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2010 McKaco Charitable Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2020
3
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
0184% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172020.

Health$575kEducation$265kEnvironment$105kArts & Culture$77kHuman Services$49kRecreation & Sports$13kReligion$13kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2020 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$10,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–19, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP ARANZAZU: $11k → 17%The Fishers Island Community Center INC: $500 → 7%CAMP ARANZAZU: $1k → 17%CAMP ARANZAZU: $1k → 17%CONNECT COMMUNITY: $25k → 16%CONNECT COMMUNITY: $1k → 16%CONNECT COMMUNITY: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$748k · 13 repeat orgs$417k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +48% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2020, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
34

Total granted

$748k
$417k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+12%

Still filing today

54%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20
EducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Hermann Park Conservancy
    3× · 2017–2019 · $105k · revenue +82%
  • WM
    William Marsh Rice University
    2× · 2018–2019 · $29k · revenue +63%
  • MC
    My Connect Community
    3× · 2017–2019 · $27k · revenue +411%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $62k · revenue -18%
  • LT
    LUTHER THOMAS KOLB SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • GC
    GLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
2
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
3
The Awty International School

See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…

4
St John's School

See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…

5
Harris County Medical Society

Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…

6
Fisher Island Day School Inc

Fisher Island Day School (FIDS) is fully accredited by the Florida Council of Independent Schools to provide an education for students in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8. FIDS is dedicated to preparing children for entrance into…

Education
7
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

8
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
9
Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Memorial hermann health system is a nonprofit, values-driven, community-owned health system dedicated to improving health. our vision is to create healthier communities, now and for generations to come. our values are community,…

Health
10
Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science and Technology

To provide broader recognition of the state's top achievers in medicine, engineering and science, and to build a stronger identity for texas as an important destination and center of achievement in these fields.

Health
11
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

12
Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science Inc

The purpose of the school is to promote, advance and sponsor charitable and educational activities.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fishers Island Community Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is William Marsh Rice University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%0%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr16%30%20–35yr10%20%35–55yr13%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%7%5–10yr20%33%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr10%31%35–55yr13%11%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,783

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — $470,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERLUTHER THOMAS KOLB SCHOLARSHIP — $50,000 · OtherLUTHER THOMAS KOLB SCHOLARSHIPGLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATION — $50,000 · OtherGLENWOOD CEMETERY HISTORIC PRESERVATIONREGINA PACIS ACADEMY — $50,000 · OtherREGINA PACIS ACADEMYIMAGINE COLLEGE — $38,000 · Other+25 more — $169,300 · Other+25 moreHermann Park Conservancy — $105,000 · EnvironmentHermann Pa…+1 more — $100 · EnvironmentTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $61,500 · HealthANASAZI FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Health+2 more — $3,500 · HealthWilliam Marsh Rice University — $28,500 · EducationTEXAS EDUCATION WORKS — $25,000 · EducationNeighborhood Schools Inc — $25,000 · EducationRiver Oaks Elementary School PTO — $5,000 · Education+1 more — $100 · EducationMy Connect Community — $27,000 · Human ServicesCamp Aranzazu Inc — $13,000 · Human Services+1 more — $500 · Human ServicesNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Arts & CulturePESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHARITY INC — $3,000 · PhilanthropyFISHERS ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT — $100 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$827,300Environment$105,100Health$85,000Education$83,600Human Services$40,500Arts & Culture$20,000Philanthropy$3,000Public Safety & Disaster$100

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHermann Park Conservancy — $105,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $61,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University — $28,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMy Connect Community — $27,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetNeighborhood Schools Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetANASAZI FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Aranzazu Inc — $13,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRiver Oaks Elementary School PTO — $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHARITY INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHERS ISLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice University
  • Who funds My Connect Community
  • Who funds TEXAS EDUCATION WORKS
  • Who funds Neighborhood Schools Inc
  • Who funds ANASAZI FOUNDATION
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Camp Aranzazu Inc
  • Who funds River Oaks Elementary School PTO
  • Who funds PESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHARITY INC
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC
  • Who funds LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX17.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP · The Duke of Omnium Fund · The Long Stems Foundation Inc · The Frederic C Hamilton Family Foundation · The Fairfield Foundation · The Sooner Foundation · J Squared Family Foundation · Fleetwood Foundation · The Willinphila Foundation · W L Lyons Brown Jr Charitable Foundation · Willard And Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization 2010 McKaco Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY2025

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to 2010 McKaco Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to 2010 McKaco Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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