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ORAU FOUNDATION

EIN 58-1512615 OAK RIDGE, TN

Largest nonprofits in Tennessee

Revenue 2024
$4,885,638
Expenses 2024
$949,913

Program services were 44.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 117

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORAU FOUNDATION SUPPORTS OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. IN ITS MISSION TO FOCUS ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION WHILE PROVIDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN AND SECURE AMERICA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTE HIGHER SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION.

  • POST GRADUATE AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: THESE GRANTS ARE FOR 25 JUNIOR FACULTY AWARDS AND 6 POLLARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP PROMOTE HIGHER SCIENTIFIC AND MATH EDUCATION.

    Expenses $285,052 · Grants $285,052

  • THE ORAU-DIRECTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (ODRD) PROGRAM SUPPORTS COLLABORATIVE, CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH THAT ADVANCES SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES ACROSS ORAU AND ITS MEMBER INSTITUTIONS. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ORAU RESEARCHERS AND CONSORTIUM UNIVERSITY FACULTY, THE PROGRAM PROMOTES INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN EXPERTISE, EXPAND RESEARCH CAPACITY, AND FOSTER NEW IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGIES. LED BY ORAU SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND INFORMED BY THE STRENGTHS OF MEMBER UNIVERSITIES, ODRD PROJECTS CREATE VALUABLE COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES WHILE ENHANCING PARTICIPANTS' RESEARCH CAPABILITIES. PARTICIPATION IN ODRD IS A KEY BENEFIT OF ORAU CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIP, GIVING INSTITUTIONS ACCESS TO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THAT DRIVE INNOVATION AND SHARED IMPACT.

    Expenses $136,514 · Grants $136,514

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dr Deborah L Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Rebekah K Hersch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Julie B Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr William C Harris

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Mr Samuel S Visner

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Dr Martin R Williamson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Rachel F Lokitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $452,644
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $420,444
    Other
    $32,200
    Hours/week
    0.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $328,367 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $92,077 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $452,644 related
  • Ashley C Stowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3
  • Meghan F Millwood

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $406,961
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $362,911
    Other
    $44,050
    Hours/week
    0.3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $281,911 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $81,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $28,146 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,904 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $406,961 related
  • J Phil Andrews

    TREASURER / SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $478,426
    From this org
    $24,818
    From related orgs
    $407,693
    Other
    $45,915
    Hours/week
    3

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $24,818 + $307,543 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $100,150 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $30,801 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,114 related
    Filer's total
    $24,818 + $453,608 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,885,638
    Expenses
    $949,913
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $421,566
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,215,666
    Expenses
    $834,069
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $387,842
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,852,479
    Expenses
    $808,287
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $423,108

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,583,989
    Expenses
    $696,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,007,613
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,525,157
    Expenses
    $1,028,934
    Assets (EOY)
    $53,712,953
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,903,437
    Expenses
    $485,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,061,364
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,273,107
    Expenses
    $730,883
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,645,286
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,575,719
    Expenses
    $662,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,332,913
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,046,626
    Expenses
    $595,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,797,954
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,202,268
    Expenses
    $240,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,859,314
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,293,766
    Expenses
    $239,308
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,124,604
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,645,946
    Expenses
    $223,731
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,871,642
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $180,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,760,562

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.