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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 23-2686151

Oberkotter Foundation

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 7 grants and $2.4 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $2,371,737

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $214,025,831
  • Tax year 2023

    $3,888,802

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $213,766,716
  • Tax year 2022

    $3,923,363

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $89,391,385
  • Tax year 2021

    $61,584,972

    Grants listed
    47
    Assets, end of year
    $83,021,123
  • Tax year 2020

    $8,613,916

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $130,773,093
  • Tax year 2019

    $7,284,609

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $119,159,499
  • Tax year 2018

    $8,314,143

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $105,652,379
  • Tax year 2017

    $10,319,968

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $105,830,377

Grants paid in 2024

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Ag Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of HearingWashington, DC

    LSL support-children and families

    $1,440,000
  2. The University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Research

    $332,667
  3. Mayo Clinic Rochesterdivision of Gastroenterology & HepatologyRochester, MN

    Research

    $250,000
  4. Atlanta Speech SchoolAtlanta, GA

    LSL support-children and families

    $155,200
  5. Butler UniversityIndianapolis, IN

    Deaf education program

    $71,978
  6. Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN

    LSL support-children and families

    $67,892
  7. Hands & VoicesBoulder, CO

    LSL support-children and families

    $54,000

Approved for future payment

2 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. The University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Research

    $665,333
  2. Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN

    LSL support-children and families

    $67,892

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education4 grants $613,84590% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $67,89210% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia1 grant $1,440,000
  2. Illinois1 grant $332,667
  3. Minnesota1 grant $250,000
  4. Georgia1 grant $155,200
  5. Indiana1 grant $71,978
  6. Texas1 grant $67,892
  7. Colorado1 grant $54,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Teresa CarawayCEO Hours 40Pay $523,000
  • David PiersonTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $75,000
  • Lydia DenworthTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $75,000
  • Cedric PritchettTRUSTEE AS OF JAN 2025 Hours 10Pay $68,750
  • Bruce RosenfieldTRUSTEE Hours 10Pay $100,000

The return

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