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The Grace Curtis & Priscilla O'Hara Foundation Inc

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.

$393k
Granted FY2024still arriving
50
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$78k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$614kPhilanthropy$542kHealth$196kInternational$185kHousing & Shelter$133kFood & Nutrition$86kEducation$69kArts & Culture$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k39 grants · $138k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $177k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $78k
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Curtis-O'Hara Foundation$78,000
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation$27,000
MAP International$20,000
Samaritan's Purse$20,000
Tunnels to Towers Foundation$20,000
Semper Fi & America's Fund$20,000
Remote Area Medical Foundation$20,000
Mercy Ships$15,000
Doctors Without Borders USA$15,000
One World Children's Fund$10,000
Cape Eleuthera Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$9,950
So Others Might Eat$9,000
Middle Georgia Community Food Bank$8,000
Mustard Seed Communities$5,500
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 (FY17–24, $417k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%Guiding Eyes For The Blind: $5k → 9%Puppies Behind Bars: $5k → 17%CAPITAL CARING: $3k → 6%Mercy Chefs: $5k → 20%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%Puppies Behind Bars: $4k → 17%CAPITAL CARING: $3k → 6%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $4k → 17%CAPITAL CARING: $3k → 6%National Education For Assistance Dog Services: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $3k → 17%CAPITAL CARING: $3k → 6%National Education For Assistance Dog Services: $5k → 11%Guiding Eyes For The Blind: $5k → 9%CAPITAL CARING: $3k → 6%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY: $5k → 8%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY: $3k → 8%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $37k → 7%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE DOG SERVICES: $5k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $27k → 7%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $3k → 4%The Women's Center of Wake County: $5k → 8%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $27k → 7%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $3k → 4%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $27k → 7%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $3k → 4%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $27k → 7%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $3k → 4%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $27k → 7%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $3k → 4%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $27k → 7%MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $27k → 7%COALITION FOR COURAGE: $3k → 7%COALITION FOR COURAGE: $3k → 7%Pine Street Inn: $3k → 16%COALITION FOR COURAGE: $3k → 7%COALITION FOR COURAGE: $3k → 7%COALITION FOR COURAGE: $3k → 7%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
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
GA
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 70 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

70 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
17

Total granted

$1.7M
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+59%

Still filing today

71%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterInternationalFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • MC
    MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $226k · revenue +7%
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $160k · revenue +56%
  • Mercy Ships International
    4× · 2021–2024 · $60k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • NE
    NEW ENGLAND SHELTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • MV
    MARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue -50%
  • EE
    EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
2
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
3
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
4
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
5
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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6
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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7
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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8
National Church Residences At Home Health and Wellness Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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9
Mercy for Animals Inc

Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free…

Animals
10
Montgomery Hospice Inc

To gentle the journey through serious illness and loss with skill and compassion. to bring comfort by providing compassionate, professional care to community residents who are facing serious illness and loss. to provide dignity for the…

Human Services
11
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
12
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is World Peace Game Foundation. 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

68 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. 68 of the 97 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/68
Grantees still filing
53/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Curtis-O'Hara Foundation: $158,450 · OtherCurtis-O'Hara FoundationTHE G CURTIS & P O'HARA FOUNDATION CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $152,725 · OtherTHE G CURTIS & P O'HARA FOUNDATION CHARITABLE GI…Remote Area Medical Foundation: $94,000 · OtherRemote Area Medical FoundationSOME INC: $46,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $35,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $30,500 · OtherNATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC: $45,000 · Other+50 more: $318,450 · Other+50 moreMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $226,000 · Human ServicesMARINE CORPS HERITAGE F…NEADS INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesNEADS INCGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BL…PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $20,500 · Human ServicesCoalition for Courage Inc: $17,500 · Human ServicesPINE STREET INN INC: $14,500 · Human Services+10 more: $61,000 · Human Services+10 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $231,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INV…SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $160,000 · HealthSEMPER FI &…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,800 · HealthST JUDE CHI…BELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,500 · HealthCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Health+3 more: $11,000 · Health+3 moreMercy Ships International: $60,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 · InternationalCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalMAP International Inc: $20,000 · InternationalMUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC: $5,500 · International+1 more: $3,500 · InternationalVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S PLACE INC: $14,500 · Housing & ShelterATHENS AREA HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $13,500 · Housing & ShelterCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK OF MA INC: $8,500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $7,250 · EducationWorld Peace Game Foundation: $5,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · Education
Other$880,125Human Services$419,500Community Improvement$231,000Health$201,800International$154,000Housing & Shelter$85,000Education$68,750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $231,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $226,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $160,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $46,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC: $45,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNEADS INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $30,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $20,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAP International Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Courage Inc: $17,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $17,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE GEORGIA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $14,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $14,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Hospice: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetATHENS AREA HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $13,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWOMENS CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $13,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $12,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOne World Childrens Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK OF MA INC: $8,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetExtra Special People Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEDFIELD FOOD CUPBOARD: $7,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $7,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Peace Game Foundation: $5,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDFIELD ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetOPERATION HELO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS FOR SENIORS: $5,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetUNITY FARM SANCTUARY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEASHES OF VALOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED THROUGH READING: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF MASS INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEADS INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds VIETNAM VETERANS WORKSHOP INC DBA NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds MAP International Inc ↗
  • Who funds Coalition for Courage Inc ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FOR TOMORROW-NEW LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE GEORGIA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds MAUI FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
  • Who funds Capital Hospice ↗
  • Who funds ATHENS AREA HOMELESS SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CARPENTER'S SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds One World Childrens Fund ↗

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.

American Tower Corporation Foundation IncMA17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Carmax Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Donors Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Grace Curtis & Priscilla O'Hara Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Grace Curtis & Priscilla O'Hara Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Bridges Outreach Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Medfield Food Cupboard: 6% of income from government
  • New Life Furniture Bank of Ma Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • National Braille Press Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Capital Hospice: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 97 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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