Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc
Based in Orlando, Florida, the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc is a public charity and the direct-support organization and philanthropic arm of Orange County Public Schools (OCPS). Founded in 1987, it supports student success by directing community investment to school and district programs, classroom learning, enrichment, and scholarships.
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc at a glance
In short: Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc gave $1.9M across 13 grants in 2025 (avg $150K), mostly in Florida. 62% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,945,963
- +34.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 13
- +116.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $149,689
- -38.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $14,000
- Total assets
- $5,688,450
- +31.2% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 62% first-time grantees (8 of 13, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Florida (98% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 445 W Amelia Street 901, Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: (407) 317-3261
Website: https://foundationforocps.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc
Who Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Orange County Public Schools ($716K). Together the top 10 received $1.9M.
Grant Size Distribution
65 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 30 grants of 65 (46%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation’s work is centered on Orange County Public Schools in Florida. In 2025, 98% of grant dollars went to recipients in Florida; reported shares also included 1% in Washington, D.C., 1% in California, and less than 1% in New York.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 13 itemized grants.
Cities
Is Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc open to new grantees?
62%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 8 of 13 grantees (62%) were first-time recipients. With only 13 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 8 points. First grants averaged $12K; repeat grants $370K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $358K repeat.
- 38% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+17%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2021–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.0M (2021) to $2.2M (2023). In 2025 it made 13 grants totaling $1.9M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Orange County Public Schools Orlando, FL | Supporting art of tomorrow project coord, hungerford pre-k program, school nursing initiative grant, learning loss recovery, holocaust center teacher, project impact student learning, and performing arts grants to multiple schools | $715,856 |
| Healthcare Providers and Associates Inc Winter Spring, FL | Nurse Practitioner for Winter Park HS, Glenridge MS | $435,479 |
| Healthcare Providers of Florida Inc Winter Spring, FL | Chill counseling services and nurse practitioner for glenrige ms and winter park hs | $358,391 |
| Junior Achievement 3DE Orlando, FL | Support 3de program at oak ridge hs and ocoee hs | $200,000 |
| City Year Orlando, FL | To support city year orlando americorp team at walker ms | $141,993 |
| Valencia College Orlando, FL | Scholarship for Students | $23,750 |
| Howard University Washington, DC | Scholarship for Student | $14,000 |
| Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL | Scholarship for Students | $12,250 |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Scholarship for Students | $10,822 |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Scholarship for Student | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,688,450 | $6,966,865 | $7,042,548 | $1,945,963 | 13 | $212,214 |
| 2024 | $4,334,843 | $4,339,218 | $4,615,327 | $1,450,522 | 6 | $329,098 |
| 2023 | $4,964,128 | $3,906,929 | $3,696,652 | $2,194,092 | 25 | $184,550 |
| 2022 | $4,019,695 | $3,573,540 | $2,976,104 | $1,661,752 | 16 | $255,955 |
| 2021 | $4,093,538 | $3,102,934 | $2,587,782 | $1,012,752 | 5 | $291,458 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s stated mission is to identify, develop, and focus community involvement and investment to lead students to success. Its stated priorities are ensuring learning readiness, investing in teachers and staff, accelerating student success, promoting success after OCPS, and driving community collaboration.
The foundation supports donor-led projects for individual schools and programs as well as district-wide initiatives. Its website describes funding for literacy, leadership, STEM, arts, environmental sustainability, scholarships, and student and educator needs. Its Teacher Impact Grants invite classroom teachers of record at traditional, non-charter OCPS schools to apply for student-centered projects in areas including STEM, arts, conservation, culture, literacy, and classroom-based learning.
Grantees include education and service organizations as well as colleges and universities. Junior Achievement of Central describes its mission as helping students achieve economic success through experiential financial literacy, career-readiness, and entrepreneurship programs. Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts describes itself as providing undergraduate and graduate education in art, music, and theatre arts.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 13 grants totaling $1,945,963. Grants ranged from $6,011 to $715,856, with a median of $14,000.
The largest reported grants included $715,856 to Orange County Public Schools for initiatives including arts, pre-K, school nursing, learning-loss recovery, and performing arts; $435,479 to Healthcare Providers and Associates Inc for nurse practitioner services at Winter Park High School and Glenridge Middle School; and $358,391 to Healthcare Providers of Florida Inc for CHILL counseling and nurse practitioner services. Other major grants were $200,000 to Junior Achievement 3DE for programs at Oak Ridge and Ocoee high schools, and $141,993 to City Year for its AmeriCorps team at Walker Middle School. The foundation also reported scholarship grants to colleges and universities, including $14,000 to Howard University and $10,000 to Stanford University.
