Overdeck Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 26-4377643 · since 2010overdeck.org·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$63.4M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Overdeck Family Foundation is an education funder, with its giving organised around three themes: school readiness, school success and future readiness, so this is a strong fit only for organisations whose work sits squarely within those themes.
No grant range is stated, so it is hard to size a request with confidence; with annual giving of $63,400,533 reported for the year, this is a large funder, but that figure is a programme-wide total rather than a guide to any single award.
Crucially, the Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals and works by invitation only, so a cold application is not the way in; the practical step is to sign up for its newsletter alerts about open calls or requests for proposals and watch for one that matches your work.
Given this invitation-only approach, treat it as led by the Foundation's own priorities and timing rather than one you can prompt through a speculative pitch.
When a call does open, be ready to show clear alignment with its mission, evidence behind your programme model, measurable and growing demand, a sustainable and cost-effective path to meeting that demand, strong and accountable leadership and governance, and sound, diversified finances, since these are the factors the Foundation says it weighs.

Overview

Overdeck Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Overdeck Family Foundation supports education organisations whose work helps more children enter school ready to thrive, succeed in literacy and maths, and develop the skills and agency to shape their futures. Its grantmaking focuses on school readiness, school success and future readiness. It aims to strengthen early learning quality at home and in school; improve the quality, implementation and coherence of materials, instruction and learning environments for literacy and maths; and build cognition, connection and agency. Its funding combines direct-impact and ecosystem investments, supporting organisations that directly improve student outcomes, evaluations that strengthen evidence, knowledge generation and policy and field-building. The Foundation favours mission-aligned work addressing meaningful unmet need, grounded in evidence, with potential for sustainable, cost-effective scale and strong leadership and financial health.

Themes

School readiness
School success
Future readiness

How to apply

It does not accept unsolicited proposals; prospective applicants can sign up for newsletter alerts about open calls or requests for proposals.

Application success factors

What the foundation says:

Organisations should align with the Foundation’s mission and focus on school readiness, school success and future readiness, and address a meaningful need, market gap or inefficiency.
Organisations should ground their programme model in evidence-based practices and commit to well-designed research, or have demonstrated ability to scale with impact.
Organisations should show measurable and growing demand and a sustainable, cost-effective path to meeting market demand.
Organisations should have a leadership team with a track record of programmatic and operational success and a Board with diverse expertise, governance and accountability.
Organisations should have sound finances, a diverse and reliable funding base, a path to long-term sustainability and financial expertise in leadership or on the Board.

Officers and directors

Ginna Carroll as of 11132024 — Secretary
Anu Malipatil — Vice President
James Marion — Secretary
Tanya M Sheehan — Treasurer
Daniel Overdeck — Director
John A Overdeck — Director / President / Chairman

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$58,870,014	$50,160,335	$767,620,417	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$61,810,774	$53,464,779	$827,142,847	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$77,133,782	$63,400,533	$920,350,839	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.