Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $386k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $270,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $386k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $137k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $92k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $68k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $130k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $125k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $133k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Archives Foundation | $440,000 | 8 | 2% |
| City Wildlife Inc | $102,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity Church | $38,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Peter Catholic Church | $36,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Resilience Project Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Center for American Progress | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Barnstable Land Trust Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Archives Foundation | $440,000 | 8 | 2% |
| City Wildlife Inc | $102,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity Church | $38,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Peter Catholic Church | $36,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Resilience Project Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Center for American Progress | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Barnstable Land Trust Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Piney Woods School | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Environmental Investigation Agency | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Capitol Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Bhutan Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New England Wildlife Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($378k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family
- How much does The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family give?
- The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family reported 9 grants totaling $386,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Education (30%), Animals (9%).
- Who are The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Archives Foundation ($440k), City Wildlife Inc ($103k), Sandy Hook Promise Foundation ($43k).
- Does The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family based?
- The Elva & Lawrence O'Brien Family is based in DC.
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