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Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Andrew & Jeanine McNally 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.

$51k
Granted FY2021
4
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$597kHealth$200kPhilanthropy$147kArts & Culture$115kEnvironment$111kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kReligion$5kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2021 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $1k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Latin School of Chicago$40,000
Openlands$10,000
Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fu$1,000
Alexandria Township Historical Soci$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Cradles to Crayons: $5k → 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

ME
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
VA
NC
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 31 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 27 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
13

Total granted

$1.2M
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+10%

Still filing today

65%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsPublic 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

  • TL
    THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
    5× · 2017–2021 · $220k · revenue +34%
  • TH
    THE HILL SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $175k · revenue +44%
  • TI
    THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $44k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • AF
    ATO Foundation - Alpha Delta scholarship
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • CT
    CRADLES TO CRAYONS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +202%
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.

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New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
2
Chicago Maritime Museum

Operation of a nautical history museum.

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3
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
4
Chicago Zoological Society

To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.

Animals
5
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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6
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

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7
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
8
Lincoln Park Conservancy

The mission of the lincoln park conservancy is to preserve and enhance the inspiring beauty of chicago's largest and most visited park for current and future generations. we believe that beauty matters. that it has the transformative power…

Recreation & Sports
9
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
10
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
11
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
12
Florence Griswold Museum Inc

The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Field Museum of Natural History; the most unlike its peers is Densmore Church Inc. 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

29 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. 29 of the 44 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO: $220,000 · EducationTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGOTHE HILL SCHOOL: $175,000 · EducationTHE HILL SCHOOLTHE NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $167,000 · EducationTHE NEWBERRY LIBRARY+2 more: $2,500 · EducationUniversity of Chicago Medicine: $160,000 · OtherUniversity of Chicago MedicineCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONArts and Sciences Foundation: $60,000 · OtherArts and Sciences FoundationWIVFD Established Building Fund: $40,000 · OtherWIVFD Established Building FundLurie Children's Hospital Foundatio: $20,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $20,000 · OtherOPENLANDS: $20,000 · Other+15 more: $43,679 · Other+15 moreTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $44,000 · EnvironmentCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $42,500 · Environment+2 more: $4,500 · EnvironmentFREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM: $16,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $4,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMON THREADS: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,250 · Arts & CultureTHOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE INC: $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterRIVER HOSPITAL INC: $10,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 · HealthTHE BARTON CENTER FOR DIABETES EDUCATION: $3,000 · HealthCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Education$564,500Other$463,679Environment$91,000Arts & Culture$48,750Public Safety & Disaster$20,000Health$19,500Human Services$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO: $220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL: $175,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEWBERRY LIBRARY: $167,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $44,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $42,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOPENLANDS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM: $16,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER HOSPITAL INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE RIVER INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD ELM SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMACSHERRY LIBRARY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPENLANDS ↗
  • Who funds FREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds RIVER HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND ISLANDS PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANT PARK ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE BARTON CENTER FOR DIABETES EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMON THREADS ↗
  • Who funds THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD ELM SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MACSHERRY LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc ↗
  • Who funds ERIE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗

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.

Northern New York Com…Price Chopper's Golub…Edward Clark McNally …The Phinney Charitabl…Twin Trees Foundation…Kassouf Family Founda…Kitt and Dan Goodwin …The Boathouse Foundat…Edward John Noble Fou…The Graham FoundationThe Delaney Bay Fund …Central New York Comm…
Northern New York Community Foundation IncNY24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Northern New York Community Foundation Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Edward Clark McNally Charitable Foundation · The Phinney Charitable Foundation Inc · Twin Trees Foundationinc · Kassouf Family Foundation Inc · Kitt and Dan Goodwin Family Private Foundation · The Boathouse Foundation · Edward John Noble Foundation Inc · The Graham Foundation · The Delaney Bay Fund Inc · Central New York Community Foundation Inc

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 Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Andrew & Jeanine McNally 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 44 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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