Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $538k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 9 | $65k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $62k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $63k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $59k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $47k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $45k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council for Relationships Inc | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Main Line School Night Association | $60,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Opera Philadelphia | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $31,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | $19,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El Inc | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Philabundance | $8,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Tilt Institute for the Contemporary Image | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council for Relationships Inc | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Main Line School Night Association | $60,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Opera Philadelphia | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $31,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | $19,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc | $13,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Temple Beth El Inc | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Philabundance | $8,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Tilt Institute for the Contemporary Image | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($102k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation give?
- The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Arts & Culture (39%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Council for Relationships Inc ($125k), Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh ($90k), Main Line School Night Association ($60k).
- Does The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation based?
- The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation is based in PA.
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