Funding search · EIN 475662226 · McLean, VA

The Ortner Family Foundation

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

41
grants reported
$5.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Cana Academy3 grants · $1.4M
  • St Jerome Institute3 grants · $796,250
  • Religious Freedom Institute3 grants · $789,750
  • The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education3 grants · $325,000
  • Thomistic Institute2 grants · $275,000
  • Catholic Institute of Technology1 grant · $250,000
  • Sent Institute for Entrepreneurship2 grants · $250,000
  • Ethics and Public Policy Center3 grants · $250,000
  • Thomas Aquinas College2 grants · $200,000
  • Dominican House of Studies College of the Immaculate Conception1 grant · $150,000

Giving over time

$1.5M
2022
$1.5M
2023
$2.2M
2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

  • $500,000

    Cana Academy · Falls Church, VA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500,000

    Cana Academy · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $385,000

    Cana Academy · Falls Church, VA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $360,000

    Religious Freedom Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $349,000

    Religious Freedom Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $292,500

    St Jerome Institute · Hyattsville, MD · 2023

    General purpose

  • $270,000

    St Jerome Institute · Hyattsville, MD · 2024

    General purpose

  • $250,000

    Catholic Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $233,750

    St Jerome Institute · Hyattsville, MD · 2022

    General purpose

  • $150,000

    Dominican House of Studies College of the Immaculate Conception · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $150,000

    Sent Institute for Entrepreneurship · Vienna, VA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $150,000

    Thomas Aquinas College · Northfield, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $150,000

    Thomistic Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $125,000

    The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education · Ventura, CA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $125,000

    Thomistic Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    Sent Institute for Entrepreneurship · Vienna, VA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education · Ventura, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    The Catholic University of America · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $100,000

    The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education · Ventura, CA · 2022

    General purpose

  • $87,182

    A Simple House · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $80,750

    Religious Freedom Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Catholic Education Partners · Stillwater, MN · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    The Evangelical Catholic · Madison, WI · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Thomas Aquinas College · Northfield, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Catholic Education Partners · Stillwater, MN · 2022

    General purpose

  • $50,000

    Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $45,073

    A Simple House · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $40,000

    Trinity House Community · Leesburg, VA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $40,000

    The Evangelical Catholic · Madison, WI · 2023

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Divine Mercy Academy · Pasadena, MD · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25,000

    Trinity House Community · Leesburg, VA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $15,300

    The Evangelical Catholic · Madison, WI · 2022

    General purpose

  • $12,500

    Young Catholic Professionals · Dallas, TX · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Catholic Information Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    The Leonine Forum · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Catholic Information Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Catholic Information Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Friends of St Dominic'S Monestary · Linden, VA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $2,500

    Young Catholic Professionals · Dallas, TX · 2024

    General purpose

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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.