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The Obrzut Ling Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Obrzut Ling 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.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$385kEducation$99kScience & Tech$80kPublic Benefit$75kFood & Nutrition$47kCrime & Legal$26kCivil Rights$17kArts & Culture$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY$60,000
ST MARYS FOOD BANK ALLIANCE$10,000
OLYMPIA MONTHLY MEETING OF THE N PACI YLY METG OF$5,000
SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH$5,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMER$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150k → 11%REPRESENT US EDUCATION FUND: $10k → 12%ACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $5k → 16%SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $5k → 14%LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $3k → 17%REGISTER2VOTE FUND: $25k → 14%SEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $3k → 9%OLYMPIA MONTHLY MEETING OF THE N PACI YLY METG OF: $5k → 9%LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $3k → 14%ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $3k → 17%STATES NEWSROOM: $5k → 14%NORTHWEST HARVEST E M M: $3k → 9%ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND INC: $3k → 17%THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $30k → 14%ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $5k → 14%NORTHWEST HARVEST E M M: $3k → 9%ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION - SEATTLE: $5k → 9%ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION - SEATTLE: $3k → 9%ST MARYS FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION - SEATTLE: $3k → 9%ST MARYS FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $7k → 11%INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $10k → 9%ST MARYS FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $5k → 11%INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $10k → 9%ST MARYS FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $5k → 11%INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $60k → 9%ST MARYS FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $5k → 11%KUOW-PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 9%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMER: $63k → 11%CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $1k → 9%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMER: $5k → 11%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMER: $5k → 11%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMER: $5k → 11%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMER: $5k → 11%1N10 INC: $3k → 11%MAYO CLINIC: $3k → 11%UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $3k → 11%DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN: $3k → 11%PAZ DE CRISTO COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%PAZ DE CRISTO COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 11%FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $10k → 11%FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $10k → 11%FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $5k → 11%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
IL
NY
MA
CA
AZ
NC
DC
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$271k · 12 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$271k
$93k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+0%

Still filing today

92%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsArts & CulturePublic BenefitEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $84k · revenue +53%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
    3× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +17%
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    5× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue -34%
  • GG
    Ground Game Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +43%
  • RE
    RepresentUs Education Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -58%
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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3
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

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4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona

The american civil liberties union of arizona is the state's premier guardian of liberty working through the arizona legislature and communities statewide to defend and preserve individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the…

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8
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

Greater phoenix chamber of commerce (the chamber) catalyzes regional prosperity with forward-thinking public policy, intentional economic growth, and diverse, prepared talent.

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11
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
12
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ground Game Fund. 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

23 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. 23 of the 27 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $385,475 · PhilanthropyARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $84,158 · EducationARIZONA STATE…WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 · EducationWORKING AMERI…INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $80,000 · Science & TechINSTITUTE F…THE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $30,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights1N10 INC: $2,500 · Civil RightsST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $31,700 · Food & NutritionPaz De Cristo Community Center: $10,000 · Food & NutritionGround Game Fund: $25,000 · Public BenefitRepresentUs Education Fund: $10,000 · Public BenefitSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $5,000 · Public BenefitUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION - SEATTLE: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY …NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $5,000 · OtherNORTHWEST H…OLYMPIA MONTHLY MEETING OF THE N PACI YLY METG OF RELIGIOUS SOC FRN: $5,000 · OtherOLYMPIA MON…SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherSELF-REALIZ…FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $26,000 · OtherFREE ARTS F…STATES NEWSROOM: $6,000 · OtherSTATES NEWS…UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $3,500 · Other+7 more: $14,800 · Other+7 more
Philanthropy$385,475Education$89,158Science & Tech$80,000Civil Rights$47,500Food & Nutrition$41,700Public Benefit$40,000Other$75,300

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $385,475 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $84,158 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $31,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF ARIZONA: $26,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGround Game Fund: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRepresentUs Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPaz De Cristo Community Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTATES NEWSROOM: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget1N10 INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $1,000 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Obrzut Ling Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Obrzut Ling Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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