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Edeltraud McCarthy 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.

$546k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$115k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.1MHuman Services$496kEnvironment$455kArts & Culture$293kEducation$177kAnimals$118kReligion$105kPhilanthropy$91kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $372k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LIVING DESERT$115,000
LOMA LINDA UNIV HOSPITAL$102,000
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI$100,000
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$55,000
COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION$40,000
MCCALLUM THEATER$27,500
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM SOC$15,000
JFK FOUNDATION$15,000
TOOLS FOR TOMORROW$10,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$10,000
JOSELYN CENTER$7,500
BIG HEARTS LITTLE HANDS$7,250
DAP$6,000
PALM SPRINGS OPERA GUILD$5,000
FOUNDATION OF LAGUNA WOODS VILLAGE$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $335k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%Coachella Valley Rescue Mission: $60k → 11%Coachella Valley Rescue Mission: $50k → 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $40k → 11%THE JOSLYN CENTER: $30k → 11%MARTHAS VILLAGE KITCHEN: $30k → 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $30k → 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $24k → 11%MARTHAS VILLAGE KITCHEN: $10k → 11%THE JOSLYN CENTER: $7k → 11%THE JOSLYN CENTER: $3k → 11%MARTHA'S VILLAGE & KITCHEN: $35k → 11%the joslyn center: $16k → 11%PENDLETON FOUNDATION: $300 → 11%MAMAS HOUSE MINISTRIES: $200 → 11%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 32 repeat orgs$424k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
26

Total granted

$2.7M
$223k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+39%

Still filing today

47%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $202k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • LD
    LIVING DESERT THE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $455k · revenue +39%
  • LL
    LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH
    2× · 2020–2021 · $375k · revenue +31%
  • CV
    COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $204k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • CR
    CV RESCUE MISSION
    one grant, 2022 · $66k
  • CO
    College of the Desert Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +180%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
The Desert Sanctuary Inc

To provide shelter and counseling for victims of domestic violence in the Barstow area.

Human Services
2
Friends of the Desert Mountains

The mission of the friends of the desert mountains is to preserve land, to support education, conservation and research in the coachella valley, and to act as the support organization for the santa rosa & san jacinto mountains national…

Animals
3
Valle Del Sol Inc

Valle del sol inspires positive change by investing in health and human services to strengthen families with tools and skills for self-sufficiency and by building the next generation of latino and diverse leaders.

Health
4
The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce is a regional chamber formed in 2016 to support a diverse business community that spans nearly forty-five miles and serves the needs of nearly 500,000 visitors each year. As a business…

Community Improvement
5
Friends of the Palm SpringsAnimal Shelter

We are dedicated to building a community responsible for pet stewardship and humane treatment of animals.

Animals
6
Hospice of the Valleys Sc Inc

We foster reverence for life, relief of suffering, and compassion in loss for the terminally ill residents and their families in the communities we serve.

Human Services
7
Desert View

Desert views mission is to support an individuals healing practice of christian science by providing christian science nursing whenever there is a need.

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8
Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation

The mission of the coachella valley journalism foundation is to promote and support excellent, sustainable community journalism in the coachella valley.

Arts & Culture
9
Palm Springs Preservation Foundation

To educate and promote public awareness of the importance of preserving the historical resources and architecture of the city of palm springs and the coachella valley area.

Arts & Culture
10
California Desert Arts Council Llc
Arts & Culture
11
La Clinica Del Valle Family Health Care Center Inc

La clinica provides primary and preventive medical, dental, behavioral health, and other health promotion services to underserved and low-income patients.

—
12
Desert Spring Community Resource Center
Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 74 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOMA LINDA UNIV HOSPITAL: $611,800 · OtherLOMA LINDA UNIV HOSPITALLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $375,000 · OtherLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTHIndividual grant recipient: $103,500 · OtherST FRANCIS OF ASSISI: $100,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF THE DESERT: $89,600 · OtherCV RESCUE MISSION: $66,250 · Other+50 more: $599,546 · Other+50 moreLIVING DESERT THE: $454,700 · EnvironmentLIVING DESERT TH…COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $204,000 · Human ServicesCOACHELLA VA…MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VIL…Cove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center: $55,250 · Human ServicesCove Communi…+4 more: $6,500 · Human ServicesOLIVE CREST: $125,000 · HealthDAP Health Inc: $10,000 · HealthDESERT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · HealthPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $114,450 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC: $11,650 · Arts & CultureCollege of the Desert Foundation: $50,000 · EducationTOOLS FOR TOMORROW INC: $10,000 · EducationALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $40,000 · Animals+1 more: $500 · Animals
Other$1,945,696Environment$454,700Human Services$340,750Health$141,500Arts & Culture$126,100Education$60,000Animals$40,500

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 budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $454,700 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH: $375,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $204,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $114,450 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center: $55,250 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetCollege of the Desert Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDESERT ARC: $49,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $40,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE DESERT SYMPHONY INC: $28,800 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM SOCIETY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC: $11,650 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING FREE NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOOLS FOR TOMORROW INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPalm Springs International Piano Competition: $7,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF LAGUNA WOODS VILLAGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENDLETON FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAMA'S HOUSE MINISTRIES FKA HEARTBEAT AT 22: $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.

  • Who funds LIVING DESERT THE ↗
  • Who funds LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Cove Communities Senior Association DBA The Joslyn Center ↗
  • Who funds College of the Desert Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DESERT ARC ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE DESERT SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds PALM SPRINGS AIR MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds LIVING FREE NON-PROFIT ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds DAP Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOOLS FOR TOMORROW 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 Auen FoundationHN and Frances C Berg…Bighorn Golf Club Cha…Houston Family Founda…The Galen Family Foun…The Hyman and Mintz F…The Coeta and Donald …Regional Access Proje…The Grace Helen Spear…Highland Street Conne…Inland Empire Communi…Charity Works
The Auen FoundationCA28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Auen Foundation · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · Houston Family Foundation · The Galen Family Foundation · The Hyman and Mintz Family Foundation · The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · Regional Access Project Foundation · The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Inland Empire Community Foundation · Charity Works

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 Edeltraud McCarthy Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edeltraud McCarthy Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 74 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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