The O'Malley Foundation makes a small number of relatively large, general-purpose grants focused on youth advancement and cultural institutions. Its giving centers on scholarship/support for young people of color, performing arts in the Los Angeles region, and sports history/museum organizations. The foundation tends to make unrestricted gifts and has shown repeat support to at least one education-focused grantee.
The Omalley Foundation’s recent giving is shaped by repeated, six-figure support for institutions tied to baseball heritage and youth advancement. In 2025, it gave $100,000 each to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the Jackie Robinson Foundation in New York, pairing sports history with scholarship support for young people of color. That pattern reflects a small-grant-count strategy centered on a few core recipients rather than broad dispersal. The foundation also supported performing arts in Los Angeles through the Music Center Unified Fund with a $100,000 grant in 2024, showing that its cultural interests extend beyond baseball. Alongside those larger awards, the grant list includes multiple general-purpose gifts to churches, education organizations, and local community groups. Recipients range from national scholarship and museum institutions to Los Angeles-area nonprofits, with several organizations receiving support across more than one year. The foundation’s recent record suggests a focus on flexible funding for established nonprofits in youth, culture, and heritage-related work.
Scholarships and youth advancement are a recurring theme. The foundation gave $100,000 in 2025 to Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc in New York for general support, after a $50,000 grant to the same organization in 2024. Sports history is another clear area: it supported the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown with $100,000 in 2025 and $25,000 in 2023, both for general purposes. In the arts, Omalley Foundation gave $100,000 in 2024 to Music Center Unified Fund in Los Angeles, connecting its grantmaking to a major performing arts institution. The list also includes community and faith-based support, such as $25,000 to St Patrick's Catholic Church in Los Angeles and $15,000 to Our Lady of Malibu Church in Malibu.
Omalley Foundation’s typical grant size sits at $10,000 at the 25th percentile, with a median of $25,000 and a 75th percentile of $25,000, which shows a cluster of awards at the same level with a smaller set of larger grants. The foundation gives general-purpose support and appears to favor a concentrated portfolio rather than a large number of recipients. Repeat giving is present: Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc appears in both 2024 and 2025, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum appears in 2023 and 2025. The foundation is not structured as an individual-giving vehicle and does not make program-related investments.
$85K
$51K
$42K
$90K
Most grants fall between $10K and $25K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$25K
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants with few recipients; general/unspecified-purpose gifts; a mix of local cultural support and national education/scholarship giving, including repeat support to a core grantee.
Notable grantees: Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc., Music Center Unified Fund, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Grants are entirely domestic, with all 22 recent awards going to U.S. recipients. California receives 46% of grants, and Los Angeles appears frequently, including Music Center Unified Fund, St Patrick's Catholic Church, Truth Baseball Foundation, Cathedral High School, and Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. New York is the top state by grant count, with recipients in New York City, Cooperstown, and Staten Island. Other destinations include Malibu, Torrance, Astoria, Plymouth, Indianapolis, and West Hills.
Its recent grants cluster around scholarship and youth advancement, performing arts, and sports history institutions. Named recipients include Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc, Music Center Unified Fund, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, alongside community and faith-based organizations in California and New York.
Yes. Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc received $50,000 in 2024 and $100,000 in 2025. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was funded in 2023 and again in 2025, and Our Lady of Malibu Church appears in both 2024 and 2025.
The grant-size distribution is centered on mid-five-figure awards: p25 is $10,000, median is $25,000, and p75 is $25,000. That means many grants land at $25,000, with a smaller set of larger awards such as $100,000.
New York is the top state by grant count, while California receives 46% of grants. Recent New York recipients include organizations in New York City, Cooperstown, and Staten Island, while California recipients include groups in Los Angeles, Malibu, Torrance, and West Hills.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIFESOCAL | TORRANCE, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL | LOS ANGELES, CA | $20,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| MLB URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| RED DEDEAUX FOUNDATION | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $5,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM | COOPERSTOWN, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH | LOS ANGELES, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| TRUTH BASEBALL FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| OUR LADY OF MALIBU CHURCH | MALIBU, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| MLB URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| ORDER OF ST GREGORY THE GREAT | LOS ANGELES, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| STILLPOINT FAMILY RESOURCES | WEST HILLS, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| MUSIC CENTER UNIFIED FUND | LOS ANGELES, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| FRIENDS OF BASEBALL IRELAND | PLYMOUTH, MA | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| LIFESOCAL | TORRANCE, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| MLB URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| OUR LADY OF MALIBU CHURCH | MALIBU, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF SAINT GREGORY | LOS ANGELES, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM | COOPERSTOWN, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | INDIANAPOLIS, IN | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| API ARTS & OUTREACH | ASTORIA, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION | STATEN ISLAND, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
LIFESOCAL
$25,000GENERAL
CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL
$20,000GENERAL
MLB URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY
$10,000GENERAL
RED DEDEAUX FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL
JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC
$100,000GENERAL
ST PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
$25,000GENERAL
TRUTH BASEBALL FOUNDATION
$25,000GENERAL
OUR LADY OF MALIBU CHURCH
$15,000GENERAL
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES
$10,000GENERAL
MLB URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY
$10,000GENERAL
ORDER OF ST GREGORY THE GREAT
$5,000GENERAL
STILLPOINT FAMILY RESOURCES
$5,000GENERAL
MUSIC CENTER UNIFIED FUND
$100,000GENERAL
FRIENDS OF BASEBALL IRELAND
$25,000GENERAL
LIFESOCAL
$25,000GENERAL
MLB URBAN YOUTH ACADEMY
$10,000GENERAL
CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL
$10,000GENERAL
OUR LADY OF MALIBU CHURCH
$5,000GENERAL
KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF SAINT GREGORY
$5,000GENERAL
API ARTS & OUTREACH
$25,000GENERAL
TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION
$10,000GENERAL