Delaware · Private foundation
The Orange Tree 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.
- $74k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,062
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 27
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Orange Tree Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% 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 | 23 | $65k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $71k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $60k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc | $25,696 | 3 | 0% |
| The International School of Charlottesvlle Inc | $20,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Peabody School | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| USTAMid-Atlantic Foundation | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $17,747 | 4 | 0% |
| The Shenandoah Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 58% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy | $13,280 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $12,280 | 5 | 0% |
| Albemarle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Orange Tree Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Orange Tree Foundation
- How much does The Orange Tree Foundation give?
- The Orange Tree Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $74,147 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 27 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Orange Tree Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (21%), Education (20%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are The Orange Tree Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc ($26k), The International School of Charlottesvlle Inc ($21k), Peabody School ($19k).
- Does The Orange Tree Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Orange Tree 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 The Orange Tree Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc, S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation.
- Where is The Orange Tree Foundation based?
- The Orange Tree Foundation is based in DE.
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