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ODA FOUNDATION
ODA FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $656,849 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($182,949). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $128k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $657k
- Net assets
- $24k
What Oda Foundation does
Mission
The Oda Foundation supports rural communities in the Kalikot district of Nepal, focusing on healthcare, education, and community development. Healthcare: The foundation runs a primary healthcare clinic, providing essential medical services, with a focus on maternal and child health, vaccinations, and malnutrition. Education: It partners with local schools to improve education, providing teacher training and scholarships, with a special focus on girls and marginalized groups. Community Development: The foundation supports agricultural programs to enhance food security and promote sustainable farming. It also works on improving water access and sanitation. The Oda Foundation emphasizes sustainable, community-driven solutions to uplift vulnerable populations in Kalikot.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 2023, the Oda Foundation achieved significant milestones in healthcare, education, and agriculture in Kalikot. Healthcare: The foundation expanded its maternal and child health program, providing services to over 500 women, reducing maternal mortality. It also increased vaccination outreach, administering vaccines to 1,200 children with the goverment, improving child health in the region. Education: Oda offered scholarships to students, particularly girls, who lacked access to secondary education. A teacher training program was launched, benefiting teachers and improving education for hundreds of students. Agriculture: The foundation introduced sustainable farming practices to over 200 local farmers, increasing crop yields. This improved food security and provided more stable incomes for families. These achievements reflect Oda's ongoing commitment to uplifting Kalikot's communities.
$170,831 spentof which $170,831 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $170,831.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $32k to $72k (+126%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of ODA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
John Christopher
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $67k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ODA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ODA FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ODA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 51% · 2019 44% · 2020 41% · 2021 35% · 2022 25% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of ODA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ODA FOUNDATION draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $161k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ODA FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,463 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like ODA FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ODA FOUNDATION?
- ODA FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $656,849 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($182,949). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ODA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $656,849 in grants to ODA FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ODA FOUNDATION?
- MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $182,949 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ODA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing