The Richard J O'brien Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452239176
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Jericho, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5166372909
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $56,366
- Expenses
- $51,875
- Assets
- $38,115
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFF BARBER (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- JAMES F O'BRIEN (VICE PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR)
- KATHERINE A O'BRIEN (PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JEFF BARBER (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- FRED C BRAUN (DIRECTOR)
- JAMES F O'BRIEN (VICE PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The corporation is organized to provide financial donations to benefit individuals and families who have lost a parent and to provide financial donations to other charitable organizations
What it reported doing in 2025
The foundation provided financial donations in support of institutions that provide education and therapeutic services to children in need of special care, bereavement counseling and other services. The foundation also funded organizations dealing with children's health issues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.7% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.