Virginia · Private foundation
The Geary-OHara 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.
- $245k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Geary-OHara Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $245k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $263k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $260k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $260k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $291k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $302k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $285k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $184k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doorways for Women and Families Inc | $275,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Arlington Free Clinic Inc | $241,308 | 9 | 1% |
| Friends of the Guest House Inc | $200,000 | 6 | 2% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Signature Theatre Inc | $145,505 | 9 | 0% |
| Arlington Thrive | $122,500 | 9 | 2% |
| PathForward Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alliance For Housing Solutions | $95,000 | 6 | 20% |
| Oligo Nation | $37,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Credit Union Foundation of Md & DC | $30,000 | 3 | 10% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doorways for Women and Families Inc | $275,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Arlington Free Clinic Inc | $241,308 | 9 | 1% |
| Friends of the Guest House Inc | $200,000 | 6 | 2% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Signature Theatre Inc | $145,505 | 9 | 0% |
| Arlington Thrive | $122,500 | 9 | 2% |
| PathForward Inc | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alliance For Housing Solutions | $95,000 | 6 | 20% |
| Oligo Nation | $37,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Credit Union Foundation of Md & DC | $30,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gunsdown Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Kent School | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($799k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Geary-OHara Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Washington Forrest Foundation · Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc · Arlington Community Foundation · Venable Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Bergstrom Foundation Inc · Act for Alexandria · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The Geary-OHara Family Foundation
- How much does The Geary-OHara Family Foundation give?
- The Geary-OHara Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $245,162 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Geary-OHara Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (20%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are The Geary-OHara Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Doorways for Women and Families Inc ($275k), Arlington Free Clinic Inc ($241k), Friends of the Guest House Inc ($200k).
- Does The Geary-OHara Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Geary-OHara Family Foundation 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 Geary-OHara Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Washington Forrest Foundation, Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Geary-OHara Family Foundation based?
- The Geary-OHara Family Foundation is based in VA.
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