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 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

equipmentbuildingchurchclothingexpensesfoodneedyrescue

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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

$25,100
2022
$25,800
2023
$25,000
2024
$25,750
2025

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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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.