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Declaration of Trust for the Morgan & Belle Obrien Foundation at a glance

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Declaration of Trust for the Morgan & Belle Obrien Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$132kHealth$18kHuman Services$8kPhilanthropy$2kCrime & Legal$1kFood & Nutrition$200Arts & Culture$135
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$109k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FESTIVAL CENTER INC$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%FESTIVAL CENTER INC: $1k → 14%WASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$153k · 8 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$153k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+223%

Still filing today

88%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LC
    LANDMARK COLLEGE INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $92k · revenue +34%
  • SH
    SUBURBAN HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $12k · revenue +46%
  • CC
    CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +187%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • OA
    OFFENDER AID AND RESTORATION
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • HG
    HORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +223%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Educare Dc

Educare dc's mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap for young children living in poverty and give them the skills necessary for success in kindergarten and beyond. we work at the intersection of practice, policy, and research to…

Human Services
2
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
3
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
4
Women's League Child Development Center Inc

The mission of the women's league child development center is to provide the highest quality early childhood education to children and families who are residents of the city of hartford. guided by developmentally appropriate practices, we…

Human Services
5
Briya Public Charter School

Briya pcs is a public charter school and is operating under a contract with the dc government through the dc public charter school board, providing high quality education for adults and children that empowers families through a culturally…

Education
6
The Campagna Center Inc

The campagna center,inc. (the center), is a community-based nonprofit organization in alexandria, va. the center operates a variety of programs to address the needs of children, youth and families. the center provides early childhood…

Human Services
7
Harlem Children's Zone Inc

We enhance the life for children and families in some of nyc's most devastated neighborhoods.

Human Services
8
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington

The bender jcc embraces and welcomes the diversity of our community and encourages everyone to seek meaning and fulfillment by participating in our rich programming inspired by our jewish heritage. we open our doors to everyone, including…

Human Services
9
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
10
Moco Kidsco Inc

Kid museum is our region's pioneering experiential museum and educational makerspace. we foster the "mind of a maker" in kids and youth, empowering the next generation with the skills to invent the future.

Arts & Culture
11
Concordia Place

Concordia place's continuum of programs support families throughout their children's development, from the neonatal period through college entry: home visiting for expecting parents and infants, early childhood education and care for…

Human Services
12
Harmony Dc Public Charter Schools

The mission of the charter school is to prepare students for higher learning in a safe, caring, and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educational program with a strong emphasis on science, technology, engineering,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Horizons Greater Washington Inc; the most unlike its peers is Festival Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $91,926 · OtherLANDMARK COLLEGE INCJubilee Jumpstart: $27,000 · OtherJubilee JumpstartCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY INC: $8,250 · OtherCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY INC+7 more: $8,335 · Other+7 moreSUBURBAN HOSPITAL INC: $11,875 · HealthWASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Human ServicesFestival Center Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU: $3,500 · EducationKENNEDY CHILDRENS CENTER: $2,000 · EducationTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $500 · Youth Development
Other$135,511Health$11,875Human Services$5,500Education$5,500Philanthropy$1,000Youth Development$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $91,926 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJubilee Jumpstart: $27,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL INC: $11,875 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY INC: $8,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TA THE SU: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKENNEDY CHILDRENS CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOME INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Clark Charitable Foun…Clark-Winchcole Found…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark FoundationMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Declaration of Trust for the Morgan & Belle Obrien Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Declaration of Trust for the Morgan & Belle Obrien Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Suburban Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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