Funding search · EIN 721589724 · Lincolnshire, IL

The Osa Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

98
grants reported
$2.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • National Louis University6 grants · $170,000
  • Sunnyside Foundation3 grants · $100,000
  • One Million Degrees3 grants · $95,000
  • Braven Chicago3 grants · $85,000
  • Educators for Excellence Chicago3 grants · $75,000
  • Chicago Scholars3 grants · $75,000
  • The Modern Classrooms Project3 grants · $75,000
  • Embarc3 grants · $75,000
  • Surge Institute1 grant · $70,000
  • Intrinsic Schools3 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$691,000
2022
$570,000
2023
$719,168
2024

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

  • $70,000

    Surge Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Angels 2.0

  • $50,000

    National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Learn and earn in three

  • $50,000

    Sunnyside Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Sunnyside High School EV CTE program

  • $40,000

    Sunnyside Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    SUSD Tri-School Partnership

  • $35,000

    One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Leap Innovations · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Operating

  • $30,000

    National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Accelerate u

  • $30,000

    One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Braven Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $30,000

    National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Accelerate u

  • $30,000

    One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Braven Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Amphitheater Schools Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Echo Program at Nash Elementary

  • $25,000

    Braven Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Chicago Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Community Investment Corporation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Countdown to Kinder Program

  • $25,000

    Educators for Excellence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Scholarships Az · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    The Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2024

    Chicago operations

  • $25,000

    Chicago Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Educators for Excellence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Intrinsic Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Downtown campus

  • $25,000

    Jobpath · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    Scholarships Az · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    The Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    Chicago launch

  • $25,000

    Chicago Scholars · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Educators for Excellence Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Embarc · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Intrinsic Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Downtown campus

  • $25,000

    Jobpath · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    The Caf Group · Chicago, IL · 2022

    The 1954 Project

  • $25,000

    The Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    Chicago launch

  • $24,168

    University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    School Garden Workshop Utterback

  • $20,000

    Boys To Men Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Genesys Works Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Higher Ground · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Intrinsic Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Downtown campus

  • $20,000

    Rebuilding Exchange · Evanston, IL · 2024

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Chicago Programming

  • $20,000

    Communityshare · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Genesys Works Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Higher Ground · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Inner City Computer Stars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    New Moms Pilot

  • $20,000

    National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Undergraduate program

  • $20,000

    The Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Bottom Line Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General opertaing

  • $20,000

    Higher Ground · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Leap Innovations · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Nextgen learning model

  • $20,000

    National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Accelerate u

  • $20,000

    National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Undergraduate program

  • $20,000

    One Goal Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Scholarships Az · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Spark Program · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Chicago Operations

  • $20,000

    The Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Imentor Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Jobpath · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General Operating

  • $15,000

    Sequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Teachers Supporting Teachers · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    The Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Imentor Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Rebuilding Exchange · Evanston, IL · 2023

    General Operating

  • $15,000

    Sequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Teachers Supporting Teachers · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Chicago Operations

  • $15,000

    Golden Apple Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Imentor Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Sequoia Springs Trauma Healing Center · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Surge Institute Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Teachers Supporting Teachers · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $15,000

    University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    School Garden Workshop

  • $15,000

    Youth Job Center · Evanston, IL · 2022

    Chicago Operations

  • $10,000

    One Goal Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Partnership for College Completion · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Bottom Line Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General opertaing

  • $10,000

    Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Progressive pathways fund

  • $10,000

    One Goal Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Partnership for College Completion · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Sunnyside Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    Sunnyside High School EV CTE program

  • $10,000

    Surge Institute Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Progressive pathways fund

  • $10,000

    Genesys Works Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General Operating

  • $10,000

    Healthy Schools Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Chicago school health projects

  • $10,000

    Helix Education · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Sullivan hs career readiness program

  • $10,000

    Noble Network of Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Noble forward

  • $10,000

    Partnership for College Completion · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    The Bright Promises Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Iris Krieg FAIR Fund

  • $9,000

    Kids First Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Internship

  • $6,000

    Chicago Coalition for Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Scholarship and laptop program

  • $6,000

    Chicago Coalition for Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Scholarship and laptop program

  • $5,000

    Kipp Chicago Public Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Model UN Program

  • $5,000

    Global Glimpse · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Chicago programming

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.