· Private foundation
O'Connell Private 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k14 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STAR HOUSE | $20,500 |
| LEVITY PROJECT QUITO | $2,515 |
| RECREATION UNLIMITED | $2,400 |
| FLYING HORSE FARMS | $1,500 |
| BALLET MET | $1,500 |
| MID OHIO FOOD BANK | $1,500 |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS | $1,500 |
| BISHOPS ANNUAL APPEAL | $1,500 |
| HEART TO HEART | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $1,000 |
| ST URSULA ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| DAVID'S EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY FD | $750 |
| SISTERS OF LIFE | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| KIAWAH CONSERVANCY | $150 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2021, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SHSTAR HOUSE5× · 2017–2021 · $76k · revenue +306%
- FHFLYING HORSE FARMS5× · 2017–2021 · $9k · revenue +31%
- BMBALLET METROPOLITAN INC5× · 2017–2021 · $8k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- TCTHE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -98%
- TBTHE BRIDGE FUNDone grant, 2019 · $2k
- CMCOLUMBUS METRO LIBRARY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
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.
To improve the health of those we serve.
Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.
Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.
Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.
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The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
Ohio capital finance corporation provides flexible financing products and utilizes partnerships for the expansion and preservation of afforable housing to advance community development while ensuring that all residents regardless of income…
Nationwide children's hospital's mission is committed to best outcomes and health equity for all children, ensuring every child has access to the best care regardless of their ability to pay. upon this fundamental belief, nch is committed…
Emory University's mission is to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. (See Schedule O for continuation)
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
Breakthrough t1d is the leading global t1d organization working to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat t1d and its complications.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 33 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds STAR HOUSE ↗
- Who funds FLYING HORSE FARMS ↗
- Who funds BALLET METROPOLITAN INC ↗
- Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds DAVIDS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FUND INC ↗
- Who funds OHIO CANCER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES ↗
- Who funds GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc ↗
- Who funds BEXLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization O'Connell Private Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from O'Connell Private Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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