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The O'Neill Foundation at a glance

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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
2
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Housing & Shelter$141kHealth$109kHuman Services$107kEducation$104kFood & Nutrition$84kReligion$73kAnimals$68kArts & Culture$33kOther$0
02FY2021 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $688k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$35,000
ST PATRICKS SCHOOL$27,000
SEVEN PONDS NATURE CENTER$25,250
SOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER$25,000
SALVATION ARMY ECHO GROVE CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER$25,000
LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND$25,000
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$25,000
REDFORD THEATER$25,000
THAW FUND$25,000
ADRIAN DOMINICAN SISTERS$25,000
MICHIGAN VETERANS FOUNDATION$25,000
DETROIT RESCUE MISSION$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENNA$25,000
DETROIT GOODFELLOWS$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WINGS OF MERCY: $500 → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $500 → 8%WERTZ WARRIORS: $2k → 10%WINGS OF MERCY: $500 → 8%WINGS OF MERCY: $500 → 8%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 8%ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $500 → 8%ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $500 → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $500 → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $500 → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $500 → 8%HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN: $500 → 8%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

WA
MI
NY
NV
CA
UT
VA
NM
TN
GA
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$622k · 52 repeat orgs$209k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2021, 31 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
18

Total granted

$622k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+21%

Still filing today

48%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • DR
    Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
    5× · 2017–2021 · $28k · revenue +20%
  • FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $28k · revenue +12%
  • SO
    SOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER
    5× · 2017–2021 · $28k · revenue +410%

Funded once

  • SO
    ST OWENS COMMUNITY HELP
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • MC
    Motor City Theatre Organ Society Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +3%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
2
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
3
Organ Procurement Agency of Michigan

We honor life through donation.

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4
Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan

Expressing God's love by reaching out to the hurting and homeless of the Great Lakes Bay Region by providing shelter and care, proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, and establishing Christian disciples among disadvantaged people.

Housing & Shelter
5
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
6
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
7
Wings of Hope Hospice & Palliative Care Inc

Hospice care - wings of hope hospice and palliative care, inc. provides compassionate care in the later stages of life and support through the grief experience for individuals and families.

Human Services
8
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
9
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

—
10
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
11
Mymichigan Medical Group

Creating healthy communities - together

Health
12
Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Inc

Our mission is to assist our affiliates to increase capacity to build simple decent homes in partnership with people in need in the State of Michigan.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heat and Warmth Fund; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 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

33 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. 33 of the 81 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
25/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $37,500 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $28,500 · OtherREDFORD THEATER: $28,000 · OtherCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN: $28,000 · OtherTHE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND: $27,500 · OtherST VINCENT DEPAUL: $27,500 · OtherST PATRICKS SCHOOL: $27,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $27,000 · OtherGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $26,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMY ECHO GROVE CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER: $26,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: $26,000 · OtherLINKED HEARTS: $25,500 · OtherMichigan Veterans Foundations Inc: $25,500 · OtherROEPER CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · OtherADRIAN DOMINICAN SISTERS: $25,000 · OtherSAINT CATHERINE OF SIENNA: $25,000 · OtherOLD NEWSBOYS GOODFELLOW FUND OF DETROIT MICHIGAN: $27,000 · OtherCarriage Town Ministries: $25,000 · Other+44 more: $110,000 · Other+44 moreFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $28,000 · Food & NutritionGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $28,000 · Food & NutritionSOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER: $28,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $28,000 · HealthTHE RAINBOW CONNECTION: $2,000 · HealthCOMMON GROUND: $1,600 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25,000 · Human ServicesHospice of Michigan Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesWINGS OF MERCY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesWERTZ WARRIORS: $1,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $26,500 · AnimalsDETROIT DOG RESCUE: $2,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,100 · AnimalsSEVEN PONDS NATURE CENTER INC: $27,350 · EnvironmentLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $2,000 · Environment
Other$597,500Food & Nutrition$56,000Housing & Shelter$53,000Health$33,600Human Services$31,500Animals$29,600Environment$29,350

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 budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $28,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER: $28,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND: $27,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSEVEN PONDS NATURE CENTER INC: $27,350 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOLD NEWSBOYS GOODFELLOW FUND OF DETROIT MICHIGAN: $27,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $26,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $26,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetMichigan Veterans Foundations Inc: $25,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCarriage Town Ministries: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetROEPER CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAINBOW CONNECTION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT DOG RESCUE: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Michigan Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWINGS OF MERCY INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON GROUND: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS FOR YOUTH: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMotor City Theatre Organ Society Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWERTZ WARRIORS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD MEDICAL RELIEF INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBATTERED WOMENS SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAREHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 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 Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH OAKLAND SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds THE HEAT AND WARMTH FUND ↗
  • Who funds SEVEN PONDS NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD NEWSBOYS GOODFELLOW FUND OF DETROIT MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Veterans Foundations Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds Carriage Town Ministries ↗
  • Who funds ROEPER CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE RAINBOW CONNECTION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …United Way for Southe…The Barton Malow Foun…United Jewish Foundat…DTE Energy FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …The Kresge FoundationMolinello Family Foun…Ralph L & Winifred E …Phillip and Elizabeth…Harry a and Margaret …Ford Philanthropy
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI26.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report 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 81 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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