Alabama · Private foundation
The Oros 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $510,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Oros Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $360k 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 | 5 | $1.0M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $365k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $238k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $202k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $143k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Advancement of Nextgen Deaf | $575,000 | 2 | 54% |
| Samford University | $510,600 | 1 | 0% |
| International Leadership Institute | $325,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Heartlight Ministries Inc | $180,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Serge Global Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education | $67,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lincoln Village Preservation Corporation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| His Hands Mission International | $7,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alabama Hands & Voices Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Oros Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Oros Foundation
- How much does The Oros Foundation give?
- The Oros Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,018,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Oros Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Education (25%), International (16%).
- Who are The Oros Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Center for Advancement of Nextgen Deaf ($575k), Samford University ($511k), International Leadership Institute ($325k).
- Does The Oros Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Oros 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 Oros Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Oros Foundation based?
- The Oros Foundation is based in AL.
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