Illinois · Private foundation
The Osa 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.
- $719k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $24,168
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Osa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 29 | $719k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $570k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $691k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $618k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $659k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $614k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $542k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $539k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Million Degrees | $270,000 | 8 | 1% |
| National Louis University | $265,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Embarc Inc | $227,500 | 8 | 2% |
| The Chicago Scholars Foundation | $185,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Chicago Public Education Fund | $185,000 | 8 | 1% |
| LEAP Innovations | $180,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Intrinsic Schools | $170,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Healthy Schools Campaign | $140,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Surge Institute | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| High Jump | $110,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Osa Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Finnegan Family Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Vivo Foundation · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Cme Group Foundation · The Brinson Foundation · Mayer and Morris Kaplan Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Osa Foundation
- How much does The Osa Foundation give?
- The Osa Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $719,168 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Osa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (54%), Employment (7%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are The Osa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: One Million Degrees ($270k), National Louis University ($265k), Embarc Inc ($228k).
- Does The Osa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Osa 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 Osa Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Finnegan Family Foundation, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is The Osa Foundation based?
- The Osa Foundation is based in IL.
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