Open Foundations · Vermont

Onda Foundation

Burlington, Vermont · EIN 822019103. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $906K across 31 grants in 2025, a median of $25K each.

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$906K
paid in 2025
31
grants paid
$25K
median grant
33%
to first-time recipients
$2.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
The Onda Foundation Inc
Address
159 S Cove Rd, Burlington, VT, 05401
Phone
8022385954
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
Request should be written and describe the organization, its mission and the need for funds.
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
Onda supports organizations that are encouraging significant change in their communities with a focus on health & wellness, mindfulness, empowerment, education, access to health care, food and water and activities for marginalized communities. Funding is predominately made to Vermont organizations.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202642029349100319. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 31 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1National Philanthropic TrustPA$110,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
2Champlain CollegeVT$100,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
3One Percent for the PlanetVT$100,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
4United WayVT$60,550Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
5Plenitud IniciativasPR$50,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
6Saint Lawrence UniversityNY$50,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
7Fundacion Cuatro Estrellasn/a$32,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
8Aleli Environmentaln/a$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
9Audubon VermontVT$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
10High Fives Non Profit FoundationCA$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
11King Street CenterVT$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
12Land and Sea for All FoundationCA$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
13Rozalia ProjectVT$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
14Spectrum Youth Family ServicesVT$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.
15Uvm FoundationVT$25,000Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose.

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202017$332K
202123$731K
202228$1.3M
202330$1.0M
202437$1.1M
2025 (partial year)31$906K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Vermont68%
California10%
??7%
Pennsylvania3%
Puerto Rico3%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Deborah LichtenfeldDirector · 2025
Helaina StergasDirector · 2025
Roxanne ScullyDirector · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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