Funding search · EIN 746062067 · Refugio, TX
O'Brien Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 57
- grants reported
- $101,650
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Our Lady of Victory Cathedral4 grants · $16,000
- Our Lady of Refuge Church4 grants · $14,000
- Beeville Fire Department4 grants · $9,350
- Refugio Fire Department4 grants · $9,350
- Refugio Isd Education Foundation4 grants · $6,500
- Good Samaritan Ministries4 grants · $6,125
- Hospice of South Texas4 grants · $6,000
- Driscoll Children'S Hospital4 grants · $6,000
- Immaculate Conception Church4 grants · $5,500
- Ronald McDonald House Charities4 grants · $4,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 57 reported grants, largest first.
- $4,000
Our Lady of Victory Cathedral · Victoria, TX · 2025
Mission support
- $4,000
Our Lady of Refuge Church · Refugio, TX · 2024
Church building fund
- $4,000
Our Lady of Victory Cathedral · Victoria, TX · 2024
Mission support
- $4,000
Our Lady of Refuge Church · Refugio, TX · 2023
Church building fund
- $4,000
Our Lady of Victory Cathedral · Victoria, TX · 2023
Mission support
- $4,000
Our Lady of Refuge Church · Refugio, TX · 2022
Church building fund
- $4,000
Our Lady of Victory Cathedral · Victoria, TX · 2022
Mission support
- $2,500
Beeville Fire Department · Beeville, TX · 2025
Equipment
- $2,500
Berclair Fire Department · Berclair, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $2,500
Refugio Fire Department · Refugio, TX · 2025
Equipment
- $2,500
Beeville Fire Department · Beeville, TX · 2024
Equipment
- $2,500
Refugio Fire Department · Refugio, TX · 2024
Equipment
- $2,350
Beeville Fire Department · Beeville, TX · 2023
Equipment
- $2,350
Refugio Fire Department · Refugio, TX · 2023
Equipment
- $2,000
Our Lady of Refuge Church · Refugio, TX · 2025
Church building fund
- $2,000
Refugio Isd Education Foundation · Refugio, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $2,000
Beeville Fire Department · Beeville, TX · 2022
Equipment
- $2,000
Refugio Fire Department · Refugio, TX · 2022
Equipment
- $1,625
Goliad County Outreach · Goliad, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $1,625
Good Samaritan Ministries · Refugio, TX · 2025
Clothing & food for needy
- $1,500
Driscoll Children'S Hospital · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025
Equipment
- $1,500
Hospice of South Texas · Victoria, TX · 2025
Operating expenses
- $1,500
Berclair Fire Department · Berclair, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $1,500
Driscoll Children'S Hospital · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Equipment
- $1,500
Good Samaritan Ministries · Refugio, TX · 2024
Clothing & food for needy
- $1,500
Hospice of South Texas · Victoria, TX · 2024
Operating expenses
- $1,500
Immaculate Conception Church · Goliad, TX · 2024
Mission support
- $1,500
Refugio Isd Education Foundation · Refugio, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $1,500
Driscoll Children'S Hospital · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Equipment
- $1,500
Good Samaritan Ministries · Refugio, TX · 2023
Clothing & food for needy
- $1,500
Hospice of South Texas · Victoria, TX · 2023
Operating expenses
- $1,500
Immaculate Conception Church · Goliad, TX · 2023
Mission support
- $1,500
Refugio Isd Education Foundation · Refugio, TX · 2023
Operating support
- $1,500
St Cecilia Catholic School · Houston, TX · 2023
Operating support
- $1,500
Driscoll Children'S Hospital · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Equipment
- $1,500
Good Samaritan Ministries · Refugio, TX · 2022
Clothing & food for needy
- $1,500
Hospice of South Texas · Victoria, TX · 2022
Operating expenses
- $1,500
Immaculate Conception Church · Goliad, TX · 2022
Mission support
- $1,500
Refugio Isd Education Foundation · Refugio, TX · 2022
Operating support
- $1,500
St Cecilia Catholic School · Houston, TX · 2022
Operating support
- $1,000
Halo Flight · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025
Rescue unit
- $1,000
Immaculate Conception Church · Goliad, TX · 2025
Mission support
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Corpus Christi, TX · 2025
Housing for patient families
- $1,000
South Texas Children'S Home · Beeville, TX · 2025
Operating support
- $1,000
Halo Flight · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Rescue unit
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $1,000
South Texas Children'S Home · Beeville, TX · 2024
Operating support
- $1,000
Halo Flight · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Rescue unit
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Corpus Christi, TX · 2023
Operating support
- $1,000
South Texas Children'S Home · Beeville, TX · 2023
Operating support
- $1,000
Halo Flight · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Operating support
- $1,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · Corpus Christi, TX · 2022
Operating support
- $1,000
South Texas Children'S Home · Beeville, TX · 2022
Operating support
- $600
Golden Crescent Habitat for Humanit · Victoria, TX · 2023
Home construction program
- $600
Golden Crescent Habitat for Humanit · Victoria, TX · 2022
Truck lift for home constr program
- $500
Goliad County Fair Association · Goliad, TX · 2023
Show barn
- $500
Goliad County Fair Association · Goliad, TX · 2022
Show barn construction
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