Kentucky · Nonprofit
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,219,928 to it, the largest being SMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION ($1,219,928). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,726 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,726 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- United Way of Greater Greensboro Incshared funders
- Acair Foundationportfolio match
- The Lawrence Family Foundationportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.
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.
99% of THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $148k → $195k.
From the IRS filings of THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’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.
Where its funders are
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- United Way of Greater Greensboro Incshared fundersNC · backs 4 organizations that share your funders
- Acair Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Lawrence Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Choksi Family Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Willard E Smucker Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hermanson Family Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mule Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alan H and Harriet L Miller Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family Foundation C/O Joan Byrne Hall Trusteeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,219,928 to it, the largest being SMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION ($1,219,928). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,219,928 in grants to THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
- SMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,219,928 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing