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Samuel B Obrien Foundation

EIN 81-4616804 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$216.8k2020–2025 · 87 grants
2020: $33.7k · 16 grants20202021: $26.0k · 13 grants20212022: $34.7k · 17 grants20222023: $39.2k · 11 grants20232024: $42.4k · 16 grants2024$42.4k2025: $40.8k · 14 grants2025$40.8k
Grantees0funded more than once, matching gifts aside
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers1on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Cause not on file$216.8k

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 87 grants · $216.8k

Who it funds most

0 of its 0 grantees were funded in more than one year.

Samuel B Obrien Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Samuel B O'brienPresident, VP, Secretary,

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202443189349102589

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2020: $33.7k · 16 grants20202021: $26.0k · 13 grants20212022: $34.7k · 17 grants20222023: $39.2k · 11 grants20232024: $42.4k · 16 grants2024$42.4k2025: $40.8k · 14 grants2025$40.8k
Its returns6 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2025IRS 990-PF202631599349100803IRS batch file
2024IRS 990-PF202521349349102002IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202443189349102589IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202311319349103626IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202241369349102254IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202103139349101620IRS batch file

An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.

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Samuel B Obrien Foundation made 87 grants across 2020–2025, totalling $216.8k as filed.

Grants
87
Total, as filed
$216.8k
Years
2020–2025
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
HISTORIC ARNOLDS PARK3$101.8k
DES MOINES METRO OPERA6$54.0k
SHATTUCK ST MARY'S SCHOOL6$11.4k
IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION6$8.3k
SIMPSON COLLEGE - IOWA HISTORY CENTER5$7.0k
BRENTON ARBORETUM6$6.6k
IOWA GREAT LAKES FOUNDATION1$6.0k
DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY2$5.2k
MILL REEF FUND6$3.0k
DICKINSON COUNTY TRAILS BOARD2$2.5k
DES MOINES BOTANICAL CENTER6$2.0k
HERITAGE CAROUSEL OF DES MOINES5$1.5k
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE6$1.5k
DES MOINES ART CENTER6$1.2k
BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION4$1.1k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
202016$33.7k
202113$26.0k
202217$34.7k
202311$39.2k
202416$42.4k
202514$40.8k

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-814616804. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

What this page does not know

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  • What they say they exist to do
  • What each grant was for
  • What they fund, by theme
  • Balance sheet and financials
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  • No website on file
  • Leadership not yet identified
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