About O'Meara Foundation
The O'Meara Foundation concentrates its giving on student scholarship support at Connecticut public higher-education institutions, directing substantial awards to UConn and Central Connecticut State University. Grants are purpose-driven toward tuition/award funds rather than program operating support, indicating a priority on direct financial aid for students. The foundation’s giving is geographically focused in Connecticut and emphasizes higher-education access through scholarship funding.
Focus Areas
Undergraduate scholarship awards at the University of ConnecticutScholarship funding for Central Connecticut State UniversityStudent financial aid for Connecticut public colleges and universities
Who They Fund
studentsindividual scholarship recipientspostsecondary (college/university) students
Giving Approach
Concentrated, relatively large grants to a small number of repeat grantees (multi-year or multiple awards to the same public universities) focused specifically on student scholarship programs.
Funding Style
About O'Meara Foundation
O'meara Foundation Inc. directs most of its recent giving to student scholarship awards, with repeated large grants to the University of Connecticut and Central Connecticut State University. The foundation’s pattern is easy to see in the grant record: awards are purpose-restricted to student scholarship support, and the same public universities appear year after year. In 2025, University of Connecticut received $86,250 for student scholarship awards, following $93,000 in 2024 and $91,750 in 2023. Central Connecticut State University also appears repeatedly, with $27,000 in 2025, $43,250 in 2024, and $70,750 in 2023. Beyond those anchors, the foundation has funded scholarships at Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University, University of Hartford, and several other colleges and universities. The active grant programs further show that the foundation’s work is tied to annual undergraduate scholarships for Hartford County residents and is limited to education through the bachelor’s degree.
What O'Meara Foundation Funds
Student financial aid is the foundation’s clearest theme. It gave $26,500 in 2025 to Eastern Connecticut State University for student scholarship awards and $20,000 in 2024 to Southern Connecticut State for the same purpose. The grant list also includes $13,500 in 2024 to Manchester Community College and $8,500 in 2023 to Tunxis Community College, both designated for student scholarship awards. The foundation also supports scholarship access across multiple Connecticut colleges and universities. University of Hartford received $15,000 in 2025 and $11,000 in 2024 for student scholarship awards, while University of Saint Joseph received $20,000 in 2023. Outside Connecticut, the record includes scholarship awards to Springfield College, Providence College, Howard University, Northeastern University, and Umass - Amherst.
How O'Meara Foundation Gives
Typical grants fall in a relatively narrow band: the 25th percentile is $2,000, the median is $3,000, and the 75th percentile is $4,950. The recent record includes much larger scholarship allocations to colleges and universities, but the overall distribution still points to many smaller awards alongside a set of institutional scholarship payments. The active programs are annual college scholarship programs, and one description says typically over 200 awards are made each year. Grants are restricted support for scholarships rather than operating gifts. The foundation also makes grants to individual scholarship recipients, consistent with an award-based pattern.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$450K
Total Assets
$809K
Total Revenue
$471K
Total Expenses
$504K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $5K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$5K
Geographic Reach
Regional24 states funded
About 20% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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