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The Donald and Carol O'Connell Family Foundation at a glance

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The Donald and Carol O'Connell Family 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
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 2025.

Health$182kAnimals$130kHuman Services$70kScience & Tech$20kEnvironment$20kEducation$20kCrime & Legal$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$927k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MJC LEGACY FOUNDATION$20,000
CHILDREN & FAMILY RESOURCES CENTER$20,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
IA
PA
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
FL
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$247k · 5 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +178% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
13

Total granted

$247k
$215k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+178%
+47%

Still filing today

80%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PA
    PIPERS ANGELS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $80k · revenue +178%
  • TE
    THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $60k · revenue -6%
  • BD
    BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +229%

Funded once

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +83%
  • AS
    AUTISM SPEAKS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -21%
  • MK
    MISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +85%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
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
5
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
6
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
7
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
10
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
11
Lungevity Foundation Inc

Lungevity's vision is a world where no one dies of lung cancer. lungevity foundation is firmly committed to making an immediate impact on increasing quality-of-life and survivorship of people with lung cancer by accelerating research into…

Health
12
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

13 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. 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PIPERS ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · HealthPIPERS ANGELS FOUNDATION INCTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $22,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $20,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INCAmerican Diabetes Association: $20,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes AssociationAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCCHILDREN & FAMILY RESOURCES CENTER: $40,000 · OtherCHILDREN & FAMILY RESOURCES CENT…MJC LEGACY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherMJC LEGACY FOUNDATIONTEQUESTA FRIENDS OF PUBLIC SAFTEY: $20,000 · OtherTEQUESTA FRIENDS OF PUBLIC SAFTE…BLUE RIDGE HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE HUMANE SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · OtherTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $60,000 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY I…BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $45,000 · AnimalsBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INCCARE LOVE GIVE INC: $4,740 · AnimalsSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $20,000 · Crime & LegalGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $20,000 · Science & TechWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Health$162,000Other$145,000Animals$109,740Education$20,000Crime & Legal$20,000Philanthropy$20,000Science & Tech$20,000Human Services$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPIPERS ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCARE LOVE GIVE INC: $4,740 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Donald and Carol O'Connell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donald and Carol O'Connell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report 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 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-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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