New York · Private foundation
The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc
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.
- $243k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 11 | $243k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $195k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $180k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $203k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $190k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers Partners in Education Inc | $160,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Neighbors Link Corp | $97,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Center of Northern Westchester Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westhab Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| El Centro Hispano Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Feeding Westchester Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Service Society of Yonkers | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hudson River Museum of Westchester | $70,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonkers Partners in Education Inc | $160,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Neighbors Link Corp | $97,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Center of Northern Westchester Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westhab Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| El Centro Hispano Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Feeding Westchester Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Service Society of Yonkers | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hudson River Museum of Westchester | $70,000 | 5 | 1% |
| STEM Alliance of Larchmont- Mamaroneck Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lifting Up Westchester Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hebrew Free Loan Society Inc | $58,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Westchester Children's Association Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Groundwork Hudson Valley Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Green Chimneys Children's Service | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Community Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guidance Center of Westchester Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| My Sisters Place Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc 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 New York Community Trust · St Faith's House Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Pcsb Community Foundation · United Way of Westchester and Putnam · Field Hall Foundation · The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation · Mbia Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Phelps Community Foundation Inc · Impact100 Westchester Inc · The New York and Presbyterian Hospital
How this is measured
Compare The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc with peer funders
About The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc
- How much does The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc give?
- The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $243,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (38%), Education (19%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Yonkers Partners in Education Inc ($160k), Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc ($100k), Neighbors Link Corp ($98k).
- Does The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc 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 Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, St Faith's House Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc based?
- The Lorraine O'Brien Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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