Funding search · EIN 061576951 · Darien, CT

The Orenstein Family Foundation

Name: The Orenstein Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

33
grants reported: $184,633
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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.

Grant history

All 33 reported grants, largest first.

$28,500
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
To aid duke university in its exempt functions.
$25,000
The Great Harbor Yatch Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$15,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
To help organization in its exempt purpose
$15,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2021
To help organization in its exempt purpose
$10,750
Fairfield Theatre Company · Fairfield, CT · 2023
To help org. In its exempt function
$10,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
To help organization in its exempt purpose
$9,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To aid duke university in its exempt functions.
$6,600
Town of Nantucket Natural Resource Development · Nantucket, MA · 2024
To help org. In its exempt funcion
$6,450
Fairfield Theatre Company · Fairfield, CT · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$5,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To aid duke university in its exempt functions.
$5,000
Nantucket Land & Water Council · Nantucket, MA · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$5,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
To help org.in its exempt function
$5,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$5,000
America Gives · New York, NY · 2023
To help org. In its exempt function
$5,000
The Great Harbor Yatch Foundation · Nantucket, MA · 2023
To help org. In its exempt function
$5,000
Town of Nantucket Natural Resource Development · Nantucket, MA · 2023
To help org. In its exempt funcion
$5,000
Nuntucket Student Lacrosse · Nantucket, MA · 2022
To help organization in its exempt functions
$3,333
King School · Stamford, CT · 2021
To aid king school in its exempt functions
$3,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
To aid duke university in its exempt functions.
$2,500
Donate To Durham · Durham, NC · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$2,500
Planned Parenthood · San Antonio, TX · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$2,500
Nantucket Shellfish Association · Nantucket, MA · 2023
To help org. In its exempt function
$2,500
Nuntucket Student Lacrosse · Nantucket, MA · 2023
To help organization in its exempt functions
$2,500
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023
To help org. In its exempt function
$2,500
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023
To help org. In its exempt function
$1,500
Darien Nature Center · Darien, CT · 2023
To help org in its exempt function
$1,000
King School Annual Fund · Stamford, CT · 2024
To helo org. In its exempt function
$1,000
Nuntucket Student Lacrosse · Nantucket, MA · 2024
To help organization in its exempt functions
$1,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$1,000
King School Annual Fund · Stamford, CT · 2023
To helo org. In its exempt function
$1,000
Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education · Norwalk, CT · 2023
To help org. In its exempt function
$500
Misc Contribution Under 500 · Datien, CT · 2024
To help org. In its exempt function
$-10,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
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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.