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The O'Shea Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
56
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$700k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Philanthropy$7.4MEducation$1.4MHuman Services$412kInternational$368kHealth$350kHousing & Shelter$165kReligion$147kYouth Development$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 56 grants below total $2,136,400 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,826,400 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $690,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $783k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $350k
  • $250k+2 grants · $950k
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund$700,000
Fordham University$250,000
Charity Navigator$50,000
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$50,000
Fordham University$50,000
Steer for Student Athletes Inc$50,000
Cristo Rey New York High School$50,000
St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital$50,000
TechnoServe$50,000
BuildOn$40,000
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity$35,000
City Year Inc$35,000
The Bottom Line Inc$35,000
Scholarship America Inc$35,000
The Armory Foundation$35,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.1M · 41 repeat orgs$410k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +14% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

41 repeat relationships — 40 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
29

Total granted

$3.1M
$333k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+7%

Still filing today

76%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FU
    Fordham University
    3× · 2022–2024 · $864k · revenue +15%
  • CN
    Charity Navigator
    4× · 2019–2024 · $170k · revenue +105%
  • BUILDON INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $148k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue +7%
  • BW
    Bob Woodruff Family Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • NY
    New York Presbyterian Hospital
    one grant, 2023 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc and the most unlike its peers is Promisek Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Education Equity InitiativesVeteran Support ServicesChildhood Cancer SupportYouth Sports ProgramsUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Hospital SystemsYmca Community CentersChristian Outreach Ministri…Domestic Violence and Sexua…Pregnancy Support CentersCollege Foundation SupportVolunteer Fire & RescueFaith-Based Senior LivingPrivate Grantmaking Foundat…Jewish Community Federations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%28%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%2%10–20yr16%10%20–35yr13%74%35–55yr16%14%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/66
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,499

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

57 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 57 of the 82 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
35/57
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $7,100,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+1 more — $70,000 · Community ImprovementFordham University — $863,500 · EducationFordham Univ…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $80,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILL…CRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL — $75,000 · EducationCRISTO REY N…THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FO…SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC — $60,000 · Education+2 more — $10,500 · EducationWYCKOFF FAMILY YMCA — $130,800 · OtherWYCKOFF FAMIL…THE ARMORY FOUNDATION — $70,000 · OtherTHE ARMORY FO…Scholarship America Inc — $70,000 · OtherScholarship A…FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE …CITY YEAR INC — $70,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCUNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY — $60,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA — $55,000 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES — $55,000 · OtherBob Woodruff Family Foundation — $50,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $47,500 · OtherHope For The Warriors — $55,000 · OtherNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 · Other+42 more — $450,113 · Other+42 moreBUILDON INC — $147,500 · InternationalTECHNOSERVE INC — $85,000 · InternationalBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION — $70,000 · InternationalCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC — $55,000 · International+1 more — $10,000 · InternationalCharity Navigator — $170,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE — $75,000 · Human ServicesRENEW LIFE CENTER INC — $17,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY INC — $11,000 · Human Services+2 more — $5,025 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $90,000 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC — $60,000 · HealthTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · HealthChristian Health Care Center — $45,000 · HealthHUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WESTCHESTER INC — $15,000 · Health+2 more — $9,000 · HealthSTEER FOR STUDENT ATHLETES INC — $100,000 · Youth Development
Community Improvement$7,170,000Education$1,154,000Other$1,243,413International$367,500Human Services$278,025Health$269,000Youth Development$100,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $7,100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University — $863,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator — $170,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBUILDON INC — $147,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWYCKOFF FAMILY YMCA — $130,800 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTEER FOR STUDENT ATHLETES INC — $100,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTECHNOSERVE INC — $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL — $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ARMORY FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC — $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY — $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHope For The Warriors — $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC — $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChristian Health Care Center — $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEVERAL SOURCES SHELTERS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $18,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRENEW LIFE CENTER INC — $17,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetTHE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetONE MIND FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WESTCHESTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCORNERSTONE PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJULIA'S BUTTERFLY FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetRARE VILLAGE FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBERGEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC — $5,400 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE MARFAN FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF RIDGEWOOD NEW JERSEY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROMISEK INCORPORATED — $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTour De Force Bike Ride Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Columbia Bank Foundat…Verizon FoundationJewish Communal FundCommunity Foundation …Serviam Foundation IncTable to Table IncThe Pfizer Foundation…The Bessemer Giving F…Charities Aid Foundat…Mutual of America Fou…The New York Communit…The Goldman Sachs Cha…
Columbia Bank FoundationNJ24.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbia Bank Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Serviam Foundation Inc · Table to Table Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Mutual of America Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 82 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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