Frederic J & Dorothea Oppenheimer Foundation

• The foundation paid $260,000 in its latest filing, and its giving has risen each year from $15,000 and then $34,750.
• About 8 in 10 of its 16 grants to organisations fall between $15,000 and $25,000, with a median of $20,000, so a request in that range fits its typical grant, though its largest grant was about $35,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• The filing says it asks requests to set out the need, use and purpose, and its grants cover both general operations and particular programme, access, capital and maintenance needs, so a request should be specific about what the money would do.
• No geographic focus is stated, so a charity should not rule itself out on location, and the filing gives no deadlines, though it notes that the foundation accepts applications.
• Only qualified charities are eligible under its stated restriction, so organisations that are not qualified charities should not apply.

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

• Palestine Childrens Relief Fund · Humanitarian Relief in Gaza
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Unrwa · Humanitarian Relief in Gaza
  $20,0002025 tax year
• El Progresso Memorial Library · Next Generation Capital Campaign
  $20,0002025 tax year
• Christian Assistance Ministry · General Operations
  $20,0002025 tax year
• Children's Bereavement Ctr of South · General Operations
  $20,0002025 tax year
• Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio · General Operations
  $20,0002025 tax year
• TEAMability · Speech and Language Therapy Program
  $20,0002025 tax year
• Doctors Without Borders · Gaza Regional Fund
  $20,0002025 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.