The O'Neill Family Charitable Trust makes small, highly local donations focused on core community institutions in South Orange County, CA. Recent grants show a preference for unrestricted support to a regional hospital and a Catholic parish school, indicating priority for health care and faith-based education in their immediate community. Their giving appears mission-driven toward sustaining local services rather than broad national causes.
Concentrated, local giving with very few grants per cycle; one large gift to a regional healthcare provider and smaller, targeted support to a faith-based school. Grants are unrestricted/general use, suggesting flexible, discretionary support rather than program-specific funding.
A single $100,000 general-use grant to Providence Mission Hospital Foundation anchors Michael T and Stasia a O'neill Family Charitable Trust’s recent giving. That grant sits alongside much smaller awards, showing a pattern of concentrated support for local institutions rather than a broad portfolio of large checks. The trust’s recent recipients include South Orange County health care, Catholic parish schools, religious communities, and a few nationally known charities, but the center of gravity stays close to Mission Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, and nearby communities. The trust’s grant list also shows repeated support for St Anne School in Laguna Niguel and St Edward Parish School in Dana Point across multiple years, along with ongoing general-use gifts to religious orders and faith-based organizations. These are unrestricted awards, often labeled general use or general support, which suggests flexible operating support for community-serving organizations. In practice, the trust appears to favor established local institutions with recurring needs rather than project-specific funding. Its recent giving is entirely domestic, and most grants land in California.
Health care is a visible part of the trust’s giving. In 2025, it awarded $100,000 to Providence Mission Hospital Foundation for general use, a grant that stands out as the largest recent gift in the record. Faith-based education is another consistent area. The trust gave $24,290 to St Edward the Confessor Parish School in Dana Point for general use, and it also supported St Anne School in Laguna Niguel with $13,251 in 2025. The trust also funds Catholic religious communities and related institutions. Recent gifts include $5,000 to Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in San Clemente, $5,000 to Carmelite Sisters in Alhambra, and $5,000 to Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor. Those awards are listed as general use or general support, indicating flexible funding rather than restricted project support.
Typical grants are small: the 25th percentile is $3,500, the median is $5,000, and the 75th percentile is $5,318. The distribution includes one much larger outlier at $100,000, but most awards cluster near the median. The trust appears to make repeat general-use grants to the same organizations across multiple years, including schools, religious communities, and health-related charities. It is a charitable trust rather than a family foundation operating a program or making program-related investments, and the record provided does not show an application process.
$306K
$391K
-$27K
$40K
Most grants fall between $4K and $5K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 67% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Notable grantees: Providence Mission Hospital Foundation, St Edward the Confessor Parish School, Local Catholic parish and community institutions in South Orange County (representative)
The trust gives almost entirely in the United States, and 67% of grants go to recipients in California. Mission Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, and Irvine all appear among California recipients. Outside California, the recent record includes grants to Ann Arbor, Memphis, Dallas, Alhambra, and Woburn. The geography suggests a regional pattern centered on South Orange County, with a smaller number of gifts reaching national charities and religious orders elsewhere in the country.
Its recent grants support health care, Catholic parish schools, religious communities, and a few broader charities. Examples in the record include a hospital foundation, parish schools in Dana Point and Laguna Niguel, and general-use gifts to Catholic churches and religious orders.
The grant-size distribution is compact: the 25th percentile is $3,500, the median is $5,000, and the 75th percentile is $5,318. Most awards are at or near $5,000, with one larger $100,000 grant in the recent record.
Yes. California accounts for 67% of its grants by recipient location, and the recent list includes multiple recipients in Mission Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, and Irvine.
They are mostly flexible. The recent grants are labeled general use or general support, including awards to hospitals, schools, churches, and religious communities.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including St Anne School in Laguna Niguel, St Edward Parish School in Dana Point, Gary Sinise Foundation, Dominican Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist, Carmelite Sisters, St Jude Children's Hospital, Impact100 Oc, and American Heart Association.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PARISH SCHOOL | DANA POINT, CA | $26,500 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| ST ANNE SCHOOL | LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| IMPACT100 OC | IRVINE, CA | $1,250 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| PROVIDENCE MISSION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | MISSION VIEJO, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PARISH SCHOOL | DANA POINT, CA | $24,290 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ST ANNE SCHOOL | LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA | $13,251 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| CARMELITE SISTERS | ALHAMBRA, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| OUR LADY OF FATIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH | SAN CLEMENTE, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST | ANN ARBOR, MI | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| IMPACT100 OC | IRVINE, CA | $1,250 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | DALLAS, TX | $100 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| ST ANNE SCHOOL | LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA | $10,950 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| ST EDWARD PARISH SCHOOL | DANA POINT, CA | $6,270 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| CARMELITE SISTERS | ALHAMBRA, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST | ANN ARBOR, MI | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| GARY SINISE FOUNDATION | WOODLAND HILLS, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | MEMPHIS, TN | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | DALLAS, TX | $2,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| IMPACT100 OC | IRVINE, CA | $1,250 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE | WOBURN, MA | $500 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| ST ANNE SCHOOL | LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA | $10,178 | 2023 | GENERAL USE |
| GARY SINISE FOUNDATION | WOODLAND HILLS, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL USE |
| CARMEL OF ST TERESA | ALHAMBRA, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | MEMPHIS, TN | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL USE |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST | ANN ARBOR, MI | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL USE |
| ST EDWARD PARISH SCHOOL | DANA POINT, CA | $4,000 | 2023 | GENERAL USE |
| IMPACT100 OC | IRVINE, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | GENERAL USE |
ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PARISH SCHOOL
$26,500GENERAL USE
ST ANNE SCHOOL
$10,000GENERAL USE
IMPACT100 OC
$1,250GENERAL USE
PROVIDENCE MISSION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
$100,000GENERAL USE
ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR PARISH SCHOOL
$24,290GENERAL USE
ST ANNE SCHOOL
$13,251GENERAL USE
CARMELITE SISTERS
GENERAL USE
OUR LADY OF FATIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH
$5,000GENERAL USE
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST
$5,000GENERAL USE
IMPACT100 OC
$1,250GENERAL USE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
$100GENERAL USE
ST ANNE SCHOOL
$10,950GENERAL USE
ST EDWARD PARISH SCHOOL
$6,270GENERAL USE
CARMELITE SISTERS
$5,000GENERAL USE
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST
$5,000GENERAL USE
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL USE
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
$5,000GENERAL USE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
$2,000GENERAL USE
IMPACT100 OC
$1,250GENERAL USE
GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE
$500GENERAL USE
ST ANNE SCHOOL
$10,178GENERAL USE
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL USE
CARMEL OF ST TERESA
$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
$5,000GENERAL USE
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST
$5,000GENERAL USE
ST EDWARD PARISH SCHOOL
$4,000GENERAL USE
IMPACT100 OC
$1,000GENERAL USE