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Patrick a & Mary B O'Neil Foundation at a glance

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Patrick a & Mary B O'Neil 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.

$124k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$571kReligion$91kYouth Development$63kArts & Culture$48kHousing & Shelter$44kHuman Services$32kFood & Nutrition$16kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY$59,718
NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI$12,277
SAINT IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP$7,500
BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS SCHOOL$5,000
SAINT CLEMENT PARISH$4,800
IGNITE$3,750
QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS$3,600
ST LEO THE GREAT LADIES GUILD$3,500
CONCORDIA PLACE$2,500
COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,500
JOSEPHINUM ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART$2,500
CONCERN WORLDWIDE$2,000
CATHOLIC FAITH APPEAL$1,500
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK$1,005
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $49k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SHARE FOUNDATION: $500 → 15%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS: $3k → 15%MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $750 → 14%MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 14%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS: $1k → 15%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS: $500 → 15%CONCORDIA PLACE: $20k → 14%CONCORDIA PLACE: $3k → 14%INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESSO LATINO: $1k → 14%IGNITE: $5k → 14%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 14%IGNITE: $5k → 14%IGNITE: $4k → 14%IGNITE: $1k → 14%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$859k · 30 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
23

Total granted

$859k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
0%

Still filing today

50%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $63k · revenue +86%
  • CP
    CONCORDIA PLACE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $23k · revenue +14%
  • I
    IGNITE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -5%
  • AT
    ATHLETES THEY FEAR
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • PE
    Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +140%
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
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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2
You Can Make It

Providing interim housing for men, women and children, social services, homeless services, emergency shelter, and housing in chicago community for the homeless, poor and disadvantaged.

Human Services
3
Ravenswood Community Services Inc

Ravenswood community services ("rcs") operates a food pantry and community kitchen for those in need of emergency food on chicago's north side.

Human Services
4
Iccf Community Homes

Equitable opportunity. affordable homes. thriving neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
5
Christopher House

Christopher house is a family of schools that helps children and families succeed in school, the workplace, and life. through our unique and innovative approach, we are effectively closing the opportunity gap through a continuum of…

Human Services
6
Lakeside Community Committee

To enhance the quality of life for children and families by inspiring hope and empowerment and growth within all whom we serve.

Human Services
7
Greater Chicago Food Depository

The greater chicago food depository is the nonprofit food bank serving cook county. our mission - is to end hunger. we believe food is a basic human right. to achieve our mission, we work in partnership with a network of community-based…

Food & Nutrition
8
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness

Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness (CCH) builds community power and advances racial equity through organizing, advocacy, legal assistance, and education to prevent and end homelessness because housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
9
Iccf Nonprofit Housing Corporation

Equitable opportunity. affordable homes. thriving neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
10
The Affordable Housing Corporation of Lake County

To provide decent, safe and sanitary housing that is affordable to low and moderate-income persons and to stabilize and strengthen communities by improving the local housing stock. the corporation shall administer programs that revitalize…

Human Services
11
Erie Neighborhood House

Erie neighborhood house provides the most comprehensive support to immigrant and low-income families in chicago. our mission is to empower our communitylatinx immigrants alongside individuals and families of all backgroundsthrough…

Human Services
12
Community Health Partnership of Illinois

Strive to improve the health and well being of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and other medically vulnerable populations by providing quality accessable, affordable, and culturally responsive health care within the community we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity Chicago; the most unlike its peers is Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer 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

24 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. 24 of the 59 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY: $528,889 · OtherCHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMYTHE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI INC: $52,782 · OtherTHE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI INC+39 more: $134,878 · Other+39 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $63,427 · Youth DevelopmentCONCORDIA PLACE: $22,500 · Human ServicesIGNITE: $14,750 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC: $4,000 · Human Services+3 more: $2,750 · Human ServicesARTEMPLE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $7,500 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6,500 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $5,500 · Housing & ShelterCITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterCAFE OF LIFE INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $6,505 · Food & NutritionLINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsCHICAGO YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$716,549Youth Development$63,427Human Services$49,000Arts & Culture$47,500Housing & Shelter$19,500Food & Nutrition$6,505Recreation & Sports$2,500

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $63,427 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI INC: $52,782 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetARTEMPLE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCONCORDIA PLACE: $22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIGNITE: $14,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $6,505 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMON PANTRY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAFE OF LIFE INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMichael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $520 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANDREW APPLEGATE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.8% 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 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTEMPLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA PLACE ↗
  • Who funds IGNITE ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMON PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC ↗
  • Who funds Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAFE OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MARILLAC ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR LATINO PROGRESS ↗

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.

Greater Chicago Food …Circle of Service Fou…Jewish Federation of …The Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Leonard J and Irene B…Fifth Third Chicagola…Helen V Brach Foundat…Robert R McCormick Fo…United Way of Metropo…Baird Foundation Inc
Greater Chicago Food DepositoryIL17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Chicago Food Depository · Circle of Service Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Leonard J and Irene Brown Foundation Inc · Fifth Third Chicagoland Foundation · Helen V Brach Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Baird Foundation Inc

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 Patrick a & Mary B O'Neil Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patrick a & Mary B O'Neil Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 59 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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