Funding search · EIN 516181608 · Wilmington, DE
The Ora Foundation 009090-000
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 58
- grants reported
- $636,000
- 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.
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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.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art4 grants · $120,000
- Phillips Academy4 grants · $115,000
- Central Park Conservancy3 grants · $100,000
- Museum of Modern Art3 grants · $100,000
- Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul4 grants · $55,000
- Columbia University4 grants · $34,000
- Riverside Park Conservancy3 grants · $30,000
- Adirondack Foundation3 grants · $21,000
- Scenic Hudson4 grants · $20,000
- Foote School Association4 grants · $9,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 58 reported grants, largest first.
- $50,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $50,000
Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2025
General support
- $50,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $25,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $25,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Phillips Academy · Andover, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $11,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $11,000
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $11,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Riverside Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $10,000
Riverside Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
General
- $10,000
Riverside Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
General
- $6,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $6,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Foote School Association · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Hospital for Special Surgery Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Upper West Side Cinema Center · New York, NY · 2025
General support
- $5,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $5,000
Adirondack Foundation · Lake Placid, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Trustees of Robert College of Istanbul · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $2,000
Lake Placid Association for Music Drama · Lake Placid, NY · 2025
General support
- $2,000
Foote School Association · New Haven, CT · 2024
General purpose
- $2,000
International College-Beirut Lebanon · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $1,000
Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2025
General support
- $1,000
Mohonk Preserve · New Paltz, NY · 2025
General support
- $1,000
Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $1,000
Beautiful Pb · San Diego, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $1,000
Katal Center for Equity · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $1,000
Lake Placid Association for Music Drama · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
General
- $1,000
Lake Placid Forum for the Arts and Human · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $1,000
Mohonk Preserve · New Paltz, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $1,000
Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Foote School Association · New Haven, CT · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Lake Placid Association for Music Drama · Lake Placid, NY · 2023
General
- $1,000
Lake Placid Forum for the Arts and Human · Lake Placid, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $1,000
Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General
- $1,000
Foote School Association · New Haven, CT · 2022
General purpose
- $1,000
Lake Placid Association for Music Drama · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
General
- $1,000
Lake Placid Forum for the Arts and Human · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $1,000
Mohonk Preserve · New Paltz, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $1,000
University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
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