Connecticut · Private foundation
O'Connell Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2022
- 16
- Grants FY2022
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
78% of O'Connell Family Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Brown University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year O'Connell Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $95k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $26,999
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 6
- Total assets, FY2022
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 60% of the organizations O'Connell Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 15 | $94k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $147k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $383k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Spellman High School | $1,027,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mv Youth Inc | $103,316 | 5 | 2% |
| Cardinal Hayes High School | $45,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Yale University | $39,759 | 1 | n/a |
| Pestalozzi US Childrens Charity Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 4% |
| YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Athlete Ally Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc | $15,080 | 3 | 0% |
| Faraja Fund Foundation | $14,500 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($262k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget O'Connell Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About O'Connell Family Foundation Inc
- How much does O'Connell Family Foundation Inc give?
- O'Connell Family Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $95,362 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does O'Connell Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (89%), Youth Development (3%), Philanthropy (3%).
- Who are O'Connell Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Cardinal Spellman High School ($1.0M), Mv Youth Inc ($103k), Cardinal Hayes High School ($45k).
- Does O'Connell Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does O'Connell Family Foundation Inc 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 O'Connell Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Swartz Foundation Trust, The Stanton Family Foundation, Spector Family Foundation.
- Where is O'Connell Family Foundation Inc based?
- O'Connell Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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