California · Private foundation
The Ronald and Jane Olson 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.
- $716k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | $716k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $142k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $258k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $388k | 72% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $15k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $254k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $310k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $200k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Drake University | $415,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $340,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Hawks Childcare Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Drake University | $415,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $340,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | $175,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Hawks Childcare Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pacific Council on International Policy | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fainting Robin Foundation | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Western Iowa Journalism Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| University of Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Las Familias Del Pueblo | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Salzburg Global Seminar Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Skid Row Housing Trust | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Usagainstalzheimer's | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Justice in Aging | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sequoia Riverlands Trust | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ronald and Jane Olson 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation
- How much does The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation give?
- The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $716,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), International (31%), Social Science (14%).
- Who are The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Human Rights Watch Inc ($600k), Drake University ($415k), University of Nebraska Foundation ($350k).
- Does The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ronald and Jane Olson 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 Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation based?
- The Ronald and Jane Olson Foundation is based in CA.
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