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The O'Grady Foundation Inc at a glance

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The O'Grady Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$244k
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.4MEducation$610kCivil Rights$90kHuman Services$47kEnvironment$30kHealth$24kRecreation & Sports$17kScience & Tech$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k42 grants · $99k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $145k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW MUSEUM$32,500
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$25,000
NY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS$16,000
RIVER VALLEY ARTS CENTER$15,000
THE FEMINIST INSTITUTE$15,000
THE BRIGID ALLIANCE$10,800
CREATIVE CAPITAL$10,667
VOTERIDERS$10,325
MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM$10,000
ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM$7,500
LINCOLN CENTER$6,500
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$5,500
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$5,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NATIONAL THEATER$5,225
THE PUBLIC THEATER$4,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $81k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CREATIVE CAPITAL: $14k → 17%CREATIVE CAPITAL: $11k → 17%CREATIVE CAPITAL: $5k → 17%CREATIVE CAPITAL: $3k → 17%CREATIVE CAPITAL: $1k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $26k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $11k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $4k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $3k → 17%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

VT
WA
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 68 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

68 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

68
36

Total granted

$2.2M
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+17%

Still filing today

74%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • SM
    SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $371k · revenue +47%
  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    6× · 2020–2025 · $162k · revenue +69%
  • TA
    THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $137k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • GI
    GOVERNORS ISLAND CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +124%
  • AI
    ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -16%
  • TN
    THE NORWALK ART SPACE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue -17%
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
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
4
Berggruen Institute
Education
5
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
6
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
7
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
8
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
9
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
10
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
11
The Studio Museum in Harlem

The studio museum in harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of african descent - as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by african culture - past and present; through its exhibitions,…

Arts & Culture
12
Apex Art Curatorial Program Inc

Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Artistic Activism Inc; the most unlike its peers is Akf Foundation for Culture and Environment. 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

80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 109 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/80
Grantees still filing
58/80
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $162,444 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: $136,700 · Arts & CultureTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INCNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $122,500 · Arts & CultureNew Museum of Contemporary ArtRIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INC: $57,500 · Arts & CultureRIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INCMuseum of Modern Art: $53,300 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $35,563 · Arts & CultureINDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL: $32,700 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+35 more: $215,961 · Arts & Culture+35 moreSAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY: $371,000 · EducationSAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITYMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $228,000 · EducationMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGEThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $27,500 · Education+6 more: $26,731 · EducationNY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: $139,700 · OtherNY FOUNDATION FOR THE ART…EYEBEAM ART TECHNOLOGY CENTER: $101,432 · OtherEYEBEAM ART TECHNOLOGY CE…RIVER VALLEY ARTS CENTER: $35,596 · OtherRIVER VALLEY ARTS CENTERMETROPOLITAN OPERA: $34,500 · OtherMETROPOLITAN OPERAAKF FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT: $25,000 · Other+43 more: $166,939 · Other+43 moreVOTERIDERS: $67,304 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVISM INC: $17,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $12,676 · Civil Rights+1 more: $2,065 · Civil RightsTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $43,170 · Human ServicesCREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $32,867 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5,150 · Human ServicesTFI DIGITAL ARCHIVE: $45,000 · Social ScienceTHE EYEBEAM ATELIER INC: $42,669 · Employment
Arts & Culture$846,668Education$653,231Other$503,167Civil Rights$99,545Human Services$81,187Social Science$45,000Employment$42,669

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 budgetSAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY: $371,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE: $228,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $162,444 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM INC: $136,700 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $122,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVOTERIDERS: $67,304 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INC: $57,500 over 3y, 26% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $53,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTFI DIGITAL ARCHIVE: $45,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $43,170 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EYEBEAM ATELIER INC: $42,669 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $35,563 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $32,867 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL: $32,700 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAKF FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT: $25,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Bronx Museum of the Arts: $21,447 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVISM INC: $17,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC: $14,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $14,316 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $12,676 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUSF RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $11,957 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElevator Repair Service Theater Inc: $10,644 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGOVERNORS ISLAND CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $8,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NORWALK ART SPACE INC: $8,300 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $8,264 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY INC: $7,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLAY PRODUCTION COMPANY INC: $6,150 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,753 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRATTLEBORO MUSEUM & ART CENTERINC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC NATURE COAST INC: $5,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHARON LAND TRUST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $4,463 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $4,212 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $3,873 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $3,750 over 3y, 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.

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.

The Ford FoundationThe Andrew W Mellon F…The Andy Warhol Found…Ag FoundationThe Cowles Charitable…The Laurie M Tisch Fo…Arison Arts FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Cornelia T Bailey Cha…Rockefeller Brothers …Jewish Communal FundThe Howard Gilman Fou…
The Ford FoundationNY24.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Ag Foundation · The Cowles Charitable Trust · The Laurie M Tisch Foundation Inc · Arison Arts Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Howard Gilman Foundation 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 O'Grady Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The O'Grady Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Brattleboro Museum & Art Centerinc: 1% of income from government
  • The Norwalk Art Space Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Arc Nature Coast Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 109 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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