· Private foundation
Dtm and Jlm McLaughlin Family Foundation
Its FY2017 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Dtm and Jlm McLaughlin Family Foundation’s FY2017 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. FY2017 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k18 grants · $18k
- $250k+1 grant · $303k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE | $303,192 |
| TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC | $1,500 |
| DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY | $1,500 |
| SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $1,500 |
| EASTON VOL FIRE DEPT | $1,000 |
| SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC | $1,000 |
| BIG (BARRIER ISLAND GROUP) FOR THE ARTS | $1,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIORS | $1,000 |
| CLINIC FOR REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE | $1,000 |
| TALBOT HUMANE SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| ACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN | $1,000 |
| MID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - OPERATION CHRISTMAS SPIRIT | $1,000 |
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.
Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $2k) 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. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
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.
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.
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.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…
We are a grassroots organization focused on the critical environmental issues of sw florida. we accomplish this through a myriad of efforts by the teams in our programmatic departments: science, policy, education and wildlife…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
Improve the ocean's future, one person at a time, in order to live in a world where all people value, understand, and care for the ocean.
To cultivate responsible stewardship of coastal georgia's natural resources through education, conservation and research.
The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…
The wendell gilley museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of wendell gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. it teaches the art of bird carving as well as other hands-on creative programs. the…
To educate the public and promote understanding, enjoyment, and scholarly examination of art through the exhibition of works by salvador dali and artists of similar vision to preserve and expand its collection of art of dali and related…
Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.
The ringling is a place of art, architecture, and circus in an environment that inspires, educates, entertains, and honors the legacy of john & mable ringling.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
9 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. 9 of the 19 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.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC ↗
- Who funds BARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Dtm and Jlm McLaughlin 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.
- Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation — 4% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
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.
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