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· Private foundation

Obermayer Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$42k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$177kArts & Culture$160kEducation$83kCommunity Improvement$43kCivil Rights$39kPublic Benefit$31kPhilanthropy$22kEmployment$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REBUILD CONGRESS ISSUE ONE$25,000
CHAKANA MEDIA INC DBA RECONSIDER$6,000
INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC$5,000
CHOCHMAT HALEV$1,000
MAPS$1,000
OCCIDENTAL ARTS & ECOLOGY CENTER$1,000
LIMINA FOUNDATION$1,000
EROWID CENTER$1,000
CIRCLE OF SACRED NATURE$500
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LAND TRUST$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 76% of grant dollars ($459k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 24% that went abroad ($147k) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $500 → 9%SOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM: $5k → 16%THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $250 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
CT
CA
CO
SC
DC
AL

Beyond the US: 24% of all-years giving ($147k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Germany$147k · 3 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$452k · 30 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
26

Total granted

$452k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+2%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyScience & TechCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • LB
    LEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +198%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $60k · revenue +45%
  • JA
    JEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $26k · revenue +229%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HENRY FORD
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • JV
    JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES BOSTON
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
  • BT
    BEND THE ARC FOR JUSTICE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
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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2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
9
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
International Life Sciences Institute

Ilsi is a global, nonprofit federation dedicated to generating and advancing emerging science and groundbreaking research to ensure foods are safe, nutritious and sustainable, and that they improve planetary and human health and well-being…

Science & Tech
12
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Facing History & Ourselves Inc; the most unlike its peers is LandPaths. 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

42 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. 42 of the 62 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
28/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOERDERVEREIN EHEMALIGES JUEDISCHES GEMEINDHAUS BREISACH: $147,216 · OtherFOERDERVEREIN EHEMALIGES JUEDISCHES GEMEINDHAUS BREISACHLEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC: $80,000 · OtherLEO BAECK INSTITUTE INCTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYTHE HENRY FORD: $50,000 · OtherTHE HENRY FORDTEMPLE SHALOM OF NEWTON: $26,000 · OtherREBUILD CONGRESS ISSUE ONE: $25,000 · Other+34 more: $100,250 · Other+34 moreJEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC: $25,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 · Arts & CultureSLAVE DWELLING PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $20,250 · Community ImprovementNorth Bay Organizing Project: $4,000 · Community ImprovementSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS BOSTON INC: $16,500 · PhilanthropyBOSTON WOMEN'S FUND INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropySWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $7,500 · EducationCHAKANA MEDIA INC: $6,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $2,500 · EducationCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES: $1,000 · EducationChacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant: $1,000 · EducationLIMINA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalCenter for Arms Control and: $2,000 · InternationalPARTNERS FOR PROGRESSIVE ISRAEL: $1,500 · InternationalPLOUGHSHARES FUND INC: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $500 · InternationalSOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $750 · Human Services
Other$488,466Arts & Culture$40,500Community Improvement$24,250Philanthropy$18,000Education$18,000International$11,000Human Services$5,750

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 budgetLEO BAECK INSTITUTE INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH ALLIANCE FOR LAW AND SOCIAL ACTION INC: $25,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetINQUIRING SYSTEMS INC: $20,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS BOSTON INC: $16,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL INNOVATION FORUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIMINA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNorth Bay Organizing Project: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOCHMAT HALEV: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOccidental Arts and Ecology Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA LAND TRUST: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSLAVE DWELLING PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCenter for Arms Control and: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEROWID CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE HISTORY INSTITUTE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOIN FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEFFTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOSTON WOMEN'S FUND INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN STATES CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEHUB CAPITAL INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLandPaths: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetB'TSELEM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Combined Jewish Phila…Proteus Fund IncThe San Francisco Fou…Tides FoundationImpactassetsincWest Family FoundationJewish Communal FundSilicon Valley Commun…Boston Foundation IncJewish Community Fede…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston IncMA20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · West Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Obermayer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Obermayer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Bluehub Capital Inc: 32% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 62 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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