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Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundation at a glance

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Andrew and Joan McKenna 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.

$3.3M
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

12
’17
23
’18
8
’19
12
’20
8
’21
18
’22
5
’23
0
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$7.3MReligion$2.9MScience & Tech$1.1MHealth$911kEducation$656kPhilanthropy$629kArts & Culture$371kHuman Services$207kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.0M
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Misericordia$2,000,000
Museum of Science & Industry$615,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chica$400,000
Loyola Academy$100,000
Clearbrook$100,000
Catholic Theological Union$25,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum$25,000
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 (FY17–23, $364k) 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%Clearbrook: $100k → 14%Clearbrook: $100k → 14%Clearbrook: $100k → 14%Clearbrook: $48k → 14%YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago: $5k → 14%Howard Area Community Center: $1k → 14%UCAN: $5k → 14%UCAN: $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

IL
NY
IN
OH
CO
VA
MD
TN
LA
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 31 repeat orgs$548k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 24 since wound down. Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
37

Total granted

$6.6M
$548k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+29%

Still filing today

61%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • KC
    Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
    5× · 2017–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +23%
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    2× · 2022–2023 · $512k · revenue +14%
  • C
    CLEARBROOK
    4× · 2017–2023 · $348k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue -5%
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +10%
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
Loyola University of Chicago

We are chicago's jesuit, catholic university - a diverse community seeking god in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith.

Education
2
University of Chicago

The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.

Education
3
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
4
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
5
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
6
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.

—
7
Pediatric Faculty Foundation Inc

We value excellence and innovation in clinical and basic research, coordinated and comprehensive patient care, ongoing physician education, and evidence-based child advocacy. our goal is to provide leadership in endeavors that promote the…

Health
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
10
Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation Inc

Provide pediatric and subspecialty surgical, research, and educational services.

—
11
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

—
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids First Chicago for Education; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

41 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. 41 of the 70 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
29/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $7,005,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac+8 more: $337,500 · EducationMisericordia: $2,123,000 · OtherMisericordiaSts Fait Hope and Charity: $676,000 · OtherSts Fait Hope and CharityIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherLOYOLA ACADEMY: $156,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House Charity: $150,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY OF US OF AMER: $150,000 · Other+35 more: $745,000 · Other+35 moreKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $1,075,000 · Arts & CultureKenneth C …THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHICAG…WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $69,500 · Arts & CultureAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $512,000 · Health+5 more: $25,500 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $472,874 · Community ImprovementCLEARBROOK: $347,600 · Human Services+3 more: $16,000 · Human ServicesNorthwestern University: $284,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$7,342,500Other$4,200,000Arts & Culture$1,399,500Health$537,500Community Improvement$472,874Human Services$363,600Recreation & Sports$284,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $7,005,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry: $1,075,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $512,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $472,874 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEARBROOK: $347,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwestern University: $284,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $230,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $100,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAccelerate Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetErikson Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINGS PROGRAM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $24,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY FOR URBAN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCAN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicagoland Chamber of Commerce: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS FIRST CHICAGO FOR EDUCATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPENLANDS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Area Community Center: $1,000 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 University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry ↗
  • Who funds Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds CLEARBROOK ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds Big Shoulders Fund ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds WINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TIMELINE THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Accelerate Institute ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Erikson Institute ↗
  • Who funds WINGS PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center 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.

The Canning FoundationPatrick G and Shirley…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Chicago Community…Polk Bros Foundation …James and Catherine D…Hobsonlucas Family Fo…Lloyd a Fry FoundationRobert R McCormick Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…John D and Catherine …J Christopher and Ann…
The Canning FoundationIL22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Canning Foundation · Patrick G and Shirley W Ryan Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · James and Catherine Denny Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · J Christopher and Anne N Reyes 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 Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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How do I get to Andrew and Joan McKenna Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Andrew and Joan McKenna 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 70 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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