Virginia · Private foundation
The Ortner Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $385,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Ortner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $138k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $2.2M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.5M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.5M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.7M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.4M | 53% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $906k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $495k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cana Academy | $2,660,000 | 6 | 91% |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $1,068,250 | 7 | 20% |
| Jm Educational Group | $575,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Thomas Aquinas College | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Catholic University of America | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Institute of Technology | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sent Institute for Entrepreneurship | $250,000 | 2 | 12% |
| The Evangelical Catholic Inc | $105,300 | 3 | 2% |
| Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cana Academy | $2,660,000 | 6 | 91% |
| Religious Freedom Institute Inc | $1,068,250 | 7 | 20% |
| Jm Educational Group | $575,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Thomas Aquinas College | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc | $275,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Catholic University of America | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Institute of Technology | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sent Institute for Entrepreneurship | $250,000 | 2 | 12% |
| The Evangelical Catholic Inc | $105,300 | 3 | 2% |
| Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity House Community | $65,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Cornerstone Schools of Washington DC Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sagamore Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dominican House of Studies | $42,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Trinity Schools Inc | $34,473 | 2 | 0% |
| Divine Mercy Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Dominican Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Leonine Forum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ortner Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Ortner Family Foundation
- How much does The Ortner Family Foundation give?
- The Ortner Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $2,208,682 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ortner Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Social Science (21%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Ortner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cana Academy ($2.7M), Religious Freedom Institute Inc ($1.1M), Jm Educational Group ($575k).
- Does The Ortner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ortner 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 Ortner Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Catholic Association Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc.
- Where is The Ortner Family Foundation based?
- The Ortner Family Foundation is based in VA.
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