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Diane & Michael Canney Foundation at a glance

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Diane & Michael Canney Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$314kHealth$64kEducation$20kAnimals$13kYouth Development$10kEnvironment$9kScience & Tech$9kPhilanthropy$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY$5,000
SAGE PATIENT ADVOCATES$2,500
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$2,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
LOUDOUN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY$1,000
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY$1,000
THE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOPSITAL$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
SMILE TRAIN INC$500
LOWRY PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF TAMPA INC$500
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS$250
FRIENDS OF THE SHENANDOAH TRAIL$250
GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC$200
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 (FY17–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%BOULDER CREST RETREAT: $750 → 7%BOULDER CREST RETREAT: $500 → 7%LOUDOUN ABUSED WOMENS SHELTER: $750 → 4%THE STEP SISTERS: $850 → 4%THE STEP SISTERS: $500 → 4%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
MA
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$385k · 19 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
25

Total granted

$385k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+46%

Still filing today

68%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • NV
    NORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2022 · $30k · revenue +22%
  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    3× · 2018–2024 · $25k · revenue +110%
  • NG
    NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
    4× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOHN HOPKINS-BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • NF
    NWFCU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
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
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
5
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
6
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
7
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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9
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
10
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
11
Fort Loudoun Medical Center

Fort Loudoun Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Loudoun First Responders Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Step Sisters. 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

37 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. 37 of the 55 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
26/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ART OF THE MATTER INC: $247,200 · OtherART OF THE MATTER INCJOHN HOPKINS-BREAST CANCER RESEARCH: $18,000 · OtherLOUDOUN ARTS COUNCIL INC: $16,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF LEESBURG PUBLIC ARTS: $12,615 · Other+36 more: $70,083 · Other+36 moreNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFreedom Museum Inc: $3,367 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $439 · Arts & CultureVanderbilt University: $16,500 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $9,000 · EducationEUPHEMIA L HAYNES PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $2,519 · Education+1 more: $400 · EducationVanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $200 · HealthRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $7,500 · EnvironmentTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $1,000 · EnvironmentWHALE TRUST: $7,000 · Science & TechLOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC: $4,500 · ReligionMEADOWKIRK INC: $1,500 · Religion
Other$364,398Arts & Culture$33,806Education$28,419Health$25,200Environment$8,500Science & Tech$7,000Religion$6,000

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 budgetART OF THE MATTER INC: $247,200 over 3y, 97% of budgetNORTHERN VIRGINIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHALE TRUST: $7,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $6,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $4,990 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUDOUN HUNGER RELIEF INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEASHES OF VALOR: $3,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAGE PATIENT ADVOCATES: $3,250 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SWEET JULIA GRACE FOUNDATION: $3,169 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetEUPHEMIA L HAYNES PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $2,519 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoudoun Wildlife Conservancy: $2,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUDOUN FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION: $1,874 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEADOWKIRK INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STEP SISTERS: $1,350 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUDOUN LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $950 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLOUDOUN CITIZENS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Giving Back Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Shenandoah Trail: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLEGANY ARTS COUNCIL: $239 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $200 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Philip L Graham Fund …Dominion Energy Chari…The McMunn Family Fou…Fredrick D & Karen G …Van Metre Companies F…Jack Kent Cooke Found…United Way of the Nat…The Community Foundat…Carmax FoundationVerizon FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…
Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier CountiesVA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The McMunn Family Foundation · Fredrick D & Karen G Schaufeld Family Foundation · Van Metre Companies Foundation Inc · Jack Kent Cooke Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Carmax Foundation · Verizon Foundation · American Endowment 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 Diane & Michael Canney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Diane & Michael Canney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • Soldier On Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Allegany Arts Council: 37% of income from government
  • Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Diane & Michael Canney Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Diane & Michael Canney 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 55 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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