Funding search · EIN 456781856 · Pittsburgh, PA

John and Allie Lea Orton Fdn

Name: John and Allie Lea Orton Fdn grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

65
grants reported: $271,026
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Christian Youth Theater San Ant4 grants · $30,500
Samaritans Purse4 grants · $30,000
James Dick Foundation for the Pe4 grants · $24,000
Christian Temple Assembly4 grants · $24,000
Texas Equuse Search4 grants · $20,526
Bach Society Houston4 grants · $18,000
University of Houston Foundation2 grants · $15,000
Magnolia City Brass Band4 grants · $14,000
Main Street Theater4 grants · $13,500
German Texan Heritage Society4 grants · $12,500

Giving over time

$66,000

2022

$59,500

2023

$70,416

2024

$75,110

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$11,110
Texas Equuse Search · Dickinson, TX · 2025
General support
$10,000
University of Houston Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
General purpose
$8,000
Christian Youth Theater San Ant · New Braunfels, TX · 2025
General support
$8,000
Christian Youth Theater San Ant · New Braunfels, TX · 2024
General support
$7,500
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
General support
$7,500
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General support
$7,500
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
General support
$7,500
Christian Youth Theater San Ant · New Braunfels, TX · 2022
General support
$7,500
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
General support
$7,000
Christian Youth Theater San Ant · New Braunfels, TX · 2023
General support
$6,000
Christian Temple Assembly · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$6,000
James Dick Foundation for the Pe · Round Top, TX · 2025
General support
$6,000
Christian Temple Assembly · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$6,000
James Dick Foundation for the Pe · Round Top, TX · 2024
General support
$6,000
Christian Temple Assembly · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$6,000
James Dick Foundation for the Pe · Round Top, TX · 2023
General support
$6,000
Christian Temple Assembly · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$6,000
James Dick Foundation for the Pe · Round Top, TX · 2022
General support
$5,416
Texas Equuse Search · Dickinson, TX · 2024
General support
$5,000
A Moment of Hope · Columbia, SC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Community Foundation of the · Johnstown, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Midshipmans Foundation · Austin, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
University of Houston Foundation · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$5,000
Bach Society Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$5,000
Women'S Home · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$5,000
Bach Society Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
German Texan Heritage Society · Austin, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Lutherhill Ministries · La Grange, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
Main Street Theater · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$5,000
University of Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$4,000
Bach Society Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$4,000
Bach Society Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$4,000
Writers in the Schools · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$3,500
Magnolia City Brass Band · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$3,500
Magnolia City Brass Band · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$3,500
Main Street Theater · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$3,500
Magnolia City Brass Band · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$3,500
Magnolia City Brass Band · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$3,000
A Moment of Hope · Columbia, SC · 2023
General support
$2,500
German Texan Heritage Society · Austin, TX · 2025
General support
$2,500
Main Street Theater · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$2,500
Bugle Boy Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2024
General support
$2,500
German Texan Heritage Society · Austin, TX · 2024
General support
$2,500
Houston Early Music · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$2,500
Revels Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$2,500
Bugle Boy Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2023
General support
$2,500
Daughters of the American · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$2,500
German Texan Heritage Society · Austin, TX · 2023
General support
$2,500
Houston Early Music · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$2,500
Main Street Theater · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$2,500
Bugle Boy Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2022
General support
$2,000
Writers in the Schools · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$2,000
Revels Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$2,000
Texas Equuse Search · Dickinson, TX · 2023
General support
$2,000
Texas Equuse Search · Dickinson, TX · 2022
General support
$1,500
Bugle Boy Foundation · La Grange, TX · 2025
General support
$1,500
Revels Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$1,000
Freewheels Houston · Houston, TX · 2025
General support
$1,000
Freewheels Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$1,000
Friends of Monument Hill & Kreische · La Grange, TX · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston · Houston, TX · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Freewheels Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General support
$1,000
Freewheels Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
General support
$1,000
Hill Country Spca · Fredericksburg, TX · 2022
General support
$500
Child Advocates · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General purpose

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