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Edward Clark McNally Charitable Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15k
Granted FY2021
7
Grants FY2021
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
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 2021.

Health$52kEducation$43kPhilanthropy$19kArts & Culture$18kEnvironment$11kReligion$2k
02FY2021 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Hill School$6,000
River Hospital$5,000
Save The River$2,000
Fun Time Early Childhood Academy In$500
1000 Islands Land Trust$500
Woman's Board Northwestern Memorial$500
Thousand Islands Art Center$500
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 (FY17–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Fun Time Early Childhood Academy In: $500 → 10%Fun Time Early Childhood Academy In: $500 → 10%Fun Time Early Childhood Academy In: $500 → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$133k · 16 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2021, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
8

Total granted

$133k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+135%

Still filing today

56%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • TH
    THE HILL SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2021 · $16k · revenue +44%
  • TA
    THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM
    4× · 2017–2020 · $12k · revenue +149%
  • TL
    THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
    4× · 2017–2020 · $10k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +135%
  • NN
    Northern NY Community Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • FR
    FREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -46%
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
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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2
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
3
Newcomb Historical Museum

The organization was formed to safeguard and share existing and future collections related to the social, cultural, and economic history of the high peaks adirondack region in and around the township of newcomb in essex county, new york.

Arts & Culture
4
Long Island Maritime Museum

The stated purpose of the museum shall be:a.to preserve long island's maritime history and heritage for educational purposes.b.to purchase, collect, restore and preserve boats, vessels and related equipment having to do with the past and…

Arts & Culture
5
Cape Ann Museum Inc

To foster an appreciation of the quality and diversity of life on cape ann, past and present; to further the knowledge and enjoyment of cape ann history and art; to collect and preserve significant information and artifacts; and to…

Arts & Culture
6
Fitchburg Art Museum

The mission of the fitchburg art museum is to inspire creativity and learning, and to contribute to the well-being of our diverse communities in fitchburg, north central massachusetts, and new england. to accomplish the mission, we…

Arts & Culture
7
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
8
Hudson River Maritime Museum

Education and preservation

Arts & Culture
9
Albany County Historical Association

To preserve, present and promote the history and culture of Albany County, New York

Arts & Culture
10
Florence Griswold Museum Inc

The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
11
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences

Inspire joyful exploration of science and nature through engaging experiences, unique resources, and exceptional staff.

Arts & Culture
12
Maine Maritime Museum

To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Taft School Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Macsherry Library. 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

12 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. 12 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago Medicine: $40,000 · OtherUniversity of Chicago MedicineWIVFD Established Building Fund: $15,000 · OtherWIVFD Established Building FundSacred Heart-Griffin High School: $8,000 · OtherSacred Heart-Griffin High School+10 more: $14,500 · Other+10 moreTHE HILL SCHOOL: $16,000 · EducationTHE HILL SCHOOLTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO: $10,350 · EducationTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAG…THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATIO…MACSHERRY LIBRARY: $2,000 · EducationMACSHERRY LIBRARYTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ANTIQU…FREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFREDERIC R…RIVER HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthSAVE THE RIVER INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE NATURE CENTER INC: $750 · EnvironmentFun Time Early Childhood Academy Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE CONSERVATION LAW CENTER INC: $500 · Crime & Legal
Other$77,500Education$33,350Arts & Culture$13,000Health$10,000Environment$7,750Human Services$1,500Crime & Legal$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO: $10,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE RIVER INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMACSHERRY LIBRARY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFun Time Early Childhood Academy Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NATURE CENTER INC: $750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 THE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds RIVER HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MACSHERRY LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds Fun Time Early Childhood Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds FREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION LAW CENTER 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.

Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable FoundationIL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Andrew & Jeanine McNally Charitable Foundation · Northern New York Community Foundation Inc · Twin Trees Foundationinc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Edward Clark McNally Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward Clark McNally Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    6report 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 24 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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