· Private foundation
The Obernauer 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $130k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $126k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LIFT | $76,000 |
| DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | $45,000 |
| BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET | $20,000 |
| SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| CONGREGATION EMANU-EL OF THE CITY OF NY | $10,000 |
| TRINITY SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW | $5,000 |
| NEW BEGINNINGS FAMILY ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| SHADY SIDE ACADEMY | $2,500 |
| ICE HOCKEY IN HARLEM | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LILIFT INC9× · 2017–2025 · $669k · revenue +137%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $500k · revenue +162%- CFCOMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET9× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +81%
Funded once
- MMLTone grant, 2019 · $10k
- TTTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +52%
- RHROCKPORT-FULTON HURRICANE RELIEFone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
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.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
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.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LIFT INC ↗
- Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COMMITTEE FOR A RESPONSIBLE FEDERAL BUDGET ↗
- Who funds BARROW NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS FAMILY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds Wellesley College ↗
- Who funds SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ↗
- Who funds WOMENS CAMPAIGN INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds SHADY SIDE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROW ↗
- Who funds ICE HOCKEY IN HARLEM INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
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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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Obernauer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Obernauer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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