Maryland · Private foundation
Sandra and Gilbert Oken 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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 11 | $100k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $90k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $115k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $4k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jewish Social Service Agency | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Studio Theatre Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington Humane Society | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pbs Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of All Critters at Shelters Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation
- How much does Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation give?
- Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (47%), Arts & Culture (24%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc ($150k), Jewish Social Service Agency ($20k), Wounded Warrior Project Inc ($20k).
- Does Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sandra and Gilbert Oken 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.
- Where is Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation based?
- Sandra and Gilbert Oken Foundation is based in MD.
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