Michigan · Private foundation
The O'Neill Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $695k
- Granted FY2021
- 32
- Grants FY2021
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 52
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 34% of the organizations The O'Neill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 32 | $695k | 34% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $29k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $30k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $39k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 49 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| South Oakland Shelter | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Heat and Warmth Fund | $27,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Seven Ponds Nature Center Inc | $27,350 | 4 | 0% |
| Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit Michigan | $27,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $26,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Michigan Animal Rescue League | $26,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Linked Hearts | $25,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 36 grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($393k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The O'Neill Foundation 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · The Barton Malow Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Molinello Family Foundation · Ralph L & Winifred E Polk Foundation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Ford Philanthropy
How this is measured
About The O'Neill Foundation
- How much does The O'Neill Foundation give?
- The O'Neill Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $694,750 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The O'Neill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (17%), Health (13%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The O'Neill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ($28k), Forgotten Harvest Inc ($28k), Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan ($28k).
- Does The O'Neill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The O'Neill Foundation 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 O'Neill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, United Way for Southeastern Michigan, The Barton Malow Foundation.
- Where is The O'Neill Foundation based?
- The O'Neill Foundation is based in MI.
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