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The Owenoke 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.

$750k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
37
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$16M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The Owenoke Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterCivil RightsEducationOther
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 arriving40$730k15%
FY202337$618k8%
FY202237$575k3%
FY202138$634k13%
FY202035$535k6%
FY201935$535k17%
FY201832$490k25%
FY201730$500kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$878kInternational$653kReligion$503kFood & Nutrition$474kHousing & Shelter$442kEnvironment$409kHuman Services$402kEducation$331kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
PA
CT
CA
MD
KS
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Pauls Lutheran Church$257,0007n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$250,00080%
The Adirondack Council Inc$240,00082%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$205,00080%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$190,00080%
New Canaan Group Home Inc$180,00084%
Kingswood Oxford School Inc$175,00080%
The V Foundation$160,00080%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$155,00070%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$138,00070%
Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Owenoke Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Pauls Lutheran Church$257,0007n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$250,00080%
The Adirondack Council Inc$240,00082%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$205,00080%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$190,00080%
New Canaan Group Home Inc$180,00084%
Kingswood Oxford School Inc$175,00080%
The V Foundation$160,00080%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$155,00070%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$138,00070%
Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc$135,00060%
Foodshare Inc$133,00070%
Urban Ministries of Durham Inc$127,00061%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford Inc$125,00083%
Hands on Hartford Inc$124,00081%
Save The Children Federation Inc$120,00080%
Hopeful Horizons$115,00080%
Team Tobati Inc$93,00064%
Parktown Food Hub$87,000430%
Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity Inc$85,00062%
Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic of Beaufort$76,00044%
Town Players of New Canaan Inc$70,000621%
Equal Justice Initiative$70,00060%
Scott Carter Foundation$68,00075%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$60,00060%
Inspirica Inc$55,00030%
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County Inc$40,00020%
Easter Seals Maine Inc$38,00041%
The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc$34,0002n/a
Port Royal Sound Foundation$31,00051%
Mary's Place Inc$30,00063%
Orange Congregations in Mission Inc$26,50070%
Curtain Call Inc$25,00021%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$25,00010%
The Bridge Family Center Inc$20,00020%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$20,00010%
Gala Inc Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos$19,00030%
Real Art Ways Inc$15,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle$10,00010%
Family Reentry Inc$10,00010%
Noah Webster House Inc$10,00013%
Casa Inc$6,00010%
Piper Theatre Productions Inc$5,0001n/a
Capitol Squash Inc$3,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($757k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Owenoke Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Adirondack Council Inc: $240,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetConnecticut Children's Medical Center: $205,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran World Relief Inc: $190,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Group Home Inc: $180,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetKingswood Oxford School Inc: $175,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe V Foundation: $160,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLowcountry Food Bank Inc: $155,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc: $138,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Durham Inc: $135,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFoodshare Inc: $133,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $127,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Greater Hartford Inc: $125,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetHands on Hartford Inc: $124,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $120,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHopeful Horizons: $115,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTeam Tobati Inc: $93,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetParktown Food Hub: $87,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetLowcountry Habitat for Humanity Inc: $85,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetGood Neighbor Free Medical Clinic of Beaufort: $76,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetTown Players of New Canaan Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetScott Carter Foundation: $68,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetUnc Health Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInspirica Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEaster Seals Maine Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetPort Royal Sound Foundation: $31,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMary's Place Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetOrange Congregations in Mission Inc: $26,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCurtain Call Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bridge Family Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGala Inc Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos: $19,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetReal Art Ways Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Reentry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNoah Webster House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCasa Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapitol Squash Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 41.

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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.

Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Peoples United Community Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Eric & Jessica Zachs Family Foundation · The Auerbach Schiro Foundation · Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc · John and Kelly Hartman Foundation · Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation

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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About The Owenoke Foundation

How much does The Owenoke Foundation give?
The Owenoke Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $750,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Owenoke Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (19%), International (14%), Religion (11%).
Who are The Owenoke Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Pauls Lutheran Church ($257k), Americares Foundation Inc ($250k), The Adirondack Council Inc ($240k).
Does The Owenoke Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Owenoke 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 Owenoke Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Peoples United Community Foundation, Aetna Foundation Inc.
Where is The Owenoke Foundation based?
The Owenoke Foundation is based in SC.

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 62 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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