Funding search · EIN 814616804 · Des Moines, IA

Samuel B O'Brien Foundation

Name: Samuel B O'Brien Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

58
grants reported: $157,123
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $278
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.

What they fund

educational

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Historic Arnolds Park3 grants · $101,750
Des Moines Metro Opera4 grants · $13,000
Shattuck St Mary'S School4 grants · $8,450
Iowa Great Lakes Foundation1 grant · $6,000
Brenton Arboretum4 grants · $5,563
Ding Darling Wildlife Society2 grants · $5,250
Simpson College - Iowa History Center3 grants · $4,000
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation4 grants · $2,340
Mill Reef Fund4 grants · $2,000
Dickinson County Trails Board1 grant · $2,000

Giving over time

$34,700

2022

$39,166

2023

$42,436

2024

$40,821

2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$36,750
Historic Arnolds Park · Arnolds Park, IA · 2024
Charitable
$35,000
Historic Arnolds Park · Arnolds Park, IA · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Historic Arnolds Park · Arnolds Park, IA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Iowa Great Lakes Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,300
Shattuck St Mary'S School · Faribault, MN · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Brenton Arboretum · Dallas Center, IA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Dickinson County Trails Board · Okoboji, IA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Simpson College - Iowa History Center · Indianola, IA · 2022
Educational
$1,050
Shattuck St Mary'S School · Faribault, MN · 2025
Charitable
$1,050
Shattuck St Mary'S School · Faribault, MN · 2024
Charitable
$1,050
Shattuck St Mary'S School · Faribault, MN · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Heritage Carousel of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Simpson College - Iowa History Center · Indianola, IA · 2024
Educational
$1,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Simpson College - Iowa History Center · Indianola, IA · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Des Moines Botanical Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Mill Reef Fund · Detroit, MI · 2025
Charitable
$500
Friends of the Des Moines Parks · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Mill Reef Fund · Detroit, MI · 2024
Charitable
$500
Mill Reef Fund · Detroit, MI · 2023
Charitable
$500
Animal Rescue League · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Blank Park Zoo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Mill Reef Fund · Detroit, MI · 2022
Charitable
$300
U of Okoboji Junior Tennis · Okoboji, IA · 2025
Charitable
$256
Brenton Arboretum · Dallas Center, IA · 2025
Charitable
$256
Brenton Arboretum · Dallas Center, IA · 2024
Charitable
$250
Animal Rescue League · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$250
Blank Park Zoo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$250
Ding Darling Wildlife Society · Sanibel, FL · 2024
Charitable
$250
Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$225
Animal Rescue League · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$200
Lewis and Clark College · Portland, OR · 2022
Educational
$150
Animal Rescue League · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$150
Heritage Carousel of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$150
Pearson Lakes Art Center · Okoboji, IA · 2022
Charitable
$140
Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$140
Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$140
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$140
Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$125
Des Moines Botanical Center · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$125
Des Moines Botanical Center · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$100
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$100
Heritage Carousel of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$100
Des Moines Botanical Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$100
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$100
Friends of Iowa Casa · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$75
Pearson Lakes Art Center · Okoboji, IA · 2025
Charitable
$75
Pearson Lakes Art Center · Okoboji, IA · 2024
Charitable
$75
Pearson Lakes Art Center · Okoboji, IA · 2023
Charitable
$51
Brenton Arboretum · Dallas Center, IA · 2023
Charitable
$50
Lewis and Clark College · Portland, OR · 2025
Educational
$50
Lewis and Clark College · Portland, OR · 2024
Educational
$50
Pacific Crest Trail Association · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Charitable

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