Funding search · EIN 364000368 · Chicago, IL

Osprey 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.

52
grants reported
$412,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $47,000
  • Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund4 grants · $45,000
  • Sierra Club Foundation4 grants · $44,000
  • Amnesty International4 grants · $41,000
  • Citizens United for Research of Epilepsy4 grants · $40,000
  • Kijana Ed Empowerment4 grants · $37,000
  • Earth Island Institute3 grants · $32,000
  • Environmental Law & Poverty Ctr4 grants · $27,500
  • Christ Lutheran Church4 Pete Sake4 grants · $20,500
  • Chicago Public Media4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$98,500
2022
$99,000
2023
$115,000
2024
$100,000
2025

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

  • $13,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $13,000

    Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Conservation Biology Institute · Corvallis, OR · 2025

    To further the exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $12,000

    Kijana Ed Empowerment · North Palm Beach, FL · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $11,000

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $11,000

    Citizens United for Research of Epilepsy · Burr Ridge, IL · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Kijana Ed Empowerment · North Palm Beach, FL · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Citizens United for Research of Epilepsy · Burr Ridge, IL · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Environmental Law & Poverty Ctr · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Kijana Ed Empowerment · North Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Citizens United for Research of Epilepsy · Burr Ridge, IL · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Environmental Law & Poverty Ctr · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Amnesty International · New York, NY · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $9,000

    Citizens United for Research of Epilepsy · Burr Ridge, IL · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $7,500

    Environmental Law & Poverty Ctr · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,500

    Christ Lutheran Church4 Pete Sake · Spring Green, WI · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2025

    To further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Wi Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Christ Lutheran Church4 Pete Sake · Spring Green, WI · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2024

    To further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Wi Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Christ Lutheran Church4 Pete Sake · Spring Green, WI · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Kijana Ed Empowerment · North Palm Beach, FL · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Wi Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Christ Lutheran Church4 Pete Sake · Spring Green, WI · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Wi Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $4,000

    Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    To further exempt purpose

  • $3,000

    River Valley School District · Spring Green, WI · 2023

    Further exempt purpose

  • $3,000

    Kqed · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    To further exempt purpose

  • $2,500

    River Valley School District · Spring Green, WI · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $2,000

    River Valley School District · Spring Green, WI · 2024

    Further exempt purpose

  • $2,000

    River Valley School District · Spring Green, WI · 2022

    Further exempt purpose

  • $0

    Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Further exempt purpose

  • $0

    Environmental Law & Poverty Ctr · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Further exempt 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.