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Allan L Maca Foundation at a glance

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Allan L Maca Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$239kAnimals$73kReligion$53kEnvironment$35kEducation$24kArts & Culture$17kInternational$10kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$385k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION CHURCH$10,000
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY$6,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER$6,000
ST JUDE$5,000
GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY$5,000
ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION$5,000
COALITION FOR HOMELESS$5,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$5,000
WILD BIRD FUND$5,000
RAIN FOREST FOUNDATION USA$5,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$4,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $4k → 14%BLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $4k → 14%BLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
CA
VA
TN
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$599k · 27 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
8

Total granted

$599k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+6%

Still filing today

48%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsInternationalHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    3× · 2021–2023 · $48k · revenue +48%
  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $26k · revenue +30%
  • WB
    WILD BIRD FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • B
    BCRF
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • HF
    HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
5
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
6
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
7
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
8
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
9
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
12
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc

The Fossey Fund is dedicated to the conservation and study of gorillas in Africa through a successful, people-centered approach: 1) Providing daily protection to gorillas, 2) Scientific research providing critical data on gorillas and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camfed Usa Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Econic Earth Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHINSDALE HOSPITAL: $69,005 · OtherHINSDALE HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $51,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNION CHURCH: $48,000 · OtherUNION CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $41,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $31,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERINGST MARKS SCHOOL: $21,000 · OtherCHICAGO BLIND SERVICES: $19,400 · Other+22 more: $106,653 · Other+22 moreLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $25,600 · AnimalsLINCOLN PARK…WILD BIRD FUND INC: $21,052 · AnimalsWILD BIRD FU…American Bird Conservancy: $15,000 · AnimalsAmerican Bir…THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $11,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE M…Eisenhower Medical Center: $47,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 · HealthLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $17,600 · Public Safety & DisasterECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EnvironmentBLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$457,558Animals$72,652Health$50,500Housing & Shelter$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$17,600Environment$15,000Human Services$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $47,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $25,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWILD BIRD FUND INC: $21,052 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $17,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetREFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN FILM: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIBET HOUSE US INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WILD BIRD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds LESTER AND ROSALIE ANIXTER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Bird Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds ECONIC EARTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMFED USA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN FILM ↗
  • Who funds HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds TIBET HOUSE US INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allan L Maca Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allan L Maca Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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