Iowa · Private foundation
Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation
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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $168k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $23k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $40k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $25k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $20k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake University | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Brenton Arboretum Inc | $17,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Childserve Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Alliance of Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Des Moines Public Library Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake University | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Brenton Arboretum Inc | $17,250 | 6 | 1% |
| Childserve Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Alliance of Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Des Moines Public Library Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Pbs Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chrysalis Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Bookey Family Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · John H & Ann Ghrist Family Foundation · Brenton Foundation · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · EMC Insurance Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Windsor Charitable Foundation · Burnett Family Foundation · The Levitt Foundation
How this is measured
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About Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation
- How much does Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation give?
- Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $23,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Education (20%), Health (19%).
- Who are Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Drake University ($31k), Edmundson Art Foundation Inc ($25k), Des Moines Performing Arts ($20k).
- Does Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation 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 Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bookey Family Foundation, Meredith Corporation Foundation, John H & Ann Ghrist Family Foundation.
- Where is Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation based?
- Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation is based in IA.
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