Oberkotter Foundation

• The Oberkotter Foundation funds work that improves listening and spoken language outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, including early brain development, scalable initiatives, hearing science and technology, paediatric audiology, literacy, newborn screening awareness, and support for families and the professionals who serve them; organisations such as specialist associations, hearing and speech schools and centres, universities, and research and children's hospital organisations working in these areas are a good fit.
• Its geographic focus is the United States.
• A realistic request would sit within its typical range of $50,000 to $525,000, where about 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall, with a median grant of about $160,000, though the largest grant was about $2,450,000, so smaller organisations should pitch toward the lower to middle end of that range.
• It takes applications on a rolling basis through Foundant, its online grant management system, so there is no fixed deadline to plan around; read the RFP and preview the application questions before applying.
• With 78% of its grant dollars to organisations going to organisations it had also funded in its prior two filings, it looks relationship-led and concentrated on known partners, so applicants should be ready to show clear alignment with its mission and priorities, strong project goals and plans, potential impact, and the capacity to execute the work.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Ag Bell Association For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing · Lsl support-children and families
  $1,440,0002024 tax year
• University of Chicago · Research
  $332,6672024 tax year
• Mayo Clinic Rochesterdivision Of Gastroenterology & Hepatology · Research
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Atlanta Speech School · Lsl support-children and families
  $155,2002024 tax year
• Butler University · Deaf education program
  $71,9782024 tax year
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Lsl support-children and families
  $67,8922024 tax year
• Hands & Voices · Lsl support-children and families
  $54,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.