The O'grady Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 06-1383651. Reported 240 grants totalling $1,958,077 to 105 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 $1,295 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. 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.
| 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 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $142,444 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | Ridgefield, CT | $126,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Museum | New York, NY | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Eyebeam Art Technology Center | Brooklyn, NY | $101,432 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ny Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY | $79,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Voteriders | Santa Monica, CA | $61,124 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Feminist Institute | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Brigid Alliance | New York, NY | $43,170 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| River Valley Arts Collective | Katonah, NY | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $38,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| River Valley Arts Center | Wappingers Falls, NY | $35,596 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Independent Curators International | New York, NY | $29,177 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Eyebeam | Brooklyn, NY | $27,669 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Association of the National Theater | New York, NY | $25,563 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Akf Foundation for Culture and Environment | Cooperstown, NY | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creative Capital | New York, NY | $19,342 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $17,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| ACLU Foundation | New York, NY | $12,676 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $11,957 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pro Publica | New York, NY | $11,816 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $10,162 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Air Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Park Avenue Armory | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Norwalk Art Space | Norwalk, CT | $8,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| People for the American Way | Washington, DC | $8,264 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Signature Theater Company | New York, NY | $7,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New York Theater | New York, NY | $7,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Heart | Mamaroneck, NY | $7,597 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mass Moca | North Adams, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Playwrights Horizons | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Center for Artistic Activism | Beacon, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Convent House New York | New York, NY | $6,990 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mtc Theater | New York, NY | $6,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Play Company | New York, NY | $6,150 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Elevator Repair Service Theater | New York, NY | $5,644 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Brattleboro Museum & Art Center | Brattleboro, VT | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Innocence Project | New York, NY | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Arc Nature Coast | Spring Hill, FL | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sharon Land Trust | Sharon, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of South Florida Research Foundation | Tampa, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mcc Theater | New York, NY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ny Public Library | New York, NY | $4,463 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Entertainment Community | New York, NY | $4,312 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Playwright Horizons | New York, NY | $4,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $4,212 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Centeral Kitchen | Washington, DC | $4,178 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Mother Jones Investigative Fund | San Francisco, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of Nyc | New York, NY | $3,873 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $3,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cuban Artists Fund | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hudson River Museum | Yonkers, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ny Public Theater | New York, NY | $3,045 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlantic Theater Company | New York, NY | $3,040 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nuevo Tango Arts | New York, NY | $3,010 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kind | Washington, DC | $2,604 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Second Stage Theater | New York, NY | $2,595 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Wax Factory | New York, NY | $2,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Raices | San Antonio, TX | $2,065 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wnyc Public Radio | New York, NY | $1,812 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Islip Septo | Islip Terrace, NY | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,575 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Theater Workshop | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The New Group | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Carnegie Hall | New York, NY | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Opera Saratoga | Saratoga Springs, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The WNET Group | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Drawing Center | New York, NY | $675 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $521 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Philadelphia, PA | $518 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The New York Pops | New York, NY | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Madison Square Park | New York, NY | $510 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
61 of 105 (58%) 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 60%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 163 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.
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 |
| 2025 | 51 | $244,259 | $2,500 |
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
68% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 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: 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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