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The Omega 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.

$154k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$703kInternational$73kEducation$66kReligion$30kCommunity Improvement$25kScience & Tech$20kPhilanthropy$19kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $145k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHN F KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$45,000
THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC$30,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD$20,000
EDLAVITCH DCJCC$15,000
J STREET EDUCATION FUND$15,000
OPERA AMERICA$10,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$10,000
OPERA AMERICA$5,000
ANNE'S PLACE INC$4,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD: $20k → 8%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS: $1k → 22%MAZON A JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER: $2k → 14%YIDDISH FARM EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $1k → 14%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $75k → 17%JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMI: $46k → 14%BEST BUDDIES CAPITAL REGION: $10k → 6%THE HARVARD CRIMSON: $5k → 8%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%MAZON A JEWISH RESPONSE TO HUNGER: $2k → 14%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $60k → 17%REGISTER 2 VOTE: $4k → 14%BEST BUDDIES: $10k → 6%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%STANDARDS WORK: $25k → 14%BEST BUDDIES: $10k → 6%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%STANDARDS WORK: $15k → 14%THE GOYEN FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%EDLAVITCH DCJCC: $15k → 14%JOHN F KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $45k → 16%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $15k → 14%JUMP START: $3k → 16%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%THEATER J: $10k → 14%JUMP START: $3k → 16%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%STANDARDS WORK: $5k → 14%ACCELERATE THE CHANGE INC: $25k → 16%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $35k → 17%WRAG (WASHINGTON REGIONAL ASSOCIATI: $3k → 14%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $30k → 17%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $25k → 17%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $22k → 17%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $20k → 17%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $15k → 17%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $15k → 17%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $14k → 17%THE FORWARD ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 17%OPERA AMERICA: $10k → 17%OPERA AMERICA: $5k → 17%PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT: $3k → 17%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$828k · 11 repeat orgs$171k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -53% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
11

Total granted

$828k
$126k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-53%

Still filing today

91%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthReligionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    5× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +120%
  • EJ
    EDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC
    2× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +107%
  • Best Buddies International Inc
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • JF
    JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMI
    one grant, 2021 · $46k
  • AT
    ACCELERATE THE CHANGE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +48%
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
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
2
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
3
J Street

To organize pro-israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy americans to promote us policies that embody our deeply held jewish and democratic values and that help secure the state of israel as a democratic homeland for the jewish people.

International
4
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
5
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
Jewish News Service Inc

See schedule ojewish news service, inc. ("jns") was organized as a non-profit corporation under the general laws of massachusetts and is an independent business resource and syndication service covering jewish news and israel news for…

Education
8
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…

Human Services
9
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

To promote, encourage, aid and advance higher and secondary education, research and training in all branches of knowledge. as the standard bearer of excellence, the university strives to ensure and foster outstanding achievements in all…

Education
12
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Forward Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Goyen Foundation Inc Co Bill Bubbers Cpa Pa. 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 25 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
6/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Forward Association Inc: $621,100 · Arts & CultureThe Forward Association Inc+3 more: $24,500 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR PERFORMI: $46,200 · OtherJOHN F KENNEDY CENTE…STANDARDS WORK: $45,000 · OtherSTANDARDS WORKACCELERATE THE CHANGE INC: $25,000 · OtherACCELERATE THE CHANG…EDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $25,000 · OtherEDLAVITCH JEWISH COM…BEST BUDDIES CAPITAL REGION: $10,000 · OtherBEST BUDDIES CAPITAL…SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $15,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC+5 more: $16,750 · Other+5 moreJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $45,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $20,000 · EducationJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $50,000 · HealthJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $30,000 · ReligionTHE GOYEN FOUNDATION INC CO Bill Bubbers CPA PA: $15,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $4,250 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyBest Buddies International Inc: $20,000 · International
Arts & Culture$645,600Other$182,950Education$71,000Health$50,000Religion$30,000Philanthropy$21,750International$20,000

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 Forward Association Inc: $621,100 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $45,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA AMERICA INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANNE'S PLACE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARVARD CRIMSON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGround Game Texas: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE FOR YIDDISH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYiddish Farm Educational Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS: $1,000 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.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Omega Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Omega Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Omega Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Omega Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 25 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.

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