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Paul S Oman Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Paul S Oman Charitable Trust

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.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
$2,518
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHURCH OF ST JOAN OF ARC IN MINN$45,057
GREATER MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL$5,035
DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS$5,035
CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT$5,035
FRIENDS OF ANIMAL ADOPTIONS INC$5,035
URBAN HOMEWORKS INC$5,035
FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER$5,035
UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES$2,518
SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC$2,518
TWIN CITIES RIVER RATS$2,518
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS TWIN CITIES$2,518
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$1,678
AMERICAN REFUGE COMMITTEE$1,678
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$1,678
UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC$1,678
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 (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $5k → 15%SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $3k → 11%UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES: $3k → 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 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
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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2
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans

Minnesota assistance council for veterans (macv) is dedicated to a mission to end veteran homelessness in minnesota. macv provides services to veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness throughout minnesota in areas of housing,…

Employment
6
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary

The disabled american veterans auxiliary and its membership are organized for the betterment and improvement of the lives of the nation's disabled veterans and their families and for cooperation with all patriotic organizations and…

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7
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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8
Avivo

Avivo increases well-being through recovery and career advancement while working to end homelessness.

Human Services
9
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
10
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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11
Usaging

Usaging represents & supports the national network of area agencies on aging & advocates for the title vi native american aging programs that help older adults & people with disabilities live with optimal health, well-being, independence &…

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12
National Cable Satellite Corporation

Provide the public access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of both houses of the us congress, and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided - all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Twin City River Rats. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 17 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
4/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF ST JOAN OF ARC IN MINN: $45,057 · OtherCHURCH OF ST JOAN OF ARC IN MINNGREATER MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL: $5,035 · OtherGREATER MINNEAPOLIS COUNCILBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS TWIN CITIES: $2,518 · OtherTHE TWIN CITY RIVER RATS: $2,518 · Other+3 more: $5,034 · Other+3 moreCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $5,035 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN A…UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $2,518 · Human ServicesUNION GOSPE…SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,518 · Human ServicesSHARING AND…DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $5,035 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF ANIMAL ADOPTIONS INC: $5,035 · AnimalsHOUSING IN ACTION INC: $5,035 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: $5,035 · EnvironmentFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,678 · InternationalALIGHT: $1,678 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,678 · International
Other$60,162Human Services$10,071Arts & Culture$5,035Animals$5,035Housing & Shelter$5,035Environment$5,035International$5,034

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF ANIMAL ADOPTIONS INC: $5,035 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $5,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: $5,035 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $2,518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $1,678 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,678 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $1,678 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.

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 17 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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