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Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
68
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 45% of CHAUNCEY AND MARION D MCCORMICK FAMILY FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k27 grants · $543k
  • $50k–250k34 grants · $2.7M
  • $250k+3 grants · $965k
$50,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$117M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LITTLE TRAVERSE CONSERVANCY INC$350,000
DONORS TRUST$322,500
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$292,500
NOURISHING HOPE$200,000
ALL CHICAGO$200,000
CHICAGO CITY DAY SCHOOL$150,000
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$150,000
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL$150,000
RECIPE FOR CHANGE$100,000
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$100,000
VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC$95,000
BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CENTER$90,000
THE BHUTAN FOUNDATION$80,000
THE ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO$80,000
BALLET THEATER FOUNDATION$75,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $275k → 8%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CENTER: $203k → 6%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $125k → 8%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CENTER: $158k → 6%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $100k → 8%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CENTER: $145k → 6%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $90k → 8%MARIN LINK INC: $5k → 8%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CENTER: $140k → 6%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $60k → 8%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CENTER: $130k → 6%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $50k → 8%BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING & EDUCATION CENTER: $90k → 6%SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $100k → 9%SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $100k → 9%PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER: $25k → 8%SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $50k → 9%SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $50k → 9%RITTER CENTER: $20k → 8%SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $40k → 9%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF MARIN COUNTY: $20k → 8%SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $15k → 9%SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $15k → 9%ARTISTS AND MOTHERS: $3k → 17%WORLDVIEW EDUCATION AND CARE INC: $10k → 14%WORLDVIEW EDUCATION AND CARE INC: $10k → 14%WORLDVIEW EDUCATION AND CARE INC: $10k → 14%WORLDVIEW EDUCATION AND CARE INC: $10k → 14%WORLDVIEW EDUCATION AND CARE INC: $10k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
WY
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$19M · 78 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +32% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

78 repeat relationships — 43 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
71

Total granted

$19M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+18%

Still filing today

68%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BT
    BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $865k · revenue +45%
  • TA
    THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
    6× · 2020–2025 · $718k · revenue +32%
  • TI
    THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $620k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY - LYME INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2020 · $175k
  • CC
    Columbia College Chicago
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue +7%
  • VM
    VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC - GENERAL OPERATING
    one grant, 2021 · $150k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
United States Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
3
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

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

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6
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
7
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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8
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
9
Arts Midwest Incorporated

Arts Midwest works collaboratively with private and public arts supporters to support, inform, and celebrate arts organizations and creative communities across the Midwest. Our mission is to build unprecedented opportunity across the…

Arts & Culture
10
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc

To encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations.

Arts & Culture
11
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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12
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Illinois Arts Alliance and the most unlike its peers is Lucky Plush Productions. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPolicy Research and AdvocacyAnimal Rescue and ShelterIndependent K-12 SchoolsCommunity Arts CentersFood Banks and PantriesMilitary Veterans SupportVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Addiction Recovery ServicesJewish Community Organizati…Community FoundationsPregnancy Support ServicesLocal History MuseumsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Dance Arts OrganizationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Health Access Advocacy and …Youth Mentoring ProgramsChristian Missionary Organi…Senior Support ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Domestic Violence ServicesCancer Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%28%10–20yr16%20%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%35%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%20%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/131
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,434

