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The Orr Family Foundation

Name: The Orr Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

42
grants reported: $3.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $60,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Top recipients

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

Lowell Observatory3 grants · $800,000
University of Texas1 grant · $500,000
Univ of Texas Mesoamerica Center2 grants · $333,334
The V Foundation for Cancer Research3 grants · $325,000
Grand Canyon Conservancy3 grants · $320,000
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $250,000
Grand Canyon Trust3 grants · $240,000
Sul Ross University - Center for Big Bend Studies3 grants · $235,000
Witte Museum3 grants · $170,000
International Dark Sky Association3 grants · $160,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.1M

2023

$1.8M

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$500,000
University of Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable
$400,000
Lowell Observatory · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$250,000
Univ of Texas Mesoamerica Center · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
The V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2024
Charitable
$200,000
Lowell Observatory · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
Lowell Observatory · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$130,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$120,000
Grand Canyon Conservancy · Grand Canyon, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Grand Canyon Conservancy · Grand Canyon, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Grand Canyon Conservancy · Grand Canyon, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$83,334
Univ of Texas Mesoamerica Center · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable
$83,333
Department of Astronomy Ut Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable
$83,333
McDonald Observatory Ut Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable
$80,000
Sul Ross University - Center for Big Bend Studies · Alpine, TX · 2024
Charitable
$80,000
Sul Ross University - Center for Big Bend Studies · Alpine, TX · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The Nature Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
The V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Sul Ross University - Center for Big Bend Studies · Alpine, TX · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
The Nature Conservancy · Austin, TX · 2022
Charitable
$60,000
Friends of the Observatory - Griffith Observatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
International Dark Sky Association · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
Witte Museum · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Charitable
$60,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$60,000
Witte Museum · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Museum of Northern Arizona · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Friends of the Observatory - Griffith Observatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
International Dark Sky Association · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Friends of the Observatory - Griffith Observatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Grand Canyon Trust · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
International Dark Sky Association · Tuscon, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
The V Foundation for Cancer Research · Cary, NC · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Witte Museum · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Audobon Society · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Grand Canyon Youth · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Audobon Society · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
Grand Canyon Youth · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Audobon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Museum of Northern Arizona · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Grand Canyon Youth · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
American Cancer Society · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Charitable

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