Orscheln Industries Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's recorded grants went to public schools, churches and religious schools, hospitals, community-service charities, and cultural and educational institutions, so a request should clearly connect to one of those kinds of work.
- Most grants are small: about 8 in 10 of its 865 grants to organisations fall between $500 and $25,000, and across three recent filings half were $1,000 or less, so a modest request in that range is the most realistic, though the largest grant was $1,000,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- Missouri accounts for most recorded grant dollars and no geographic focus is stated, so an organisation outside Missouri should ask the foundation whether it can apply rather than assume it cannot.
- In its most recent filing, 47% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so repeat support is a significant share, but the filing does not say that new applicants are excluded.
- The filing describes an application process only for scholarships for individual students and gives no process for organisations seeking general grants, so the application method is unknown and the organisation should contact the foundation first to ask how to apply; the filing gives no timing for decisions.
Overview
Orscheln Industries Foundation is a US private foundation based in Moberly, MO.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (sites.google.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filing does not state a general grantmaking field. Its recorded organisational grants went to public schools, churches and religious schools, hospitals and healthcare-related organisations, community-service charities, and cultural and educational institutions. Some gifts supported named relief efforts; the grouped record describes most grants simply as donations. Grants reached organisations in many states, with Missouri accounting for most recorded grant dollars. The filing also describes a scholarship application requiring high-school and college information; the available information gives no process for organisations seeking general grants.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Missouri.
How to apply
The filing describes a process only for scholarship applicants: complete the approved scholarship application with personal, school, academic, college and essay information. It does not explain how organisations can request general grants.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 47% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 865 grants to organisations were $1,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 1%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 20% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 47% of grant dollars went to organisations Orscheln Industries Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 202 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $2,573 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- American Red Cross · Donation relief for hurricanes helen$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Moberly Public School District · Donation$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Saint Pius X Catholic Church Foundation · Transfer from oif umb to st. pius x$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Boone Hospital Foundation · Donation$200,0002024 tax year
- Boone Hospital Foundation · Donation$100,0002024 tax year
- Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church · Donation parish renovation$50,0002024 tax year
- Voluntary Action Center · Donation vac opportunity campus$50,0002024 tax year
- Valley Hope Foundation · Donation$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Barbara A Westhues — Assistant Se
- Jessica A Miner — Assistant Se
- Debra L Bruemmer — Assistant Se
- Brian K Habermehl — Secretary
- William L Orscheln — Treasurer
- Penny S Hicks — Vice President-Ac
- Brian K Habermehl — Vice President-Ta
- William L Orscheln — President & CEO
- Barbara A Westhues — Director
- William L Orscheln — Chairman & D
- Casey E Wolfe — Assistant Se
- Mark T Miles — Executive VI
- Barbara A Westhues — Executive VI
- Barbara A Westhues — Executive Di
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,101,248 | $4,846,020 | $52,282,170 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,728,716 | $1,446,004 | $62,730,503 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,892,022 | $4,587,203 | $65,337,651 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
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- Moberly, MO
Applying to Orscheln Industries Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (660) 263-4900
- Moberly, MO