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Charles N Mathewson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Charles N Mathewson Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$278k
Granted FY2023
5
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Philanthropy$6.3MHealth$4.5MReligion$2.0MArts & Culture$567kYouth Development$225kFood & Nutrition$200kRecreation & Sports$113kEducation$43kOther$0
02FY2023 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$55,694
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MATHEWSON GROUP FUND$55,694
LADREYT FAMILY FUND$55,694
GH-MCM DONOR-ADVISED FUND$55,694
Individual grant recipient$55,694
GH-MATHEWSON FAMILY FUND$55,694
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 (FY21–22, $124k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE CHILDREN'S CABINET: $24k → 10%WASHOE BRIDGE SOCIETY: $100k → 10%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.
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.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 8 repeat orgs$9.8M to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
24

Total granted

$4.1M
$9.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+48%

Still filing today

38%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LF
    LADREYT FAMILY FUND
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.3M
  • GD
    GH-MCM DONOR-ADVISED FUND
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.3M
  • TM
    THE MATHEWSON GROUP FUND
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.3M

Funded once

  • RH
    Renown Health Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3.0M · revenue +412% · 58% of their budget
  • UW
    USA WEST PROVINCE SOCIETY OF JESUS
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • ES
    EASTER SULLIVANUS CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST
    one grant, 2022 · $1.2M
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
Healthy Nevada
Health
2
Washoe Barton Medical Clinic

Our mission is to care for your health and wellness. Our vision is to strengthen our community by providing accessible, affordable, high quality healthcare to all.

Health
3
Renown Health

Renown Health makes a genuine difference in the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.

Health
4
Carson Valley Health Foundation

None

Health
5
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that raises and manages private funds for the benefit of UNLV. Our mission is to increase philanthropic support for the university, grow its endowment for…

Education
6
Unlv Research Foundation

The foundation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the purposes of supporting, promoting, and reporting research activities at the university of nevada, las vegas, as an entity of the board of regents of the nevada system of…

Science & Tech
7
University of Nevada School of Medicine Multispecialty Group Practice South Inc

Medical education, scientific research, and patient care.

Health
8
Nevada Wild Horses

Wild horse protection, preservation, rescue and care work.

Animals
9
University of Nevada Alumni Association

The Nevada Alumni Association is here to foster and cultivate a common bond of pride, affinity and connection among alumni, students, prospective students and friends of the University of Nevada, Reno through quality programs, services and…

—
10
The Nevada Bighorns Foundation
Education
11
Northern Nevada Hiv Outpatient Program Education and Services

Northern Nevada Hopes provides affordable, high-quality, medical, behavioral health, and support services for all. We are dedicated to building a healthier community by providing coordinated care and support for individuals and family…

Health
12
Nevada Cancer Research Foundation Inc

Cancer research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Cabinet Inc; the most unlike its peers is California Paws Rescue. 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 35 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Renown Health Foundation: $3,000,000 · OtherRenown Health FoundationUSA WEST PROVINCE SOCIETY OF JESUS: $2,000,000 · OtherUSA WEST PROVINCE SOCIETY OF JESUSLADREYT FAMILY FUND: $1,255,694 · OtherLADREYT FAMILY FUNDGH-MCM DONOR-ADVISED FUND: $1,255,694 · OtherGH-MCM DONOR-ADVISED FUNDTHE MATHEWSON GROUP FUND: $1,255,694 · OtherTHE MATHEWSON GROUP FUNDEASTER SULLIVANUS CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST: $1,200,000 · OtherEASTER SULLIVANUS CHARITABLE GIFT TRUSTGH-MATHEWSON FAMILY: $1,200,000 · OtherGH-MATHEWSON FAMILYELMA: $500,000 · Other+12 more: $819,538 · Other+12 moreEisenhower Medical Center: $1,000,000 · HealthEisenhowe…COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY…+2 more: $20,000 · HealthWASHOE BRIDGE SOCIETY Inc: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $24,200 · Human ServicesPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyNevada Museum of Art: $51,000 · Arts & CultureNew Reno Little Theater: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSIERRA SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS: $6,000 · Arts & CultureUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $20,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE FIT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentATHLETES FOR HOPE: $12,500 · Youth Development
Other$12,486,620Health$1,120,000Human Services$124,200Philanthropy$100,000Arts & Culture$67,000Education$41,000Youth Development$37,500

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 budgetRenown Health Foundation: $3,000,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHOE BRIDGE SOCIETY Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $51,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FIT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CABINET INC: $24,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Reno Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS AND HORSES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetATHLETES FOR HOPE: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA PAWS RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNew Reno Little Theater: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSIERRA SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS: $6,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMOTHERS FOR AWARENESS AND PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE (MAPDA): $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% 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.

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 E L Cord Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The E L Cord FoundationNV13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The E L Cord Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Charles N Mathewson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles N Mathewson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 35 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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