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The Osprey Foundation Inc

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.

$6.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2024
21
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$790,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 30
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$31M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Osprey Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentEducationReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$6.1M24%
FY202321$5.8M5%
FY202230$7.7M30%
FY202126$4.1M31%
FY202030$3.4M23%
FY201928$3.8M25%
FY201827$4.7Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

International$16MEnvironment$4.4MReligion$3.9MPhilanthropy$3.0MHealth$2.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.0MEducation$1.8MPublic Benefit$950kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Interfaith America$2,025,00074%
Catholic Relief Services$2,000,0002n/a
United Nations Foundation Inc$1,650,00031%
Wateraid America Inc$1,607,50062%
Johns Hopkins University$1,525,00040%
Interchurch Medical Assistance Inc$1,295,87421%
Corus Solutions Inc$1,145,00038%
Splash International$1,139,00075%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$1,000,00031%
On Being Project$950,00079%
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of The Osprey Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Interfaith America$2,025,00074%
Catholic Relief Services$2,000,0002n/a
United Nations Foundation Inc$1,650,00031%
Wateraid America Inc$1,607,50062%
Johns Hopkins University$1,525,00040%
Interchurch Medical Assistance Inc$1,295,87421%
Corus Solutions Inc$1,145,00038%
Splash International$1,139,00075%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$1,000,00031%
On Being Project$950,00079%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$903,32532%
Cedepca USA$775,000724%
Sanergy Inc$772,717311%
Water for People$650,00031%
St Marys Seminary & University$640,0005n/a
Acumen Fund Inc$550,00031%
Finca International Inc$550,00053%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$500,00070%
Well for the Journey Inc$490,000740%
Institute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc$430,00077%
Burn Manufacturing Company$410,0003n/a
Burn Design Lab$385,000326%
Safe Water Network$376,71734%
Convergence Network Inc$300,000473%
Water for Good$300,00022%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$250,00020%
Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library$200,000138%
Ecopeace Middle East Environmental Ngo Forum$145,00041%
Side by Side Incorporated$120,000323%
Saha Global Inc$100,00012%
Water Missions International$75,00010%
Church World Service Inc$60,00020%
Friends of Arava the Institute Ltd$55,00023%
The Ecumenical Institute$50,00014%
United States Fund for Unicef$50,00010%
Water4 Inc$30,00010%
Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc$25,00010%
Center for Emerging Media Inc$25,000114%
Association of Small Foundations$75010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Osprey Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInterfaith America: $2,025,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $1,650,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetWateraid America Inc: $1,607,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $1,525,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInterchurch Medical Assistance Inc: $1,295,874 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCorus Solutions Inc: $1,145,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetSplash International: $1,139,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetLutheran World Relief Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOn Being Project: $950,000 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetFocusing Philanthropy Inc: $903,325 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCedepca USA: $775,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetSanergy Inc: $772,717 over 3y, 11% of budgetWater for People: $650,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAcumen Fund Inc: $550,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFinca International Inc: $550,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWell for the Journey Inc: $490,000 over 7y, 40% of budgetInstitute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc: $430,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetBurn Design Lab: $385,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetSafe Water Network: $376,717 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetConvergence Network Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 73% of budgetWater for Good: $300,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Baltimore County Public Library: $200,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetEcopeace Middle East Environmental Ngo Forum: $145,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSide by Side Incorporated: $120,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetSaha Global Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWater Missions International: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Arava the Institute Ltd: $55,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe Ecumenical Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater4 Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance for Open Society Int'L Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Emerging Media Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAssociation of Small Foundations: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD13× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to The Osprey Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Osprey Foundation Inc

How much does The Osprey Foundation Inc give?
The Osprey Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $6,077,046 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Osprey Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (45%), Environment (12%), Religion (11%).
Who are The Osprey Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Interfaith America ($2.0M), Catholic Relief Services ($2.0M), United Nations Foundation Inc ($1.6M).
Does The Osprey Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Osprey Foundation Inc 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 Osprey Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, Conrad N Hilton Foundation.
Where is The Osprey Foundation Inc based?
The Osprey Foundation Inc is based in MD.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 69 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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