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The O'Shea Family Foundation at a glance

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The O'Shea Family Foundation

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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$700k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$7.4MEducation$1.4MHuman Services$412kInternational$368kHealth$350kHousing & Shelter$165kReligion$147kYouth Development$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 57 grants below total $2,161,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,826,400 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $665,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $808k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $350k
  • $250k+2 grants · $950k
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund$700,000
Fordham University$250,000
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$50,000
TechnoServe$50,000
Fordham University$50,000
Charity Navigator$50,000
Steer for Student Athletes Inc$50,000
Cristo Rey New York High School$50,000
St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital$50,000
BuildOn$40,000
Brothers Brother Foundation$35,000
Scholarship America Inc$35,000
The Bottom Line Inc$35,000
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity$35,000
City Year Inc$35,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 41 repeat orgs$410k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +7% for those 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

$3.2M
$333k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+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
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

  • FU
    Fordham University
    3× · 2022–2024 · $914k · 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
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.

03Its 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
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
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
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Virtua Medical Group Pa

The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…

Health
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
7
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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8
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
9
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
10
Vassar Brothers Hospital

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

Health
11
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
12
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

57 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. 57 of the 82 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
37/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $7,100,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+1 more: $70,000 · Community ImprovementFordham University: $913,500 · 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…CITY YEAR INC: $70,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCTHE ARMORY FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherTHE ARMORY FO…FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE …Scholarship America Inc: $70,000 · OtherScholarship A…UNITED 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: $85,000 · OtherNAVY SEAL FOU…+42 more: $460,113 · 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$1,204,000Other$1,278,413International$367,500Human Services$278,025Health$269,000Youth Development$100,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $7,100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $913,500 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 budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL: $75,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOTTOM LINE INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARMORY FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERGEN COUNTY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChristian Health Care Center: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 budgetHUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WESTCHESTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WELLSPRING FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetONE MIND FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetCENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% 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 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 budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF RIDGEWOOD NEW JERSEY: $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 budgetPROMISEK INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTour De Force Bike Ride Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

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

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.

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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $3.0M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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