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Catherine Margaret Oconnor Hough Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Catherine Margaret Oconnor Hough Family Foundation Inc

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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$49kReligion$15kHuman Services$12kFood & Nutrition$9kHousing & Shelter$4kCivil Rights$4kEnvironment$3kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$168k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUKE UNIVERSITY #260$5,000
BOSTON COLLEGE #261$5,000
THE PAIDEIA FUND #259$3,200
WABE #262$2,000
ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH #265$2,000
FOOD ALLERGY SCIENCE INITIATIVE (FASI) #264$1,500
ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH #266$1,500
AGAPE YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER OF ATLANTA #268$1,500
FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (FARE) #263$1,500
THE PAIDEIA FUND #256$1,000
FOCUS GEORGIA #258$500
WHOLE WORLD IMPROV THEATRE #267$500
THE ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK #255$75
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 (FY22–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 13%INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $1k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $1k → 13%THE HOPE AND DIGNITY COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 13%THE HOPE AND DIGNITY COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 13%MULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $2k → 13%THE HOPE AND DIGNITY COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 13%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

NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
NC
DC
GA
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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 9 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
26

Total granted

$37k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+8%

Still filing today

67%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionAnimalsInternationalHealthOther
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

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $4k · revenue +3%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $4k · revenue +12%
  • IC
    INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $3k · revenue +108%

Funded once

  • DU
    DUKE UNIVERSITY #248
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • BC
    BOSTON COLLEGE #236
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • TP
    THE PAIDEIA FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Friends of the Earth (Action) Inc

To improve the environment through education and policy work, with an emphasis on pollution, climate change, and energy issues; and how congress and the administration stand on these issues.

—
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
5
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Aceee seeks to aggressively mobilize and scale up energy efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, and to do so at substantial economic savings. we seek a vibrant and equitable economy that uses energy more…

Environment
6
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
10
Watttime Corporation

To raise awareness about the potential to reduce environmental harm by shifting electricity use to particular times; to encourage the development and spread of common protocols for this practice.

Science & Tech
11
Southeastern Universities Research Association Inc

Sura's mission is to advance collaborative research and education and to strengthen the scientific capabilities of its members and our nation.

Science & Tech
12
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Hope and Dignity Community Center 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

14 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. 14 of the 48 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $6,000 · OtherST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHBOSTON COLLEGE #261: $5,000 · OtherBOSTON COLLEGE #261DUKE UNIVERSITY #260: $5,000 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY #260DUKE UNIVERSITY #248: $5,000 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY #248WABE: $4,400 · OtherWABESANDY HOOK PROMISE FND: $4,000 · OtherSANDY HOOK PROMISE FNDTHE PAIDEIA FUND #259: $3,200 · OtherBOSTON COLLEGE #236: $2,500 · OtherTHE PAIDEIA FUND: $2,500 · OtherTHE PAIDEIA FUND #253: $2,500 · OtherTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC: $2,500 · Other+25 more: $30,075 · Other+25 moreHOPE AND DIGNITY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8,100 · Human ServicesHOPE AND DIGNIT…INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesINTOWN COLLABOR…MULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesMULTI-AGENCY AL…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $2,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION M…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $4,000 · EducationFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF REFUGEES INC: $500 · Food & NutritionENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION: $2,000 · AnimalsCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentDIRECT RELIEF: $1,300 · InternationalRED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$72,675Human Services$14,600Education$8,000Food & Nutrition$2,500Animals$2,000Environment$1,500International$1,300Health$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOPE AND DIGNITY COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8,100 over 3y, 26% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF REFUGEES INC: $500 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 HOPE AND DIGNITY COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds INTOWN COLLABORATIVE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PAIDEIA SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTI-AGENCY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds ENDANGERED SPECIES COALITION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds RED SNEAKERS FOR OAKLEY 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 Community Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Catherine Margaret Oconnor Hough Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catherine Margaret Oconnor Hough Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–30%
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 Catherine Margaret Oconnor Hough Family Foundation Inc 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 48 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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