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O'Donnell Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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O'Donnell Family Foundation Inc

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.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$38k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Youth Development$268kHealth$41kEnvironment$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kEducation$21kFood & Nutrition$20kHuman Services$19kArts & Culture$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GBMC$37,500
Individual grant recipient$12,800
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION$10,000
MARYLAND SPCA$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$5,000
WETA$5,000
CHARITIES AIDS FOUNDATION AMERICA$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.

area typical 11%EFAA: $5k → 12%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $5k → 19%ST VINCENT DEPAUL OF BALTIMORE: $4k → 19%THE ARCH BALTIMORE: $2k → 19%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of O'Donnell Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 68% of the giving stays in MD; by stated purpose, 0%.

O'Donnell Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$353k · 13 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
21

Total granted

$353k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+4%

Still filing today

54%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GB
    GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $39k · revenue +25%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $21k · revenue +112%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • PB
    PROJECT BIOME INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +123%
  • GF
    GBMC FOUNDATION PEDS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • GH
    GILCHRIST HOSPICE CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
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
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
5
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
6
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
7
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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8
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
11
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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12
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GBMC: $92,500 · OtherGBMCIndividual grant recipient: $44,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $27,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCATHOLIC CHARITIES MYSISTERSPL: $15,000 · OtherBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $13,000 · Other+17 more: $98,000 · Other+17 moreGREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $39,000 · HealthGREATER B…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentEarth Guardians: $5,000 · EnvironmentST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,200 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC BALTIMORE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,500 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $5,000 · EducationWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · InternationalPROJECT BIOME INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionPAUL'S PLACE INC: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$315,800Health$39,000Environment$35,000Human Services$26,200Education$25,500International$20,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $39,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TEGAN AND SARA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Guardians: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMAN'S CLUB OF ROLAND PARK INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC BALTIMORE INC: $2,000 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.

The United Way of Cen…T Rowe Price Program …Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from O'Donnell Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–50%
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 36 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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