Tennessee · Nonprofit
MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC
MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,634 to it, the largest being THE 1944 FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $240k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Martha O'Bryan Foundation Inc does
Mission
The martha o'bryan foundation is a supporting organization formed and operated to support the martha o'bryan center, inc., an organization exempt under irc section 501(c)(3).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The purposes of the foundation are those set forth in its charter, as from time to time amended. Namely, to establish a permanent endowment fund, receiving gifts of money and property, investing and managing the fund, and using the proceeds therefrom in such manner for the benefit of martha o'bryan center as the trustees in their discretion may deem best, giving priority to the use of endowment funds for major maintenance, modernization or expansion of buildings and facilities, extensions of services, and developing and training professional leadership.
$137,605 spentof which $137,605 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $137,605.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $1.9M (+7%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
43% of MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Marsha Edwards
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100 → $12k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 48% · 2021 87% · 2022 91% · 2023 87% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Martha O'Bryan Center Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC?
- MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,634 to it, the largest being THE 1944 FOUNDATION INC ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $73,634 in grants to MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC?
- THE 1944 FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARTHA O'BRYAN FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing