Connecticut · Private foundation
The Orenstein Family 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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- 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, 31% of the organizations The Orenstein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 10 | $81k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $67k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $53k | 69% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $47k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $34k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $21k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $46k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $72,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Maloto Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Syracuse University | $24,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Norwalk Housing Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Fairfield Theatre Company Inc | $17,200 | 2 | 0% |
| King School Inc | $15,499 | 5 | 0% |
| The Stamford Hospital | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nantucket Land & Water Council Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nantucket Student Lacrosse Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($155k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Orenstein Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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: The Goodnow Fund · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Bassler Family Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Orenstein Family Foundation
- How much does The Orenstein Family Foundation give?
- The Orenstein Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $81,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Orenstein Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Housing & Shelter (19%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Orenstein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($72k), Maloto Inc ($25k), Syracuse University ($25k).
- Does The Orenstein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Orenstein Family 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 Orenstein Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goodnow Fund, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Bassler Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Orenstein Family Foundation based?
- The Orenstein Family Foundation is based in CT.
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