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The Joseph D Obrien III Memorial 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.

$538k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

International$2.6MHuman Services$310kFood & Nutrition$225kYouth Development$200kRecreation & Sports$130kReligion$99kEducation$41kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $250
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $163k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $375k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER$200,000
THE OTTAWA YMCA$100,000
THE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION$75,000
OCALA INTL HORSE SHOW INC$35,000
IGNATION SPIRITUALITY PROJECT$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
CONGAREE FOUNDATION$25,000
UNITED PROF HORSEMEN'S ASSOC FOUND$20,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY$12,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$11,000
THE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUND$10,000
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$250
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $11k → 11%CONGAREE FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%YOUTH AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER: $200k → 13%OCALA INTL HORSE SHOW INC: $35k → 16%THE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION: $150k → 17%ARPHA: $3k → 9%FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: $12k → 7%THE LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUND: $10k → 8%IGNATION SPIRITUALITY PROJECT: $25k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%THE OTTAWA YMCA: $200k → 15%MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT INC: $2.6M → 23%AMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE &: $25k → 15%IMMACULATA CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $30k → 15%CONGAREE FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%THE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION: $75k → 17%FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: $12k → 7%IGNATION SPIRITUALITY PROJECT: $25k → 14%THE OTTAWA YMCA: $100k → 15%AMERICAN SADDLEBRED HORSE &: $25k → 15%CONGAREE FOUNDATION: $25k → 16%IGNATION SPIRITUALITY PROJECT: $25k → 14%UNITED PROF HORSEMEN'S ASSOC FOUND: $20k → 15%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

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NY
CO
MO
KY
MD
LA
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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$749k · 6 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
5

Total granted

$749k
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+117%

Still filing today

50%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $276k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • YO
    YMCA OF OTTAWA ILLINOIS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $300k · revenue -37%
  • TH
    THE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $225k · revenue 0% · 55% of their budget
  • CF
    Congaree Foundation
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • MS
    MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2.6M
  • IC
    Immaculata Classical Academy Incgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue +117%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOME ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
Oconee Christian Academy

Oconee Christian Academy exists to glorify God by nurturing students and equipping them to fulfill God's unique purpose for their lives.

Education
2
Ohio Alliance of Ymca's

We are a grassroots driven and governed organization that advocates and educates on behalf of the YMCAs and its mission, upholding the four core YMCA values of caring, honestly, respect, and responsibility. The Alliance also fosters…

Community Improvement
3
Testicular Cancer Society

The organization's primary purpose is to provide increased awareness about testicular cancer, provide education and resources for testicular cancer patients and survivors and to provide aid and support of research and testing related to…

Health
4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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5
Olympic Club Foundation

Our mission is to financially support programs which share our belief that participation in organized athletics enriches young lives and develops future community leaders.

Religion
6
International Surfing Association Inc

To develop and promote the sport of surfing globally. the organization is recognized by the international olympic committee as the world governing authority for surfing, standup paddle (sup) surfing and racing, and all other wave riding…

Recreation & Sports
7
Ucf Athletics Association Inc

To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.

Education
8
Olympus Aquatics

Olympus aquatics was organized to promote aquatic and fitness activities, such as competitive youth swimming, masters swimming and water polo. we currently have over 300 athletes participating in our programs. the number of athletes served…

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9
United States Anti-Doping Agency

Preserve the integrity of competition, inspire true sport, protect the rights of u.s. athletes

Recreation & Sports
10
Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

The broad mission of the ASCSA has remained constant over its distinguished history: teaching research archaeological exploration publication and dissemination of research. Founded in 1881 the ASCSA provides graduate students and scholars…

Arts & Culture
11
United States Tennis Association- Middle States Section

The org. is a section of the united states tennis assoc. and is dedicated to carrying out the goals of the national assoc. within its region, particularly with respect to promoting tennis opportunities for juniors and adults of all…

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12
Teen Cancer America Inc

The mission of teen cancer america is to increase survival and improve the lives of adolescents and young adults with cancer by transforming health systems to better serve their needs.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ymca of Ottawa Illinois; the most unlike its peers is Immaculata Classical Academy Inc. 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

8 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. 8 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
3/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT INC: $2,608,000 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT INCYMCA OF OTTAWA ILLINOIS: $300,000 · OtherYMCA OF OTTAWA ILLINOISYOUTH AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER OF BROWARD: $200,000 · OtherYOUTH AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER OF BROWARD+8 more: $192,500 · Other+8 moreTHE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION: $225,000 · Food & NutritionCongaree Foundation: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentImmaculata Classical Academy Inc: $30,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $11,000 · EducationOcala International Horse Show Inc: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $250 · Health
Other$3,300,500Food & Nutrition$225,000Youth Development$75,000Education$41,000Recreation & Sports$35,000Health$250

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 budgetYMCA OF OTTAWA ILLINOIS: $300,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 2y, 55% of budgetYOUTH AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER OF BROWARD: $200,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCongaree Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetOcala International Horse Show Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 YMCA OF OTTAWA ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds THE HEART THAT GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER OF BROWARD ↗
  • Who funds Congaree Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Ocala International Horse Show Inc ↗
  • Who funds Immaculata Classical Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗

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
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 Joseph D Obrien III Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph D Obrien III Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 17 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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