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Oreilly Automotive Foundation Inc

Springfield, MO · EIN 85-1609973. Reported 121 grants totalling $3,286,361 to 86 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$3,286,361granted, 2021-2025
86recipients, as named on its returns
46%of grantees funded again the next year
$11.9Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Oreilly Automotive Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $2,597 and the largest $125,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
1 grant
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
51 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
46 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
8 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Convoy of HopeSpringfield, MO$356,604652025
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$355,000552025
Reading Is Fundamental IncWashington, DC$330,000552025
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$275,000332025
American Red CrossWashington, DC$80,000332024
La Raza Services IncDenver, CO$75,000332024
Wild Iris Family Counseling and Crisis CenterBishop, CA$75,000332025
Payson Senior CenterPayson, AZ$65,000222025
Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence IncJackson, MO$65,000332025
Juma VenturesSan Francisco, CA$60,000222025
Careers ClicHanover, NH$50,000222024
Great Jobs Kc IncKansas City, MO$50,000112025
Redeem ProgramsDetroit, MI$50,000112025
Trails of PurposeChesapeake, VA$50,000112025
Valley Packaging Industries IncAppleton, WI$50,000222025
Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry IncWilmington, NC$50,000112025
Any Baby Can of San Antonio IncSan Antonio, TX$45,000222024
Sojourner CenterPhoenix, AZ$45,000332025
University of the Aftermarket FoundationBethesda, MD$45,000332025
Cac Foundation IncFulton, NY$36,000222024
Manna Cafe MinistriesClarksville, TN$35,000222025
Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, NC$30,000112025
Comp-U-Dopt IncHouston, TX$30,000112025
Dream Alive IncIndianapolis, IN$30,000112025
Safe Harbor Center IncBrunswick, GA$30,000112024
Safe Harbor Children's Center IncBrunswick, GA$30,000112023
St Augustine Youth ServicesSt Augustine, FL$30,000112025
The Food Basket IncHilo, HI$30,000112025
United Against PovertyFort Pierce, FL$30,000112025
AccessMedford, OR$25,000112024
Assistance League of Tucson IncTucson, AZ$25,000112024
Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook CoHoffman Estates, IL$25,000112025
Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook CountyHoffman Estates, IL$25,000112024
Family Crisis Centers IncSioux Center, IA$25,000112024
Folded Flag FoundationLas Vegas, NV$25,000112023
Hope Ministries of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA$25,000112025
HavenBozeman, MT$25,000112024
Heart of Oregon Corps IncBend, OR$25,000112025
Medical Motor Service of Rochester and Monroe County IncRochester, NY$25,000112025
South East Missouri Network Against IncJackson, MO$25,000112023
Digital NestWatsonville, CA$20,000112025
Houston's Capital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults IncHouston, TX$20,000112023
New Life CenterGoodyear, AZ$20,000112024
Skillpoint AllianceAustin, TX$20,000112025
USA Cares IncLouisville, KY$20,000112025
Mentor WashingtonBellevue, WA$15,300112025
Arizona Friends of Foster Children FoundationPhoenix, AZ$15,000112025
Covenant House AlaskaAnchorage, AK$15,000112025
Create Your DreamsAtlanta, GA$15,000112025
Kalamazoo Valley Community College FoundationKalamazoo, MI$15,000112025
Lakeside Packaging Plus IncOshkosh, WI$15,000112025
Ready for Good CoLawrence, KS$15,000112025
Riverside County Foundation on Aging IncMoreno Valley, CA$15,000222025
Support the Enlisted ProjectSan Diego, CA$15,000112025
The Children's HavenCanton, GA$15,000112024
Beaufort County CommunityWashington, DC$11,500112022
Child and Parent Services IncElkhart, IN$10,360112022
Adult Development Center of Benton County IncRogers, AR$10,000112025
Books Are GemsEl Paso, TX$10,000112024
Child Care Action Council of Thurston CountyOlympia, WA$10,000112024
Children's Advocacy Center of Benton CountyRogers, AR$10,000112024
Children's Bereavement Center of South TexasSan Antonio, TX$10,000112023
Families Forward CharlotteCharlotte, NC$10,000112024
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley IncBozeman, MT$10,000112025
Feeding Our Communities PartnersNorth Mankato, MN$10,000112024
First Presbyterian Church of DallasDallas, TX$10,000112024
Greenhouse ScholarsBoulder, CO$10,000112025
Hawai'i Community FoundationHonolulu, HI$10,000112023
Knox IncHartford, CT$10,000112025
Live and Learn ProgramPhoenix, AZ$10,000112024
Manna Caf MinistriesClarksville, TN$10,000112023
Mayville Open Door IncMayville, WI$10,000112024
Nurses for NewbornsNashville, TN$10,000112024
Orchard VillageSkokie, IL$10,000112025
Ramp Access Made Possible By StudentsRichmond, VA$10,000112025
Safehouse Denver IncDenver, CO$10,000112024
St Joseph the WorkerPhoenix, AZ$10,000112025
The Lift GarageMinneapolis, MN$10,000112025
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership IncMilwaukee, WI$10,000112024
One Step Beyond IncPeoria, AZ$7,500112025
Dallas High Shoals Christi Social MinistryDallas, NC$6,500112023
Akron-Canton Regional FoodbankAkron, OH$5,000112025
Community Support Network IncMadison, WI$5,000112025
Hands of the CarpenterGolden, CO$5,000112025
Youthhope FoundationRedlands, CA$5,000112023
The Foundation for Springfield Public SchoolsSpringfield, MO$2,597112023

18 of 86 (21%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 46%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 93 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
35 grants
Education
15 grants
Food & Nutrition
8 grants
Employment
8 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Crime & Legal
6 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20214$100,000$25,000
20229$192,860$25,000
202321$494,097$20,000
202436$1,000,000$22,500
202551$1,499,404$20,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

21% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

District of Columbia
$696K
Missouri
$499K
Illinois
$415K
Arizona
$198K
California
$190K
Texas
$145K
Colorado
$100K
North Carolina
$96K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund47 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc41 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc35 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America35 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc26 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program25 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Oreilly Automotive Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 233 South Patterson Avenue, Springfield, MO, 65802. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 85-1609973 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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