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Ana and Ed McCracken Foundation co Edward R McCracken

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.

$254k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$190k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$698kArts & Culture$201kHealth$10kHuman Services$10kCommunity Improvement$2kRecreation & Sports$1kCrime & Legal$750Philanthropy$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $56k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $190k
$5,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$506k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Iowa State University Foundation$190,000
The Willa Cather Foundation$45,735
Leland Stanford Junior University$10,000
UnityPoint Health Des Moines Founda$5,500
Stephens Auditorium Performing Arts$2,500
Individual grant recipient$500
Ames Police Foundation$250
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 (FY17–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $8k → 7%Women Care: $500 → 13%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $1k → 7%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $500 → 7%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $250 → 7%WOMEN CARE: $500 → 7%WOMEN CARE: $500 → 7%WOMEN CARE: $350 → 7%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

ME
MN
IL
MA
IA
NJ
CA
NE
NM
DC
GA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$966k · 22 repeat orgs$154k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
27

Total granted

$966k
$154k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+13%

Still filing today

50%
15%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $668k · revenue +1%
  • TL
    THE LITQUAKE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +94%
  • PV
    PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $10k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • IS
    IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $132k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IS
    Iowa State Alumni Association
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
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
Van Meter Public Library Foundation
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2
Sioux City Public Library Foundation

Sioux City Public Library enhancement and support

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3
Fisher Art Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Odell Nebraska Public Library
Education
5
Ferguson Library Foundation
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6
Rubendall Foundation Charitable Trust
Philanthropy
7
Iowa Law School Foundation

The iowa law school foundation provides the university of iowa college of law with a margin of distinction in fulfilling its mission of excellence in teaching, research and services by maintaining funds to use and apply the whole or any…

Education
8
University of Iowa Research Foundation

The university of iowa research foundation's (uirf) mission is to: advance, develop, increase and extend the progress of science and useful arts through encouraging and assisting investigation, research and education at the state…

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9
University Foundation
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10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

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12
Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library Association
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iowa Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Aldrich 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

17 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. 17 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $667,715 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY+4 more: $7,984 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: $132,367 · OtherIOWA STATE UNIVERSITYAMES WRITERS COLLECTIVE: $44,832 · OtherAMES WRITERS COLLECTIV…Stephens Auditorium Performing Arts: $11,000 · OtherALEARN: $10,000 · Other+30 more: $39,094 · Other+30 moreTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $145,977 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLA CATHER …MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE: $21,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC FROM ANGEL …THE LITQUAKE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LITQUAKE FOUN…+2 more: $4,750 · Arts & CultureIOWA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,500 · HealthMARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthPENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC: $9,654 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $1,850 · Human ServicesALDRICH FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy
Education$735,699Other$237,293Arts & Culture$182,227Health$12,500Human Services$11,504Philanthropy$500

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 budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $667,715 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION: $145,977 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE: $21,500 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetIOWA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITQUAKE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetALEARN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC: $9,654 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOCTAGON CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $4,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSHUTER LIBRARY OF ANGEL FIRE: $3,350 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAMES PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $3,084 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF THE CENTRAL COAST: $1,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKHOI FM: $750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALDRICH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE FREE LIBRARY: $50 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 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLA CATHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC FROM ANGEL FIRE ↗
  • Who funds IOWA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LITQUAKE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALEARN ↗
  • Who funds PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC ↗
  • Who funds OCTAGON CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SHUTER LIBRARY OF ANGEL FIRE ↗
  • Who funds AMES PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF THE CENTRAL COAST ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KHOI FM ↗
  • Who funds ALDRICH FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Community Fdn of Grea…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ana and Ed McCracken Foundation co Edward R McCracken funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ana and Ed McCracken Foundation co Edward R McCracken. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ana and Ed McCracken Foundation co Edward R McCracken?

    Find your warmest path to Ana and Ed McCracken Foundation co Edward R McCracken 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 50 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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