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

125 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 125 of the 177 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
123/125
Grantees still filing
73/125
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $1,225,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONTHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE — $620,000 · OtherMUSIC AND DANCE THEATER CHICAGO - CAPITAL CAMPAIGN — $600,000 · OtherMUSIC AND DANCE THEATER CHICAGO - ANNUAL FUND SUPPORT — $575,000 · OtherSPECIAL OPERATIONS — $510,000 · OtherDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc — $500,000 · OtherST CHRYSOSTOM'S CHURCH AND DAY SCHOOL — $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $452,500 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC — $470,000 · Other+95 more — $8,080,375 · Other+95 moreCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $1,775,825 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AI…Donors Trust Inc — $772,500 · PhilanthropyDonors Trust…+5 more — $149,765 · Philanthropy+5 moreFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $500,000 · Arts & CultureFIELD MUS…VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC — $450,000 · Arts & CultureVIZCAYA M…Lyric Opera of Chicago — $250,000 · Arts & CultureLyric Ope…OPEN EYE PICTURES INC — $140,000 · Arts & CultureOPEN EYE …Floating Museum NFP — $100,000 · Arts & Cultureinternational beethoven project — $80,000 · Arts & CultureThe Arts Club of Chicago — $80,000 · Arts & Culture+23 more — $497,700 · Arts & Culture+23 moreBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $865,000 · Human ServicesBRAVEHEAR…THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC — $700,000 · Human ServicesTHE TANZA…SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — $370,000 · Human ServicesSAFE REFU…+6 more — $122,500 · Human Services+6 moreFOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC — $955,000 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $400,000 · InternationalTHE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION — $270,000 · International+4 more — $97,000 · InternationalRush University Medical Center — $600,000 · HealthNEW DAY FOR CHILDREN — $275,000 · HealthSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $200,000 · HealthTHE JACKSON CHANCE FOUNDATION — $200,000 · HealthGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC — $80,000 · HealthTHE WOMAN'S BOARD OF NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — $75,000 · HealthTHE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 · Health+4 more — $85,000 · HealthTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $718,400 · EducationCHICAGO CITY DAY SCHOOL — $150,000 · EducationColumbia College Chicago — $150,000 · Education826CHI INC — $105,000 · EducationJACKSON HOLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC — $100,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago — $61,500 · Education+3 more — $28,800 · Education
Other$13,532,875Philanthropy$2,698,090Arts & Culture$2,097,700Human Services$2,057,500International$1,722,000Health$1,575,000Education$1,313,700

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $1,775,825 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC — $955,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetBRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER — $865,000 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetDonors Trust Inc — $772,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — $718,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC — $700,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE — $620,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetRush University Medical Center — $600,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc — $500,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $500,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC — $470,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetVIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC — $450,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $400,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — $370,000 over 5y, 44% of budgetSt Leonard's Ministries — $356,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetLINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $350,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE — $319,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC — $305,000 over 6y, 6.9% of budgetREADING BETWEEN THE LINES NFP — $300,000 over 6y, 43% of budgetHOPE FOR PAWS — $290,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation — $287,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetNEW DAY FOR CHILDREN — $275,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION — $270,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetMONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 6y, 72% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago — $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRECIPE FOR CHANGE — $232,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JACKSON CHANCE FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND — $190,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $170,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALTUS ACADEMY — $170,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetCHICAGO CITY DAY SCHOOL — $150,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetColumbia College Chicago — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN EYE PICTURES INC — $140,000 over 1y, 95% of budgetNorthwestern University — $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budget826CHI INC — $105,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetThe Foundation United — $100,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetJACKSON HOLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFloating Museum NFP — $100,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetHomeward Bound of Marin — $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetinternational beethoven project — $80,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetREDWOOD GOSPEL MISSIONS — $80,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC — $80,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE WOMAN'S BOARD OF NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — $75,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetILLINOIS ARTS ALLIANCE — $65,175 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT TAMALPAIS SCHOOL — $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION INC — $64,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC ↗
  • Who funds BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Donors Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc ↗
  • Who funds FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
  • Who funds SAFE REFUGE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds St Leonard's Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NOURISHING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds THE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds READING BETWEEN THE LINES NFP ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR PAWS ↗
  • Who funds The Bhutan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEW DAY FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Lyric Opera of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds RECIPE FOR CHANGE ↗
  • Who funds ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE JACKSON CHANCE FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …Gaylord and Dorothy D…Polk Bros Foundation …Circle of Service Fou…Marin Community Found…Arie and Ida Crown Me…Peter E Haas Jr Famil…Reva and David Logan …Hobsonlucas Family Fo…McNabb FoundationThe Poetry Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL34.2× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The Poetry Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc — 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
27report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chauncey and Marion D McCormick Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 177 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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