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Omega Medical Grants Association

Rosemont, IL · EIN 27-0383913. Reported 184 grants totalling $7,774,725 to 84 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

84organizations funded
$27,500median reported grant
$7,774,725granted, 2021-2023
72%of grantees funded again the next year
6%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 84 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 72% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $27,500. Half of what it reported fell between $19,000 and $51,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $246,405. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$10,000 - $25,000
82 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
54 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
34 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
14 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled MaintainingNew York, NY$489,130332023
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedSomerville, MA$422,700222022
Rothman Institute Orthopaedic FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$394,000332023
Washington UniversitySt Louis, MO$346,083332023
New York UniversityNew York, NY$331,500332023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN$270,550332023
Mayo ClinicRochester, MN$245,750332023
Regents of the University of Minnesotaregions HospitalMinneapolis, MN$214,875332023
Orthocarolina Sports Medicine CenterCharlotte, NC$203,000332023
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houstonmcgovern Medical SchooHouston, TX$192,750332023
University of FloridaGainesville, FL$181,000222022
Union Memorial HospitalBaltimore, MD$172,250332023
University of UtahSalt Lake City, UT$159,500332023
University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA$155,050332023
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedSomerville, MA$145,500332023
Florida Orthopaedic InstituteTampa, FL$132,500332023
The Cleveland Clinic FoundationIndependence, OH$120,000222022
Penn State University College of Medicine (f&a and Trauma)Hershey, PA$118,000332023
Childrens Hospital CorporationBoston, MA$115,500332023
University of Maryland Medical System Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$115,000332023
Duke UniversityDurham, NC$112,000332023
Regents Univ of CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA$104,000332023
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA$103,500332023
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke, VA$103,000332023
Trustees of Columbia UniversityNew York, NY$102,500332023
Rush University Medical CenterChicago, IL$100,000332023
Indiana University Lower Extremity Adult Reconstruction FellowshipDetroit, MI$94,500332023
University of California Davis Medical Center (arfoothandoncspinetrauWest Sacramento, CA$91,750222022
Campbell FoundationGermantown, TN$87,000332023
Ohio State University FoundationColumbus, OH$87,000332023
Texas Education and Research Foundation for Shoulder & Elbow SuHouston, TX$80,000222022
University of RochesterRochester, NY$78,000332023
Regents of the University of ColoradoDenver, CO$77,000332023
West Virginia University Research CorporationMorgantown, WV$74,000332023
Atrium Health FoundationCharlotte, NC$72,950332023
San Francisco General Hospital FoundationSan Francisco, CA$72,000332023
Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA$71,600222022
Hoag Hospital FoundationNewport Beach, CA$71,000332023
Orthopedic Clinical Associates IncBoston, MA$70,000332023
University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX$70,000332023
The Curators of the University of MissouriColumbia, MO$69,000222023
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY$66,000332023
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$65,000222022
Houston Methodist Hospital (ar)Houston, TX$64,000222022
University of WashingtonChicago, IL$61,000332023
Children's Specialists of San Diego Amgrady Children's HospitalSan Diego, CA$60,000332023
Roc FoundationReno, NV$48,367112021
Northwell Health IncWestbury, NY$48,000222023
Baptist Health South Florida Foundation IncCoral Gables, FL$47,000222022
Scripps HealthSan Diego, CA$47,000222022
Anderson Clinic Post-Graduate Medical Education FoundationAlexandria, VA$46,000222023
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for ChildrenDallas, TX$46,000222022
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta IncBrookhaven, GA$44,000222022
University of Alabama at Birmingham (f&a)Birmingham, AL$42,500222023
University of Louisville Research Foundation IncLouisville, KY$41,000222023
Childrens Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH$40,500222023
Twin Cities Orthopedics FoundationBloomington, MN$40,000222022
Baylor Health Care System FoundationDallas, TX$39,735222023
Mercy Medical Center IncBaltimore, MD$38,000222023
Yale New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT$36,500222023
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$36,000222023
Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education IncTampa, FL$35,000112021
Southern Oregon Orthopedics Research FoundationMedford, OR$34,600222023
Northshore University HealthsystemArlington Hts, IL$33,000222023
Orthopaedic Associates of Grand Rapids Research & Education InstGrand Rapids, MI$31,000112021
Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic FoundationBeverly Hills, CA$29,000112021
Childrens Sport Medicine Foundation IncBoston, MA$28,300112021
R W J Barnabas Health IncOceanport, NJ$27,500222023
Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles IncStamford, CT$24,250112022
Rector & Visitors of the University of VirginiaCharlottesvle, VA$23,000112021
Denver HealthDenver, CO$20,000112021
Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center (hand)Indianapolis, IN$20,000112022
Orthocincy OrthopaedicsEdgewood, KY$20,000112021
Orthopaedic Research Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN$20,000112021
Scott & White Healthcare FoundationDallas, TX$18,285112022
Childrens Hospital Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA$18,000112021
Prisma Health - UpstateGreenville, SC$18,000112021
Magee-Womens Research Institute and FoundationPittsburgh, PA$16,000112023
University Hospitals Health System IncShaker Hts, OH$16,000112021
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterW Hollywood, CA$15,000112023
UpmcPittsburgh, PA$15,000112023
Hand Rehabilitation FoundationRockledge, PA$14,000112023
Tfps II LLCWest Palm Beach, FL$13,750112023
The Medical University of South Carolina FoundationCharleston, SC$13,000112023

63 of 84 (75%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

It also reported 1 group of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 of 84 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Health Care
32 orgs
Education
14 orgs
Medical Research
8 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 org
Community Improvement
1 org
Arts & Culture
1 org

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202170$4,099,605$41,000
202258$2,488,395$27,500
202356$1,186,725$15,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

14% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

New York
$1.1M
Massachusetts
$782K
California
$766K
Pennsylvania
$557K
Texas
$511K
Minnesota
$501K
Maryland
$426K
Missouri
$415K

Down to the city

New York, NY
$923K
Somerville, MA
$568K
Baltimore, MD
$426K
Philadelphia, PA
$394K
St Louis, MO
$346K
Houston, TX
$337K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund32 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc23 shared recipientsAmerican Association of Hip & Knee22 shared recipientsAmerican Cancer Society Inc20 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust19 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc19 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $27,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Omega Medical Grants Association's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 9400 W Higgins Road 315, Rosemont, IL, 60018.

EIN 27-0383913 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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