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 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.
- 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
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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