Odyssey Group Foundation
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About Odyssey Group Foundation
Odyssey Group Foundation makes a small number of very large grants focused on urgent health and humanitarian needs. Their giving mixes local healthcare infrastructure in Stamford with support for safety-net medical services for the uninsured and high-profile international emergency relief (notably Ukraine). A single very large, unspecified “See Statement 3” award suggests room for discretionary or multi-purpose funding beyond the named grants.
Focus Areas
Construction/expansion of hospital emergency and trauma facilities (Stamford Hospital)Support for free medical clinics and primary care for uninsured populations (Americares Free Clinics)International humanitarian emergency relief and crisis response (ICRC — Ukraine)Large discretionary or multi-purpose institutional grants (unnamed 'See Statement 3' award)
Who They Fund
uninsured individualsdisaster-affected communitiescivilians in Ukrainepeople with diabetes (technology/research beneficiaries)
About Odyssey Group Foundation
A $3,955,000 grant to “See Statement 3” anchors Odyssey Group Foundation’s recent record and points to a funder that makes a small number of very large awards. The foundation’s giving combines capital support for health infrastructure, direct service funding for uninsured patients, and emergency relief. In Stamford, it backed a hospital construction project and a free-clinic provider, while also sending six-figure support to crisis response and research partners. The pattern is corporate and targeted rather than broad-based. Odyssey Group Foundation sets aside roughly 2% of Odyssey Group’s pre-tax earnings each year for charitable purposes, and its grants in the recent file range from modest operating awards to multi-year commitments in the hundreds of thousands. The foundation also funds individuals through scholarship-linked programs, including support tied to low-income students and workforce pipelines. Its portfolio reaches beyond Connecticut. New York organizations appear repeatedly, and the grantee list also includes a Geneva-based humanitarian relief organization and a broad mix of hospitals, clinics, schools, and research institutions. That mix suggests a funder comfortable with both local community needs and specialized institutional projects.
What Odyssey Group Foundation Funds
Health and medical giving is a core theme. Odyssey Group Foundation gave $1,000,000 to Stamford Hospital Healthcare Inc for construction of an emergency and trauma center, and $100,000 to Americares Inc for emergency response to natural disasters. Those awards show a focus on urgent care capacity and crisis response. The foundation also supports access to care for uninsured people. It awarded $300,000 to Americares Free Clinics Inc for free medical clinics for uninsured patients, pairing capital-heavy health funding with direct-service support. On the research side, it backed biomedical work with $100,000 to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for artificial pancreas research. Education-related grants also appear, including $100,000 to Future 5 Inc for unrestricted operating costs and $25,000 to The Actuarial Foundation for unrestricted operating costs.
How Odyssey Group Foundation Gives
Odyssey Group Foundation’s recent grants cluster around a relatively high dollar range: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $37,500, and the 75th percentile is $118,750. That distribution sits alongside a few much larger awards, including a multimillion-dollar discretionary grant and multiple six-figure commitments. The foundation behaves like a corporate funder with targeted institutional support. It is classified as a regular funder, and its active programs indicate short- and long-term grants rather than open applications. The grant file also shows repeat support for some organizations and program areas across the recent record, especially in health, education, and humanitarian relief. A scholarship and pipeline component also appears in its activity, alongside grants to nonprofits and research institutions. The structure is broader than a single program but still tightly directed.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.8M
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$2.8M
Total Expenses
$2.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $119K, with a median of $38K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$38K
75th Percentile
$119K
Geographic Reach
Regional7 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Odyssey Group Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Odyssey Group Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 33 | $8.7M | 97.1% |
| 2 | Switzerland |
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