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O'Donnell Family Charitable Foundat Foundation C/O Jim O'Donnell at a glance

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O'Donnell Family Charitable Foundat Foundation C/O Jim O'Donnell

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$349k
Granted FY2018
9
Grants FY2018
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$201kHuman Services$155kHealth$124kYouth Development$13kArts & Culture$4kInternational$1kRecreation & Sports$1kFood & Nutrition$750Other$0
02FY2018 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k4 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YWCA$150,000
SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$100,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$75,000
ROTARY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$10,500
PROVIDE$10,000
KCSARC$1,500
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS FOUNDATION$1,000
CAST FOR KIDS$500
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$200
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 (FY17–17, $750) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $750 → 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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$389k · 5 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$389k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-75%
+24%

Still filing today

20%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Arts & CultureHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • NM
    NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $205k
  • Y
    YWCA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $152k
  • PI
    PROVIDE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $17k · revenue -75%

Funded once

  • SEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +75%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • GP
    GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +116%
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
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
2
Seattle Public Library Foundation

The seattle public library foundation inspires the community's philanthropic support, advocacy for, and pride in the library.

Education
3
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
4
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
5
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
6
Friends of the Seattle Public Library

The Friends of the Seattle Public Library's mission is to elevate the Library and inspire the love of reading in our communities.

Education
7
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
8
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

—
9
Seattle Opera

To thrill, inspire and educate through the shared experience of opera. seattle opera is vital to the dynamic cultural and civic life of our region and to the evolution of opera across the world.

Arts & Culture
10
Seattle Foundation

Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

Philanthropy
11
Washington Society of Certified Public a

We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.

—
12
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cascade Public Media; the most unlike its peers is Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $205,140 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYYWCA: $152,378 · OtherYWCA+8 more: $17,550 · OtherSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER…+2 more: $1,500 · HealthPROVIDE INC: $17,000 · Civil RightsSEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURES: $3,000 · Arts & CultureBAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $500 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $250 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $150 · Arts & CultureSAINT FRANCES CABRINI CHARITABLE SERVICES: $750 · Human ServicesPAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM: $500 · EducationDESERT LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE INC: $500 · Animals
Other$375,068Health$101,500Civil Rights$17,000Arts & Culture$5,400Human Services$750Education$500Animals$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROVIDE INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSEATTLE ARTS AND LECTURES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Chamber Music Festival: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAGE AHEAD CHILDRENS LITERACY PRGM: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT LABRADOR RETRIEVER RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF SEATTLE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMonterey Jazz Festival: $150 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.

Seattle FoundationThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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'Donnell Family Charitable Foundat Foundation C/O Jim O'Donnell funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from O'Donnell Family Charitable Foundat Foundation C/O Jim O'Donnell. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.

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 23 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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