The foundation’s website provides an application route for Teacher Impact Grants. Eligible applicants are classroom teachers of record employed at traditional, non-charter OCPS schools. Depending on grantor priorities, eligible project costs may include supplies, technology, STEM activities, arts and cultural experiences, conservation initiatives, educational transportation, substitute-teacher costs, and program participation fees. The supplied website information does not specify required application materials or a deadline.
The Bobbie Lytle Outstanding Teacher Award is a $2,500 award for a teacher at Dommerich Elementary or Brookshire Elementary. It recognizes teachers’ contributions and is for the recipient’s personal use, rather than an outside project.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Martha Santoni as chair, Greg Dotson as past chair, and Alan Fidelo as treasurer. Other listed directors and members at large are Matt Adcock, Eda Davis-Lowe, Jeff Carter, Caesar Lopez, Jacey Poppell, Richard Barbari, and Tajiana Ancora-Brown.
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc is led by Deborah Pedraza, Executive Director on every filing since 2021; 2 of 34 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Deborah Pedraza
Executive Director
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$20K (2021) → $20K (2025)
Scott Howat
President
On filings since 2021
20 hrs/week
$30K (2021) → $30K (2025)
Martha Santoni
Chair
Board Member → Chair Elect, 2024
Chair Elect → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alan Fidelo
Treasurer
Vice Chair & Treasurer → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Caesar Lopez
Member at Large
Board Member → Member-At-Large, 2023
Member-At-Large → Member at Large, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diego Woody Rodriguez
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eda Davis-Lowe
Member at Large
Board Member → Member-At-Large, 2023
Member-At-Large → Member at Large, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erick Kepfer
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Greg Dotson
Past Chair
Chair Elect → Chair, 2024
Chair → Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Flynn Dear
Member at Large
Board Member → Member-At-Large, 2023
Member-At-Large → Member at Large, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jose Fernandez
Member
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024
Immediate Past Chair → Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katie Thomason
Member
Member-At-Large → Board Member, 2024
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mandy Bond
Member at Large
Board Member → Member-At-Large, 2023
Member-At-Large → Member at Large, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Mahaffey
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cliff Long
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hanna Elmasry
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rob Stang
Member
Board Member → Member-At-Large, 2024
Member-At-Large → Member, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stewart Parker
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tajiana Ancora-Brown
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Francisco Cardoza
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jacey Poppell
Member at Large
Board Member → Member at Large, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Curran
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maria Salamanca
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maritza Martinez-Guerrero
Member
Board Member → Member, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Barbari
Member at Large
Member-At-Large → Member at Large, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adrian Kierulf-Velez
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eryn Vargo
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Carter
Member at Large
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Jp Pirrello
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathryn Shuler
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matt Adcock
Member at Large
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Strenth
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rose Lejiste
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sara Hudson
Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: Kari Conley (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Linda Landman Gonzalez (2021–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Rahim Jones (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Allison Rivera (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Elise Breth (2021–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Jennifer Cupid-McCoy (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Michael Hsu (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Michael Ison (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Pam Gould (2021–2023) — Member-At-Large
- Former: Shane Burnsed (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Tom Barthel (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Rich Maladecki (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Drrahim Jones (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Nancy Welch (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Adrianna Sekula (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Bill Hustead (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Melissa Pappas (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Rob Paschall (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Elizabeth Page (2022) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2021–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $30K, to Scott Howat (President). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc
How much does Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc give each year?
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc gave $1.9M across 13 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.5M across 6 grants.
What is Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc's typical grant size?
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc's median grant in 2025 was $14,000, and its average grant was $149,689, across 13 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc that year got $12K on average.
Where does Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc give grants?
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc gives mostly in Florida: 98% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Orlando, FL (5 grants) and Winter Spring, FL (2 grants).
Does Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 13 grants with a stated purpose on Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship for Students" (6 grants).
Who are Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc's largest grantees?
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Orange County Public Schools ($715,856), Healthcare Providers and Associates Inc ($435,479) and Healthcare Providers of Florida Inc ($358,391), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 78% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc?
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc reported $5.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.0M.
What does Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc fund?
The foundation’s stated mission is to identify, develop, and focus community involvement and investment to lead students to success. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc?
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check foundationforocps.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc's EIN?
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-2788435. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2021–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 10, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2021–2025
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