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Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$705,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$4.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $247k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving33$1.6M15%
FY202336$813k44%
FY202239$786k31%
FY202136$569k36%
FY202031$2.1M29%
FY201934$421k26%
FY201833$385k52%
FY201730$865kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$2.3MHealth$1.4MEnvironment$1.4MPhilanthropy$1.3MEducation$691kArts & Culture$286kAnimals$190kInternational$143kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
CA
MO
KY
MD
TN
NC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Easter Seals Inc$2,152,03742%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,305,19370%
Heart of Illinois United Way Inc$1,050,78982%
Millikin University$455,00040%
Peoria Riverfront Museum$232,60082%
Easterseals Central Illinois$167,50011%
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation$156,94681%
Start Early$136,50060%
Dream Center of Peoria Nfp$129,90062%
OSF Healthcare Foundation$104,16060%
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All grantees of Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Easter Seals Inc$2,152,03742%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,305,19370%
Heart of Illinois United Way Inc$1,050,78982%
Millikin University$455,00040%
Peoria Riverfront Museum$232,60082%
Easterseals Central Illinois$167,50011%
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation$156,94681%
Start Early$136,50060%
Dream Center of Peoria Nfp$129,90062%
OSF Healthcare Foundation$104,16060%
Chicago Community Foundation$100,0001n/a
Harold E Eisenberg Foundation$77,07763%
Oak Ridge Outdoor Foundation$75,000111%
Junior Achievement of Central Illinois Inc$74,97485%
Green Lake Association Inc$54,20041%
Allendale Association$50,59820%
Wd Boyce Council Boy Scouts of America Inc$50,22921%
Reading Power Inc$50,00032%
America's Watershed Initiative$50,000215%
Carle Health Care Incorporated$44,00010%
Illinois Cancercare Foundation$43,50081%
Childrens Oncology Services Inc$37,50030%
Carle Development Foundation$25,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$24,28850%
Mark Linder Walk for the Mind$20,28083%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$20,00040%
East Peoria Community Foundation Nfp$20,0001n/a
Methodist Medical Center Foundation$16,50040%
Fill a Heart 4 Kids$12,50011%
Breakthrough T1d$11,75050%
National Christian Foundation Inc$10,850119%
St Thomas the Apostle Parish & School$10,2502n/a
Peoria Public Schools Foundation$10,00012%
Brookwood Endowment Inc$10,00010%
Sue Duncan Children's Center Inc$9,00031%
Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service$6,00060%
Forest Park Community Center$6,00024%
Illinois Conservation Foundation$5,00010%
B y E Ambulance Service Inc$5,00011%
Northwest University$5,00010%
Navy Pier Inc$5,00010%
Hult Center for Healthy Living Inc$5,00010%
Peoria Labor Temple Association$4,50031%
Southside Community United for Change Inc$4,0002n/a
Midwest Food Bank Nfp$3,00030%
The Penguin Project Foundation Inc$3,00012%
Friends of Wildlife Prairie Park$2,6702n/a
Peoria Community Against Violence$2,50011%
Casa of the Tenth Judicial Circuit$2,00010%
Peoria Historical Society$1,75070%
Wheels O' Time Museum$1,50020%
Casa Inc$1,15010%
Aldo Leopold Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Peoria Symphony Orchestra$1,00010%
Black Business Alliance- Peoria Chapter$1,00010%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$1,00010%
Thrasher Opera House Corporation$1,00040%
Cabarrus Victims Assistance Network$1,00010%
Sing - Shifting Into New Gear$1,0001n/a
Brimfield High School Trap Team Inc$1,0001n/a
Timmy Ellison Memorial Fund$1,00010%
Children's Home Association of Illinois$95010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$70010%
Barat Academy$5001n/a
Circle of Hope International Inc$50010%
Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow Inc$50010%
Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc$50010%
Paws Inc$25010%
Allendale Columbia School$25010%
Peoria Area Civic Chorale$2501n/a
Lutheran Hillside Village Inc$25010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois$20010%
Heart of Illinois Down Syndrome Assoc Inc$10010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($709k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEaster Seals Inc: $2,152,037 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,305,193 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHeart of Illinois United Way Inc: $1,050,789 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetMillikin University: $455,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPeoria Riverfront Museum: $232,600 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetEasterseals Central Illinois: $167,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMax McGraw Wildlife Foundation: $156,946 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetStart Early: $136,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDream Center of Peoria Nfp: $129,900 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetOSF Healthcare Foundation: $104,160 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHarold E Eisenberg Foundation: $77,077 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetOak Ridge Outdoor Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Illinois Inc: $74,974 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetGreen Lake Association Inc: $54,200 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetAllendale Association: $50,598 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWd Boyce Council Boy Scouts of America Inc: $50,229 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetReading Power Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAmerica's Watershed Initiative: $50,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCarle Health Care Incorporated: $44,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Cancercare Foundation: $43,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCarle Development Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $24,288 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMark Linder Walk for the Mind: $20,280 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMethodist Medical Center Foundation: $16,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFill a Heart 4 Kids: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $11,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Christian Foundation Inc: $10,850 over 1y, 19% of budgetPeoria Public Schools Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBrookwood Endowment Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSue Duncan Children's Center Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPeoria Friendship House of Christian Service: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetForest Park Community Center: $6,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetIllinois Conservation Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetB y E Ambulance Service Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNorthwest University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Pier Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHult Center for Healthy Living Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPeoria Labor Temple Association: $4,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMidwest Food Bank Nfp: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Penguin Project Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPeoria Community Against Violence: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCasa of the Tenth Judicial Circuit: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPeoria Historical Society: $1,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWheels O' Time Museum: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCasa Inc: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAldo Leopold Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 65.

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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.

Peoria Area Community FoundationIL36.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peoria Area Community Foundation · Barton Family Foundation Dtd 4242013 · Otto Baum Company Inc Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Bielfeldt Foundation · Gilmore Foundation · Heart of Illinois United Way Inc · Share Foundation · Duane a Cullinan Memorial Trust · Timothy W and Katherine a Swain Charitable Trust · Morton Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Foundation Inc

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.

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About Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation

How much does Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation give?
Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $1,631,698 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Health (18%), Environment (18%).
Who are Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Easter Seals Inc ($2.2M), Ducks Unlimited Inc ($1.3M), Heart of Illinois United Way Inc ($1.1M).
Does Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peoria Area Community Foundation, Barton Family Foundation Dtd 4242013, Otto Baum Company Inc Foundation.
Where is Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation based?
Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation is based in IL.

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 114 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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