· Private foundation
The Christopher Bogart & Elizabeth O'Connell 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HACKLEY SCHOOL | $36,160 |
| HISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY | $36,160 |
| DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA | $21,062 |
| NY LEGAL AID SOCIETY | $21,062 |
| IDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE | $11,031 |
| BULLPEN WAY STATION & SANCTUARY LTD | $10,000 |
| CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHACKLEY SCHOOL5× · 2020–2025 · $206k · revenue +7%
- HHHISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY5× · 2020–2025 · $157k · revenue +28%
- TLTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY2× · 2024–2025 · $42k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- TCTHE COLORADO COLLEGEone grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +16%
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.
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.
To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.
Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements
Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
As conservation leaders, the red river zoo connects our community to nature and inspires people to help save species.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 10 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Christopher Bogart & Elizabeth O'Connell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Christopher Bogart & Elizabeth O'Connell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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