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Ohara John and Blanche Scholarship Tr at a glance

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Ohara John and Blanche Scholarship Tr

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.

$675k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$675k
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 2024.

Education$875kReligion$2kArts & Culture$2k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$674,898
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR SCHOLARSHIP$674,898
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%College of St Scholarstica: $10k → 14%Winona State University: $2k → 14%University of Minnesota Duluth: $6k → 15%Ithaca Colege: $2k → 16%University of South Florida: $5k → 13%Luther College: $3k → 10%Johnson County Community College: $2k → 5%University of Wisconsin - River Falls: $2k → 9%St Norbert College: $3k → 10%University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point: $4k → 10%University of WI - Madison: $9k → 10%UW - Stout: $3k → 11%SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR SCHOLARSHIP: $675k → 11%UW - Eau Claire: $8k → 12%UNIVERSITY O F WISCONSIN - LA CROSSE: $3k → 12%NORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $3k → 13%Mount Mary University: $3k → 17%College of St Scholarstica: $7k → 14%Winona State University: $2k → 14%University of Minnesota Duluth: $5k → 15%University of Wisconsin - River Falls: $2k → 9%University of Wisconsin Stevenspoint: $2k → 10%University of WI - Madison: $6k → 10%University of Wisconsin - Superior: $9k → 11%UW - Eau Claire: $8k → 12%Crown College: $2k → 11%College of St Scholarstica: $6k → 14%Winona State University: $2k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH: $5k → 15%University of WI - Madison: $4k → 10%University of Wisconsin - Superior: $6k → 11%University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire: $6k → 12%College of St Scholarstica: $3k → 14%University of Minnesota Duluth: $4k → 15%University of WI - Madison: $2k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN- SUPERIOR: $3k → 11%UW - Eau Claire: $3k → 12%ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 14%University of Minnesota Duluth: $4k → 15%University of Wisconsin - Superior: $3k → 11%UW - Eau Claire: $2k → 12%LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE: $3k → 15%University of Wisconsin - Superior: $3k → 11%College of St Scholastica: $3k → 15%School District of Superior: $3k → 11%School District of Superior: $3k → 11%School District of Superior: $3k → 11%School District of Superior: $2k → 11%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.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$146k · 10 repeat orgs$733k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +222% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$146k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+222%
-6%

Still filing today

20%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $675k went to new ones.

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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR ALUMNI ASSOC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $27k · revenue +5%
  • CO
    College of St Scholarstica
    4× · 2017–2020 · $26k
  • UO
    University of Minnesota Duluth
    5× · 2017–2023 · $24k

Funded once

  • SC
    ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue +17%
  • UO
    University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • UO
    University of South Florida
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
2
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
3
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
4
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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5
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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6
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
7
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
8
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
9
Benedictine College

Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.

Education
10
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
11
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
12
St Ambrose University

Mission statement: an inclusive, catholic, and diocesan community of learners, st. ambrose university empowers all ambrosians to act courageously, to seek wisdom through faith and reason, to work for justice, and to lead lives of service.…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Norbert College Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni Assoc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 31 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)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR SCHOLARSHIP: $674,898 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR SCHOLARSHIP+22 more: $174,755 · Other+22 moreSCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR: $10,262 · EducationST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationLUTHER COLLEGE: $3,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $3,000 · EducationST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $3,000 · EducationITHACA COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · Education
Other$849,653Education$29,262

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR ALUMNI ASSOC: $27,255 over 7y, 12% of budgetSCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR: $10,262 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHER COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROWN COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR ALUMNI ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SUPERIOR ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LUTHER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ST NORBERT COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CROWN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MARIAN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation 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 Ohara John and Blanche Scholarship Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ohara John and Blanche Scholarship Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s 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 · 0–25%
    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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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