%
  • T
    TREEHOUSE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $15k · revenue +130%
  • CN
    CONSERVATION NW
    5× · 2021–2025 · $13k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • BALLARD FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250 · revenue +139%
  • TW
    THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
    one grant, 2019 · $250 · revenue +9%
  • GR
    GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR ADVANCING CANCER EDUCATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250 · revenue +35%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
2
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
Conservation Legacy

Conservation legacy engages future leaders who protect, restore, and enhance our nation's lands through community-based service.in 2024, conservation legacy engaged 2,524 participants who completed over 1.5 million service hours on public…

Youth Development
5
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
6
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
7
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
Alaska Conservation Foundation

Protects alaska's unique landscapes and ways of life by supporting conservation leaders, organizations, and initiatives.

Environment
10
Council of Western State Foresters

The council of western state foresters (cwsf) promotes the conservation, protection, and sustainable management of forests for today and generations to come by leading collective action, fostering learning, facilitating resource sharing,…

Environment
11
Western Conservation Foundation

Building leaders to protect the west's land, air, and water.

Environment
12
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wilderness Society; the most unlike its peers is Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,250 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION GL REG CTR: $12,500 · OtherNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION GL REG CTRPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $11,500 · OtherPROVIDENCE HOUSE INCCHILDHAVEN: $11,500 · OtherCHILDHAVEN+5 more: $2,900 · Other+5 moreSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $15,250 · EnvironmentSouthern Utah Wilderness AllianceCONSERVATION NW: $13,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION NWGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $9,500 · EnvironmentGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITIONBIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE: $2,600 · EnvironmentBIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE+2 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentTREEHOUSE: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSEGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $11,500 · Food & NutritionGREATER C…+1 more: $250 · Food & NutritionLAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $9,500 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyGLOBAL RESOURCE FOR ADVANCING CANCER EDUCATION: $250 · Health
Other$53,650Environment$41,350Youth Development$15,000Food & Nutrition$11,750Arts & Culture$9,500Human Services$2,500Philanthropy$1,000Health$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $15,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION NW: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDHAVEN: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $11,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $9,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBIRDS CONNECT SEATTLE: $2,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLARD FOOD BANK: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL RESOURCE FOR ADVANCING CANCER EDUCATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Osborne Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Osborne Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Oregon Natural Desert Association: 9% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Osborne Legacy’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home