The O'grady Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 06-1383651. Reported 189 grants totalling $1,713,818 to 100 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The O'grady 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,250 and $7,500; the smallest was $70 and the largest $185,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Martin's University | Lacey, WA | $370,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marymount Manhattan College | New York, NY | $178,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | Ridgefield, CT | $119,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $117,444 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eyebeam Art Technology Center | Brooklyn, NY | $101,432 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Museum | New York, NY | $82,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ny Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY | $63,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Voteriders | Santa Monica, CA | $50,799 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| River Valley Arts Collective | Katonah, NY | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Brigid Alliance | New York, NY | $32,370 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Feminist Institute | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eyebeam | Brooklyn, NY | $27,669 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Independent Curators International | New York, NY | $26,602 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Creative Time | New York, NY | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY | $21,447 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| River Valley Arts Center | Wappingers Falls, NY | $20,596 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Association of the National Theater | New York, NY | $20,338 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akf Foundation for Culture and Environment | Cooperstown, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $11,957 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $10,088 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Air Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pro Publica | New York, NY | $8,711 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creative Capital | New York, NY | $8,675 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Norwalk Art Space | Norwalk, CT | $8,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $7,581 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mass Moca | North Adams, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Armory | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Center for Artistic Activism | Beacon, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People for the American Way | Washington, DC | $7,188 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Signature Theater Company | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York Theater | New York, NY | $5,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heart | Mamaroneck, NY | $5,530 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Arc Nature Coast | Spring Hill, FL | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Playwrights Horizons | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sharon Land Trust | Sharon, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of South Florida Research Foundation | Tampa, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Convent House New York | New York, NY | $4,997 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elevator Repair Service Theater | New York, NY | $4,615 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Playwright Horizons | New York, NY | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ny Public Library | New York, NY | $3,938 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Play Company | New York, NY | $3,575 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cuban Artists Fund | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hudson River Museum | Yonkers, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mcc Theater | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mtc Theater | New York, NY | $3,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ny Public Theater | New York, NY | $3,045 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Mother Jones Investigative Fund | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Centeral Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,611 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kind | Washington, DC | $2,604 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brattleboro Museum & Art Center | Brattleboro, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Entertainment Community | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Entertainment Community Fund | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Film Society of Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Fork Community Theater | Mattituck, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of Nyc | New York, NY | $2,310 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wax Factory | New York, NY | $2,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $2,065 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlantic Theater Company | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wnyc Public Radio | New York, NY | $1,812 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,575 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $1,512 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New York Theater Workshop | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New Group | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Stage Theater | New York, NY | $1,295 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nyc Basket Brigade | White Plains, NY | $1,074 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cathedral High School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franklin Pierce School District | Tacoma, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Anns Warehouse | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Partnership for After School Education | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guggenheim Museum | New York, NY | $940 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Harvest | Brooklyn, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coalition for the Homeless | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Democratizing Philanthropy | Oakland, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The WNET Group | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Drawing Center | New York, NY | $675 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Philadelphia, PA | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Madison Square Park | New York, NY | $510 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of West Florida | Pensacola, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| WLIW21 | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baruch College | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bay Street Theater | Sag Harbor, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Islip Septo | Islip Terrace, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Shed | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The City | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Signature Theater | New York, NY | $70 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
46 of 100 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 128 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | $500,586 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 40 | $468,655 | $2,562 |
| 2023 | 46 | $315,139 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 56 | $429,438 | $2,649 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 The O'grady Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 140 East 81ST Street 5C, New York, NY, 10028. 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.
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