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The Ora Foundation 009090-000

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.

$275k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$323kArts & Culture$283kRecreation & Sports$130kEnvironment$47kPhilanthropy$21kHealth$5kInternational$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $46k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$50,000
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
PHILLIPS ACADEMY$50,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$50,000
TRUSTEES OF ROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL$25,000
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$11,000
RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC$10,000
SCENIC HUDSON INC$5,000
UPPER WEST SIDE CINEMA CENTER INC$5,000
ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION$5,000
FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC$5,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY FUND$5,000
LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA$2,000
MOHONK PRESERVE INC$1,000
ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LAKE PLACID FORUM FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN: $7k → 13%LAKE PLACID FORUM FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES INC: $3k → 13%LAKE PLACID FORUM FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN: $1k → 13%LAKE PLACID FORUM FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN: $1k → 13%LAKE PLACID FORUM FOR THE ARTS AND HUMAN: $1k → 13%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$707k · 13 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
6

Total granted

$707k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+50%

Still filing today

100%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationInternationalHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    6× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +119%
  • MO
    Museum of Modern Art
    3× · 2023–2025 · $100k · revenue +53%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $100k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • RC
    ROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE - BEIRUTgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +50%
  • BP
    BEAUTIFUL PB
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
3
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
4
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
5
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
6
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
7
Ithaca College

Our mission is to educate, engage, and empower through theory, practice, and performance.

Education
8
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
9
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

—
10
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

—
11
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Park Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $160,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTMuseum of Modern Art: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art+2 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $165,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMYTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $55,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSI…THE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $15,000 · EducationTHE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCO…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK …Scenic Hudson Inc: $30,000 · EnvironmentScenic Hud…RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentRIVERSIDE …ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $9,000 · EnvironmentADIRONDACK…MOHONK PRESERVE INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentMOHONK PRE…TRUSTEES OF ROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL: $65,000 · InternationalTRUSTEES …+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalTHE HUDSON SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL: $10,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,000 · OtherLake Placid Forum for the Arts & Humanities Inc: $13,000 · OtherThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $3,000 · OtherADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $21,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$270,000Education$237,000Recreation & Sports$100,000Environment$74,000International$66,000Other$44,000Philanthropy$21,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $165,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $160,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF ROBERT COLLEGE OF ISTANBUL: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLake Placid Forum for the Arts & Humanities Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE HUDSON SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMOHONK PRESERVE INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA AND ART INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COLLEGE - BEIRUT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION: $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.

Kingsley Foundation 0…Ibm International Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Kingsley Foundation 009009-009DE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kingsley Foundation 009009-009 · Ibm International Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Ora Foundation 009090-000 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ora Foundation 009090-000. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Ora Foundation 009090-000?

    Find your warmest path to The Ora Foundation 009090-000 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 24 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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