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Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc

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.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2024
26
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 26
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$25M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $900k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$3.2M18%
FY202326$2.8M42%
FY202222$3.3M23%
FY202119$2.4M53%
FY202017$2.1M12%
FY201918$2.1M22%
FY201817$2.6Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$6.6MArts & Culture$6.1MYouth Development$2.7MEducation$1.2MFood & Nutrition$825kHousing & Shelter$555kHuman Services$325kEnvironment$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
DE
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ukandu$2,300,000765%
Cape Kid Meals Inc$825,000431%
Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Inc$825,000416%
Music Workshop$640,000724%
The University of Puget Sound$625,00070%
Harborside Center for the Arts Inc$600,0002100%
Olympic Medical Center Foundation$583,376216%
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$500,00032%
Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc$500,00075%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$450,00021%
Punta Gorda Symphony Inc$400,000334%
Jack The Bike Man Inc$315,000712%
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound$300,00022%
Boston Ballet Inc$300,00030%
The Cannon Theatre Corp$275,000382%
Stetson University Inc$255,00020%
In Concert for Cancer$250,000350%
Charlotte Country Day School Inc$240,00036%
Washington State Boys & Girls Clubs Asso$200,000112%
Tommy's Place Foundation Inc$200,00025%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$200,00020%
Hood River Senior Citizens Inc$105,000311%
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia$100,00020%
Communities in Schools of Peninsula$75,00016%
Sam Day Foundation$58,00026%
Charlotte Country Day School$40,00010%
Cape Arts & Entertainment Inc$35,00021%
Clewiston Museuminc$35,000127%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$30,00020%
Multicare Foundations$25,00010%
Cape Cod Concert Band$25,0002n/a
Grow Native Massachusetts Inc$25,00017%
Columbia Gorge Childrens Advocacy Center$20,00011%
Washington Gorge Action Programs$20,00010%
Fred Lang Foundation Inc$10,000111%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$10,00010%
Providence Health Care Foundation$10,00013%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUkandu: $2,300,000 over 7y, 65% of budgetCape Kid Meals Inc: $825,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Inc: $825,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetMusic Workshop: $640,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetThe University of Puget Sound: $625,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHarborside Center for the Arts Inc: $600,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetOlympic Medical Center Foundation: $583,376 over 2y, 16% of budgetCharlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCotuit Center for the Arts Inc: $500,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPunta Gorda Symphony Inc: $400,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetJack The Bike Man Inc: $315,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound: $300,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBoston Ballet Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Cannon Theatre Corp: $275,000 over 3y, 82% of budgetStetson University Inc: $255,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIn Concert for Cancer: $250,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetCharlotte Country Day School Inc: $240,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetWashington State Boys & Girls Clubs Asso: $200,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTommy's Place Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHood River Senior Citizens Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBenaroya Research Institute at Virginia: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Peninsula: $75,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSam Day Foundation: $58,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetCharlotte Country Day School: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCape Arts & Entertainment Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetClewiston Museuminc: $35,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMulticare Foundations: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrow Native Massachusetts Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetColumbia Gorge Childrens Advocacy Center: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWashington Gorge Action Programs: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFred Lang Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetOregon Health & Science University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Health Care Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNational Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Cape Cod Foundation IncMA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Cape & Coast Bank Foundation · Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · School's Out Washington · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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About Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc

How much does Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc give?
Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $3,168,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Arts & Culture (33%), Youth Development (15%).
Who are Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Ukandu ($2.3M), Cape Kid Meals Inc ($825k), Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Inc ($825k).
Does Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Cape & Coast Bank Foundation, Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc.
Where is Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc based?
Elizabeth B McGraw Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 54 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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