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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 41-6018991

Alice M O'Brien Foundation

A private foundation in West St Paul, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 39 grants and $224,250 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $224,250

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $2,565,227

  • Tax year 2024

    $248,000

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $2,585,936

  • Tax year 2023

    $156,750

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $2,660,535

  • Tax year 2022

    $185,500

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $2,792,095

  • Tax year 2021

    $185,500

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $2,815,733

  • Tax year 2020

    $185,000

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $2,566,134

Grants paid in 2025

39 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Marine Mills Folk SchoolMarine St CRX, MN

    Continuing operations

    $53,000
  2. Brain & Behavior Research FoundatioNew York, NY

    Continuing operations

    $20,750
  3. Cathedral Heritage FoundationEden Prairie, MN

    Continuing operations

    $20,750
  4. Fasd United IncMcLean, VA

    Continuing operations

    $20,000
  5. Ehlers-Danlos SocietyNew York, NY

    Continuing operations

    $19,500
  6. Catholic CharitiesMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $16,750
  7. Second Harvest HartlandBrooklyn Park, MN

    Continuing operations

    $16,500
  8. University of Minnesota FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $10,750
  9. Planned Parenthood Federation of AmWashington, DC

    Continuing operations

    $4,500
  10. Standing Cedars Community Land ConsOsceola, WI

    Continuing operations

    $4,500
  11. Little Sisters of the Poor of St PSaint Paul, MN

    Continuing operations

    $4,000
  12. Emerson Health FoundationWoodbridge, VA

    Continuing operations

    $3,750
  13. Casa of the Pikes Peak Region IncColorado SPGS, CO

    Continuing operations

    $2,250
  14. Asian Women United of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  15. Heart of Texas Therapy DogsRichardson, TX

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  16. Holland Hall SchoolTulsa, OK

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  17. Open World Learning Community PTOSaint Paul, MN

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  18. Queer Space CollectiveMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  19. Retrieve A Golden of the MidwestMinnetonka, MN

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  20. Scottish Terrier Rescue of the SoutCampobello, SC

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  21. St Paul Academy and Summit SchoolSaint Paul, MN

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  22. The Minnesota OperaMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  23. Womens Liberation FrontWashington, DC

    Continuing operations

    $1,500
  24. Unity Church - UnitarianSaint Paul, MN

    Continuing operations

    $1,000
  25. Against Malaria FoundationKansas City, MO

    Continuing operations

    $750
  26. Alaska Community FoundationAnchorage, AK

    Continuing operations

    $750
  27. Animal Humane SocietyGolden Valley, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750
  28. Central Minnesota Legal ServicesMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750
  29. Friends of the Boundary Waters WildSaint Paul, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750
  30. Greater Twin Cities Youth SymphonieSaint Paul, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750
  31. Maxille Heritage Interpretive CenteJoseph, OR

    Continuing operations

    $750
  32. Mountain Home MontanaMissoula, MT

    Continuing operations

    $750
  33. Movement Strategy CenterOakland, CA

    Continuing operations

    $750
  34. NAMI MinnesotaSaint Paul, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750
  35. Northern Virginia Science Center FoFairfax, VA

    Continuing operations

    $750
  36. Notre Dame of Bethlehem ChurchBethlehem, PA

    Continuing operations

    $750
  37. Open Cupboard (aka Christian CupboaOakdale, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750
  38. People Serving People IncMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750
  39. Twin Cities MakerMinneapolis, MN

    Continuing operations

    $750

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $75,25067% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $20,25018% of the total
  3. Civil rights3 grants $5,2505% of the total
  4. Medical research1 grant $3,7503% of the total
  5. Human services3 grants $3,0003% of the total
  6. Animals1 grant $1,5001% of the total
  7. 4 other causes4 grants $3,7503% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota21 grants $137,750
  2. New York2 grants $40,250
  3. Virginia3 grants $24,500
  4. District of Columbia2 grants $6,000
  5. Wisconsin1 grant $4,500
  6. Colorado1 grant $2,250
  7. Oklahoma1 grant $1,500
  8. Pennsylvania2 grants $1,500
  9. South Carolina1 grant $1,500
  10. Texas1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Alice O'Brien BerquistPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alvina O'BrienSECRETARY (P Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robin BrooksbankDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Terence O'Brien JrDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomond O'Brien JrDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Katherine M O'BrienSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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