Public Charity

THE OR FOUNDATION LTD

THE OR FOUNDATION LTD is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in CAMBRIDGE, MD. Its most recent IRS filing (2024) reports revenue of $8.4M, expenses of $5.0M, total assets of $12.6M. Imperigo tracks 9 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $3.0M.

EIN: 271488092 CAMBRIDGE, MD Scholarships & Student Financial Aid NTEE: B82 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$8.4M
Total Expenses$5.0M
Total Assets$12.6M
Grant Records9
Funding Total$3.0M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

The Or Foundation provides critical ecosystem health services and community education and economic empowerment programming, that along with material technology and transformation and public engagement with citizens beyond their roles as consumers, drives toward a justice-led circular textiles economy.

Where $100 goes at The or Foundation Ltd

How The or Foundation Ltd divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$94 Programs the work itself
$6 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $94 for programs

$76
We operate a paid apprenticeship program for young women leaving the dangerous job of head carrying secondhand clothing, which includes healthcare and education
81% of program spending
$14
Our Stop Waste Colonialism campaign has established a new precedent for Extended Producer Responsibility, one that does not simply offset the cost of waste management within a linear…
15% of program spending
$4
We organize citizen scientists to perform weekly beach monitoring reports, tracking textile tentacles across a seven kilometer swath of Accra's beaches
4% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$2,500,000
2024
GRANT FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON DESIGN FOR TRANSFORMATION PROJECT AND THEIR WORK LEADING THE ACCRA, GHANA PILOT PROJECT.
$67,189
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$52,000
2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$13,946
2023
D4D PILOT 2
$176,733

Showing up to 5 of 9 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

TREASURER Daniel Mawuli Quist
FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Elizabeth Rae Ricketts
EMPLOYEE Eshe Hamme
BOARD MEMBER Jake Sargent
FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER James Branson Skinner
BOARD MEMBER Yvette Tetteh

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,802,019 8 grants
Unspecified
$176,733 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $8.4M $5.0M $12.6M
2023 $7.9M $4.1M $7.9M
2022 $5.5M $1.1M $4.5M
2020 $91K $52K $38K

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $91K to $8.4M (+9071%), with total assets most recently reported at $12.6M.

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