The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3241225. Reported 618 grants totalling $13.3M to 392 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $12,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $9,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
392 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordic Center at UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The American-Scandinavian Foundation | New York, NY | $455,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Stiftelsen Drottningholms Slottsteater | $305,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Kulturcentrum Ljusnarsberg | $290,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Millesgarden | Liding | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The American Swedish Institute | Minneapolis, MN | $260,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Scandinavian School | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moderna Museet | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Konsthall Tornedalen | Hedenset | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Swedish Historical Museum | Philadelphia, PA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Swedish American Museum | Chicago, IL | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Concordia Language Villages | Moorhead, MN | $157,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Romeo & Julia Koren | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Lilla Akademien | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Vadstena-Akademien | $121,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Lilla Akademien | Goteborg, Vastra Gotalands | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ulriksdals Slottsteater Confidencen | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Church of Sweden San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Millesgarden | Lidingo, Stockholms Lan Se | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paideia the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Ravinen - Ulla & Gustav Kraitz Kultur | Umea, Vasterbottens Lan | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ravinin Konsthall | Bstad | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Judiska Forsamlingen Norrkoping | Goteborg, Vastra Gotalands | $99,999 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stiftelsen Omodernt | Lvsj | $99,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Linkopings Domkyrkopastorat | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Malmo Universitet | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Opera Pa Skaret | Kopparberg | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prinsessan Estelles Kulturstiftelse | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Stiftelsen Kulturcentrum Ljusnarsberg | Kopparberg, Kopparberg 714 21 | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stockholm Early Music Festival | Stockholm | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Wanas Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| American-Scandanavian Foundation | New York, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Nordic Museum | Seattle, WA | $85,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foreningen for Judisk Kultur I Sverige | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Drottningholms Slottsteater | Drottningholm, Drottningholm Se- | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Performances | San Francisco, CA | $76,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cal Performances | Berkeley, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Raoul Wallenberg Academy | Stockholm | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Stiftelsen Nobel Center | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Nordiska Museet | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Stiftelsen Bergman Center Pa Faro | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus | Berkeley, CA | $64,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Judisk Kronika | Stockholm | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kammarmusikens Vanner | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Ulriksdals Slottsteater Confidence | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Vattnas Konsertlada | Liding | $58,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kronos Performing Arts Association | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Romateatern | Stockholm | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Astoria Nordic Heritage Park | Astoria, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bethany College | Lindsborg, KS | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Biologiska Museets Vanner | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Parks Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Confidencen | Solna | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drottningholms Slottsteater | Stockholm | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Margaret Jenkins Dance Company | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Romeo & Julia Koren | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan Se | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teater Playhouse | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Ulriksdals Slottsteater Confidencen | Solna, Stockholms Lan 17 | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vadstena-Akademien | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan Se | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zornsamlingarna | Mora | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Piano Visions | Stockholm | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alhanko Academy of Ballet | Stockholm | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sveriges Allmanna Konstforening | Stockholm | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tempo Documentary Festival | Stockholm | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bastads Kammarmusikforening | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Friluftsframjandet Vadstena Lokalavdelning | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | Sausalito, CA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan Se | $45,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sven Och Ann Margret Ljungbergs Stiftelse | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Gotlands Kulturforening Petrus De Dacia | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Festspelen I Pitea | $42,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Jewish Film Institute | San Francisco, CA | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Swedish History Museum | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foreningen Svenskar I Varlden - Sviv | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Nordic Heritage Museum | Seattle, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swedish American Museum Association of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tate Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bishop Hill Heritage Association | Bishop Hill, IL | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Littfest | Lan | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison, WI | $37,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Stockholms Musikteater | Hgersten | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| California Film Institute | San Rafael, CA | $36,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Portland State University Foundation | Portland, OR | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bergman Center Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Insamlingsstiftelsen Di Piu | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Insamlingsstiftelsen Di Piu | Orebro, Orebro 701 46 | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kth Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan Se | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum | Lindsborg, KS | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Gothenburg | Gteborg | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks, CA | $34,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Eric Ericsons Kammarkor | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Textilhistoriska Sallskapet | Boras | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bergman Center Foundation | Faro, Gotlands Lan Se-6 | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ideella Kulturforeningen Cirkustaltet | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| New York Scandia Symphony | New York, NY | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sami Cultural Center of North America | Duluth, MN | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Teater Sagohuset | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Thielska Galleriet | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $32,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vokalharmonin | Stockholm | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| CASA Di Santa Brigida | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Embassy of Sweden in Berlin Schwedische Botschaft | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Frontside Kammarmusikforening | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Ildance | Goteborg | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Insamlingsstiftelsen Di Piu | Orebro, Orebro Se-701 46 | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Academy of Fine Art Dba Florence Academy of Art | Jersey City, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kungl Musikaliska Akademien | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Nordic Heritage Museum Foundation | Seattle, WA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parish of Skara | Skara | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Princeton and Park Avenue Chamber Music Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Silent Film Festival | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Skanska Operans Vanner | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Moderna Dansteatern | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Nobel Center | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 18 | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stiftelsen Orionteatern | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Den Andra Operan | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Litteraturfestivalen Pa Marbacka | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists | New York, NY | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| De Svenska Historiedagarna | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Mount Tamalpais College | San Rafael, CA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Operafabriken | Malm | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stiftelsen Tensta Konsthall | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Foreningen Alma | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Hildasholm | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Augustana College | Rock Island, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bernadotte-Musai Vanner | Stockholm | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Centrum for Svensk Knyppling I Vadstena | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Midnattssolens Tradgard Jokkmok | Jokkmokk | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nobel Museum | Stockholm | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Statens Forsvarhistoriska Museer - Armemuseet | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Dansens Hus (the Dance Quarter) | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Omodernt | Akersberga, Stockholms Lan 18 | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The American Friends of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Birger Sandzen Memorial Foundation | Lindsborg, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| World Learning | Brattleboro, VT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kammarmusikforbundet | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Minopera | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| New York Scandia Symphony | San Francisco, CA | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Stiftelsen Folkoperan | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Tensta Konsthall | Spanga | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Church of Sweden in San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Concordia College | Moorhead, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Documenta Und Museum Fridericianum | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Drottningholms Barockensemble | Stockholm | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eric Ericson Chamber Choir | Stockholm | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foreningen Hasse Tagemuseets | Tomelilla, Sweden | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foreningen Lasrorelsen | Stockholm, Sweden | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foreningen Svenskar I Varlden | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Galeasen Ideell Forening | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Halmstad Konsertforening | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Idella Foreningen Blasarsymfoniker | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Ingaro Kulturforening | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Kammarmusikens Vanner | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kungl Musikaliska Akademien | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nordiska Kammarmusikforeningen | Stockholm | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Raoul Wallenberg Academy | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History | Jamestown, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| San Francisco Contemporary Music Players | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sitespecific Festival | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Skaj (stockholms Kultursallskap for Anga Och Jarnvag) | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen H Friedlanders Alderomshem | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Institutet for Framtidsstudier | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Ka Almgrens Sidenvaveri & Museum | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Stockholm Early Music Festival | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sven Och Ann Margret Ljungbergs | Ljungby | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sven-Harry's Konstmuseum | Stockholm | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vanforeningen Shakespearefabriken | Borghamn, Borghamn 592 93 | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sviv | Goteborg, Vastra Gotalands | $19,999 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kalmar Konstforening | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Ukrainska Institutet I Sverige | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Vocal Masterclass Stockholm | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | |
