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OPL Charities

The mission of OPL Charities is to provide support to various local charitable organizations and communities throughout New England and Florida.

$103k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Health$1.2MEducation$340kHuman Services$180kYouth Development$100kReligion$100kAnimals$50kCommunity Improvement$10kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$40,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$866k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$43,000
Michelle's Foundation$40,200
Phoenix Charities$10,000
United Sports Foundation$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center Inc: $25k → 9%Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center Inc: $25k → 9%Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center Inc: $25k → 9%Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center Inc: $25k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 13 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +103% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$2.0M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+103%
+28%

Still filing today

92%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’22’23’24
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentReligionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NT
    NATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2023 · $425k · revenue +107%
  • TT
    TEAM TREVOR
    4× · 2017–2023 · $425k · revenue +20% · 96% of their budget
  • MF
    MICHELLE'S FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $255k · revenue +97% · 47% of their budget

Funded once

  • RL
    Robert L Taylor Community Complex
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • TB
    THE BIRCHTREE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +53%
  • BL
    BARRINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +17%
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
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
2
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
3
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
4
Dysimmune Diseases Foundation
Health
5
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
6
Sara's Cure Clear Cell Sarcoma Foundation

The clear cell sarcoma foundation is dedicated to making clear cell sarcoma survivable through education and scientific research. we strive to provide a voice and platform for all patients and caregivers impacted by this rare cancer,…

Health
7
Children's Brain Disease Foundation
Health
8
The Cure Starts Now Inc

To educate, aid, and fund cures for cancer, starting first with pediatric brain cancer

Health
9
Chasin a Dream Foundation Inc

To provide individualized, life changing assistance to families with children battling cancer, cystic fibrosis, and other life threatening illnesses.

Human Services
10
Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc

The mission of the Dravet Syndrome Foundation is to aggressively raise funds for Dravet syndrome & related epilepsies; support & fund research; increase awareness; & provide support to affected individuals & families. We understand the…

Philanthropy
11
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
12
Curepsp Inc

To raise awareness, build community, improve care and find a cure for psp, cbd and msa.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Dream Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Barrington Library Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 20 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION: $425,000 · HealthNATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATIONTEAM TREVOR: $425,000 · HealthTEAM TREVORMANASOTA BUDS INC: $100,000 · HealthMANASOTA BUDS INCTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $100,000 · HealthTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INCNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $66,600 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYMICHELLE'S FOUNDATION INC: $255,145 · EducationMICHELLE'S FOUNDAT…SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $100,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S D…4KIDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $75,000 · Other4KIDS OF SOU…Robert L Taylor Community Complex: $10,000 · OtherPHOENIX CHARITIES: $10,000 · OtherUNITED SPORTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE BIRCHTREE CENTER: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $10,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentGALATIANS 62 INC: $100,000 · ReligionTHE GLASSER SCHOENBAUM HUMAN SERVICES CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesHumane Society of Sarasota County Inc: $50,000 · Animals
Health$1,116,600Education$340,145Other$225,000Youth Development$100,000Religion$100,000Human Services$100,000Animals$50,000

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 budgetNATIONAL TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION: $425,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetTEAM TREVOR: $425,000 over 4y, 96% of budgetMICHELLE'S FOUNDATION INC: $255,145 over 5y, 47% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGALATIANS 62 INC: $100,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetMANASOTA BUDS INC: $100,000 over 4y, 73% of budgetTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S DREAM FUND INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE GLASSER SCHOENBAUM HUMAN SERVICES CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $66,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Sarasota County Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED SPORTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE BIRCHTREE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDOVER CHILDRENS HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Community Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 OPL Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from OPL Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Children's Dream Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.
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How do I get to OPL Charities?

Find your warmest path to OPL Charities through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 20 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 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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