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O'Brien Family Foundation at a glance

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O'Brien Family Foundation

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.

$215k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$60kEducation$53kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kReligion$20kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$10kInternational$10kPhilanthropy$8k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC$100,000
JUBILEE REACH$30,000
SEATTLE'S UNION GOSPEL MISSION$15,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WASHINGTON & ALASKA$12,000
CARE NET PREGNANCY & FAMILY SERVICES OF PUGET SOUND$10,000
RENEWAL FOOD BANK$10,000
TACOMA SWISH FOUNDATION$10,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$10,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
ST THOMAS SCHOOL$8,000
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 (FY22–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%RENEWAL FOOD BANK: $10k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $5k → 9%HOPELINK: $5k → 9%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$343k · 9 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$343k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+34%

Still filing today

78%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • CL
    CONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $132k · revenue +74%
  • JR
    Jubilee REACH
    3× · 2023–2025 · $65k · revenue +22%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • AB
    AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $12k · revenue +26%
  • OH
    ODEA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • Feeding America
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +17%
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
Nourish Pierce County

To provide food to individuals in need with compassion, dignity and respect. No one needing assistance is turned away.

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2
Alameda Emergency Food Dba Alameda Food Bank

Founded in 1977, The Alameda Food Bank is a non-profit organization that helps Alameda residents in need by providing nourishing food in compassionate and respectful manner with the support of dedicated volunteers and local partners.

Food & Nutrition
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
Port Angeles Food Bank

Nourishing our community. the port angeles food bank is the main food bank in clallam county, providing food to 13 other area pantries and meal programs as well as providing food to over 5,000 individuals per month.

Food & Nutrition
5
Feeding Washington

Create a strong and effective statewide infrastructure that efficiently leverages resources to expand capacity in Washington State's Feeding America network.

Food & Nutrition
6
Food Lifeline

Food lifeline's mission is to feed people experiencing hunger today while working to end hunger tomorrow.

Food & Nutrition
7
The Food Bank for Larimer County

To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.

Food & Nutrition
8
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
9
West Seattle Food Bank

West Seattle Food Bank strengthens the community through the power of neighbors helping neighbors, working to ensure all in our community have access to the essential necessities of living.

Food & Nutrition
10
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
11
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
12
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Overlake Service League; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

13 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. 13 of the 16 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)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $132,000 · HealthCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INCRonald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska: $22,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington…Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound: $16,000 · HealthCare Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget SoundAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATIONST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthJubilee REACH: $65,000 · EducationJubilee REACHST THOMAS SCHOOL: $15,500 · EducationST THOMAS SCHOOLSEATTLES UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $35,000 · OtherSEATTLES UNION GO…TACOMA SWISH FOUNDATION: $17,500 · OtherTACOMA SWISH FOUN…ODEA HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherODEA HIGH SCHOOLAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…Renewal Food Bank: $10,000 · Human ServicesRenewal Foo…OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $5,000 · Human ServicesOVERLAKE SE…HOPELINK: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOPELINKSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 · ReligionFeeding America: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$192,000Education$80,500Other$62,500Human Services$40,000Religion$20,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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 budgetCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $132,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJubilee REACH: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCare Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound: $16,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST THOMAS SCHOOL: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPELINK: $5,000 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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …United Way of King Co…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · United Way of King County · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 O'Brien Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from O'Brien Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to O'Brien Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to O'Brien Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 16 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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