Texas · Private foundation
John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $29,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $29,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $330k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Amarillo College Foundation | $114,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Opportunity School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
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About John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence
- How much does John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence give?
- John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence reported 1 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Philanthropy (40%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Amarillo College Foundation ($115k), Opportunity School Inc ($5k).
- Does John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence based?
- John & Mary O'Brien Foundation for Academic Excellence is based in TX.
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