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The O'Neal Foundation Inc at a glance

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The O'Neal 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.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.2MArts & Culture$185kHealth$133kRecreation & Sports$62kHousing & Shelter$25kHuman Services$20kPhilanthropy$3kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $109k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC$32,500
MASTERS TOURNAMENT FOUNDATION INC$25,000
METROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION$20,000
ABRAHAM IN MOTION$16,500
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC$15,000
CROHNS & COLITIS FOUNDATION$5,000
THE PUBLIC ART FUND$4,800
MIAMI CITY BALLET INC$3,000
NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC$2,500
AMERICAN BALLET THEATER$2,400
THE SHIELD INSTITUTE$2,000
THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $10k → 13%ABRAHAM IN MOTION: $17k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $35k → 17%ABRAHAM IN MOTION: $13k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%ABRAHAM IN MOTION: $5k → 17%THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $2k → 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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 13 repeat orgs$291k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$1.4M
$233k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+8%

Still filing today

92%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PU
    PACE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +24%
  • AI
    Abraham In Motion Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $89k · revenue +31%
  • MS
    MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • BARNARD COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +16%
  • LE
    LOTUS ENDOWMENT FUND INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -68%
  • TS
    THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM
    one grant, 2018 · $13k · revenue 0%
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 Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Institute of Fine Arts Foundation

Supports the nyu institute of fine arts, a division of the nyu graduate school of arts and science; which is devoted to graduate teaching and research in the history of art and archeology and the conservation of works of art.

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5
Lubovitch Dance Foundation Inc

Creation, teaching and performance of contemporary dance

Arts & Culture
6
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc

The general purpose of the organization is to promote chamber music concerts to the general public.

Arts & Culture
7
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
8
San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation

The san francisco ballet endowment foundation was established in 1980 and in 1981 made its first distribution to the san francisco ballet association (the association), a california nonprofit public benefit corporation. (see schedule o)…

Arts & Culture
9
Boston Ballet Inc

The heart of Boston Ballet is the human experience. Through our living and breathing art, we forge human connections-between artist and attendee, teacher and trainee, friend and newcomer, one's outer and inner self. Dance history is human…

Arts & Culture
10
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc

Alvin ailey dance foundation's mission is to further the pioneering vision of the choreographer, dancer, and cultural leader alvin ailey by building an extended cultural community which provides dance performances, training and education,…

Arts & Culture
11
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc

To encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations.

Arts & Culture
12
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Public Art Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Masters Tournament Foundation 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

30 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. 30 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PACE UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · EducationPACE UNIVERSITYBARNARD COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationBARNARD COLLEGELONG ISLAND CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $74,500 · EducationLONG ISLAND CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC+2 more: $5,600 · EducationAbraham In Motion Inc: $89,000 · Human ServicesAbraham I…HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNET…THE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE RIVER…+1 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $12,500 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $5,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $8,100 · Arts & CultureMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthMETROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $16,500 · OtherCARE INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE JOYCE THEATRE: $7,500 · OtherTHE BASS: $5,000 · OtherPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $4,800 · OtherTHE COMMON GOOD FORUM INC: $2,500 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LES ETES DE LA DANSE INC: $2,500 · OtherTHE SHIELD INSTITUTE: $2,000 · OtherFLANZER TRUST: $2,000 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,225 · Other+3 more: $2,950 · OtherMASTERS TOURNAMENT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyLOTUS ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$1,230,100Human Services$145,500Arts & Culture$94,600Health$83,500Other$57,975Philanthropy$25,500Housing & Shelter$25,000

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 budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAbraham In Motion Inc: $89,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLONG ISLAND CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $74,500 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLOTUS ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVER FUND NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEXCELLENCE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMON GOOD FORUM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LES ETES DE LA DANSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX INC: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Oxalosis & Hyperoxaluria Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOATHOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 2y, 0.5% 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY19.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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'Neal Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The O'Neal Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 37 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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