Funding search · EIN 474940206 · Wilmington, DE

The Onward and Upward Charitable Foundation

Name: The Onward and Upward Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

47
grants reported: $362,010
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

event campaign conch crisis earthquake poland refugees research

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Florida Atlantic University Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Feeding the Orphans4 grants · $40,000
American National Red Cross4 grants · $36,670
Americares Foundation3 grants · $35,990
Halfthestory2 grants · $35,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation3 grants · $20,100
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation2 grants · $15,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ct3 grants · $15,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital2 grants · $11,000
The Open Door Shelter3 grants · $11,000

Giving over time

$78,500

2022

$79,040

2023

$119,100

2024

$85,370

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Conch Research
$25,000
Halfthestory · West Hartford, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,500
American National Red Cross · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,100
Nantucket Conservation Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Feeding the Orphans · Loudon, TN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Halfthestory · West Hartford, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Open Hearts for Orphans · Delray Beach, FL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Feeding the Orphans · Loudon, TN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American Theatre Wing · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Feeding the Orphans · Loudon, TN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Feeding the Orphans · Loudon, TN · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$7,500
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
American National Red Cross · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Charitable Event
$5,990
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2023
Turkey Earthquake / Talivity Inc. campaign
$5,170
American National Red Cross · Greenwich, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Blood Cancer United · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable Event
$5,000
Docs International Health and Rescue Alliance Ltd · Bronx, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Open Door Shelter · Norwalk, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Docs International Health and Rescue Alliance Ltd · Bronx, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable Event
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ct · Trumbull, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The Open Door Shelter · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ct · Trumbull, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
American National Red Cross · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Charitable Event
$5,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
For Ukraine / Poland refugees crisis
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ct · Trumbull, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,100
Impact 100 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,100
Impact 100 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,050
Impact 100 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Woofgang and Co · Fairfield, CT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The Open Door Shelter · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
The Southampton Fresh Air Home · Southampton, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$500
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Uniondale, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$500
Smile Train · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted

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