| Frameline | San Francisco, CA | $18,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Christina Nilsson Sallskapet | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Foreningen Unga Drottning Christina | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Man Must Sing | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Queen Christina | Stockholm | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vanforeningen Shakespeare Fabriken | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Vanforeningen Shakespearefabriken | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Vanfreningen Shakespearefabriken | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Alba Langenskiold Stiftelse | Stockholm | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carl Eldh Studio Museum | Stockholm | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carl Eldhs Ateljemuseum | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Carl Eldhs Ateljmuseum | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Potato Potato | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Stiftelsen Carl Och Elise Eldhs Atelje | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| The Carl and Elise Eldh's Studio Foundation | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan Se | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stiftelsen Linnes Rashult | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Teater Varvind | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Stiftelsen Mil-Fonden | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Alhanko Academy of Ballet | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alma Lov Museum of Unexp Art | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Bastad Kammarmusikfestival | Bstad | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bastads Kammarmusikforening | Bastad, Bastad Se-296 21 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bildmuseet at Umea University | Umea, Umea Se-901 87 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Buffalo Akg Art Museum | Buffalo, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Church of Sweden in Rome | Roma | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church of Sweden Los Angeles (manilla Okomdal Nordanstig) | San Pedro, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Claes Lewenhaupts Stipendiefond for Unga Fotografer | Rydeback, Skane Lan 257 30 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ersta Diakoni | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Foreningen for Judisk Kultur I Sverige | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Frontside Kammarmusikforening | Vastra Frolunda, Vastra Gotalands | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Frontside Kammarmusikfrening | Vstra Frlunda | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goteborgs Stadsteater | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Judisk Kronika | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 10 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judiska Forsamlingen I Goteborg | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Leufstabruks Kammarsolister | Lovstabruk | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marstrandsoperans Vanner | Marstrand, Marstrand Se-442 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Piano Visions | Saltjobaden, Se-133 37 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rohsska Museum Goteborgs Kommun | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Sacred & Profane a Chamber Chorus | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sami Cultural Center | Duluth, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sami Cultural Ctr of N America | Duluth, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Chanticleer | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Scandinavian American Cultural & Historical Foundation | Thousand Oaks, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Olavs Churchnorwegian Seaman's Church | San Pedro, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sthlmsmusikteater Ensemble | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Stiftelsen Festspelen I Pitea | Ojebyn, Ojebyn 943 33 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stiftelsen Musik Pa Det Kungliga Slottet | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Vattnas Konsertlada | Mora, Dalarnas Lan 792 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stiftung Kunsthalle Mainz | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Sveriges Allmanna Konstforening | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan [s | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Swedish Program | Utica, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Contemporary Austin | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Joyce Theater Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unique Projects Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cedar Cultural Center | Minneapolis, MN | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kulturforeningen Oregrund Musikfestival | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Portland State University | Portland, OR | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helsingborgs Pastorat | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Gotlands Kulturforening Petrus De Dacia | Visby, Visby 621 56 | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Malmo Konstmuseum | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | |
| Stiftelsen Vandalorum | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | |
| Theatre National De L'odeon | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| American-Scandinavian Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arabiska Teatern | Stockholm | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlas Artists | Helsingor, 3000 | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ccap | Stockholm, Stockholms Lan 11 | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ellen Keys Stiftelse Strand | Odeshog, Odeshog 599 93 | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foreningen Teatervagnen | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | |
| Jussi Bjorlingsallskapet | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
122 of 392 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 34%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Stiftelsen Lilla Akademien
2023 LITEN KULTURVECKA I SVARTA FARET - Stiftelsen Kulturcentrum Ljusnarsberg
SUPPORT OF THE 2023 SEASON AT OPERA PAY SKAORET - The American Swedish Institute
FOR SUPPORT IN RENOVATING THE ASI CARRIAGE HOUSE - Millesgarden
2023 SUPPORT OF MILLESGARDEN - Stiftelsen Drottningholms Slottsteater
FOR SUPPORT OF DROTTNINGHOLMS SLOTTSTEATER 2025 PERFORMANCES AND CONCERTS - Paideia the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden
TO CO-FOUND A CHAIR IN JEWISH THOUGHT AT PAIDEIA FOR FIVE YEARS, 2026-2030
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 124 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 93 | $3,078,900 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 117 | $2,416,599 | $12,000 |
| 2023 | 142 | $2,737,850 | $12,000 |
| 2024 | 141 | $2,780,500 | $14,000 |
| 2025 | 125 | $2,252,500 | $12,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation has 42 of them, worth $967,708. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Judiska Forsamlingen | Gteborg | $100,000 |
| Ravinen Kulturcentrum | Bstad | $100,000 |
| Linkopings Domkyrkopastorat | $95,000 | |
| Concordia Language Villages | Moorhead, MN | $80,000 |
| Bethany College | Lindsborg, KS | $50,000 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 |
| Royal Institute of Technology | Stockholm | $35,000 |
| Stiftelsen Judisk Kultur I Sverige | Stockholm | $30,208 |
| Zornsamlingarna | Mora, Dalarna Lan Se-79 | $25,000 |
| Motala Kommun | Motala | $25,000 |
| Bethany College | Lindsborg, KS | $25,000 |
| San Francisco Performances | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 |
| Documenta Und Museum Fridericianum | $20,000 | |
| Stiftelsen H Friedlanders Alderdomshem | $20,000 | |
| Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum | Lindsborg, KS | $20,000 |
Where its money goes
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These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $12,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1 Market Plaza Steuart Tower 1000, San Francisco, CA, 94105. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 94-3241225 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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