Washington · Private foundation
Ouroboros 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.
- $7.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of Ouroboros Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Whatcom Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $189,063
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,681,485
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Ouroboros Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 3 | $303k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $309k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $314k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $284k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $285k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $126k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $150k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $55k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whatcom Land Trust | $283,000 | 6 | 4% |
| The Humane League | $207,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Whatcom Family & Community Network | $48,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Jhamtse International Incorporated | $24,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Nonhuman Rights Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Whatcom Humane Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faunalytics | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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
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About Ouroboros Foundation
- How much does Ouroboros Foundation give?
- Ouroboros Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $6,984,548 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ouroboros Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Environment (5%), Animals (3%).
- Who are Ouroboros Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Whatcom Land Trust ($283k), The Humane League ($207k), Whatcom Family & Community Network ($49k).
- Does Ouroboros Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ouroboros 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 Ouroboros Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Ouroboros Foundation based?
- Ouroboros Foundation is based in WA.
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