· Private foundation
Cheryl & John Omeara Charitable Fo
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $47k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $15,000 |
| NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BK | $12,000 |
| DLC DOMINICAN LEARNING CENTER | $10,000 |
| CENTER ON HALSTED | $10,000 |
| THE CARING PLACE | $5,181 |
| CASA CORNELIA LAW CENTER | $5,150 |
| NATIONAL IMMIGRATION JUSTICE CENTE | $5,149 |
| HOBART FOOD PANTRY INC | $5,000 |
| SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE | $5,000 |
| POINT FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL | $4,586 |
| WORLD CONCERN | $4,500 |
| SMILE TRAIN | $4,500 |
| ZACHARIS SEXUAL ADUSE CEN | $4,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCenter on Halsted7× · 2019–2025 · $51k · revenue +62%
- PFPOINT FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2025 · $39k · revenue +161%
- CCCasa Cornelia Legal Services7× · 2019–2025 · $29k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- AFAngel Flight Central Incgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +40%
- SSSOUTH SHORE FRIENDS OF VETSone grant, 2024 · $5k
- NINORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANKone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -8%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…
Walk with people facing violence, offering safety, support, and hope as they heal and rebuild. with every step forward, we build stronger, more resilient communities.
The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.
To prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in dekalb county
LACASA Center protects, supports, empowers and advocates for survivors of child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual violence; and promotes interpersonal safety through education, awareness, and prevention programs.
Organization's mission or most significant activities the advocates of lake county will assist any victim of crime, violence, or other traumatic event, primarily victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. the advocates work for…
Provides housing and support services to individuals and families impacted by hiv/aids
To transform the lives of children and adults by providing opportunities to build self-confidence, resilience and hope.
The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…
Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…
News is dedicated to providing safety, hope, healing and empowerment for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. equally, news is committed to promoting safe communities and social change through prevention, intervention, education, and…
Our mission is to assist survivors and their children in learning to overcome the cycle of physical, sexual, mental, and emotional health.
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Center on Halsted ↗
- Who funds POINT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Casa Cornelia Legal Services ↗
- Who funds Lake County Childrens Advocacy Center ↗
- Who funds LAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE LAKE COUNTY HAVEN ↗
- Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds ZACHARIAS SEXUAL ABUSE CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE CARING PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds Angel Flight Central Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Sojourner Truth House Inc ↗
- Who funds HOBART FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cheryl & John Omeara Charitable Fo funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cheryl & John Omeara Charitable Fo. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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