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Elizabeth McGeachin McKee Foundatio at a glance

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Elizabeth McGeachin McKee Foundatio

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$477k
Granted FY2023
40
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Environment$314kArts & Culture$226kHealth$223kFood & Nutrition$197kEducation$167kCrime & Legal$154kHousing & Shelter$124kYouth Development$124kOther$0
02FY2023 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k12 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $413k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF GOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUM$30,867
CENTRAL CAROLINA TRI COUNTY REENTRY$30,000
INVEST IN KIDS$26,000
DUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & HEALTH$25,000
MINER'S ALLEY PLAYHOUSE$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MTN$20,000
WAKE TECH FOUNDATION$20,000
THE ACTION CENTER$15,000
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC$15,000
UNTAMED SPIRIT THERAPEUTIC & EDUC$15,000
TREES WATER PEOPLE$15,000
BGOLDN$15,000
COVENANT HOUSE$15,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,914
WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO$10,500
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 (FY18–23, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE CO: $10k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE CO: $10k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $4k → 17%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE CO: $5k → 8%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE CO: $4k → 8%WHEELS 4 HOPE: $4k → 8%WHEELS 4 HOPE: $2k → 8%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

WI
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.
$1.9M · 42 repeat orgs$144k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2023, 10 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
11

Total granted

$1.9M
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+55%

Still filing today

62%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentInternationalFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthEducationOther
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

  • SW
    SAFE WATER NETWORK
    6× · 2018–2023 · $150k · revenue +110%
  • II
    INVEST IN KIDS
    5× · 2019–2023 · $124k · revenue +84%
  • RF
    ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $105k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • GF
    GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $14k · revenue -31%
  • SO
    SOUTHEST OH FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF ROANOKE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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 Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
3
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
4
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
5
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
6
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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7
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
8
Colorado Food Cluster Inc

Provide opportunities for all to thrive by offering free food resources to communities.

Food & Nutrition
9
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
10
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
11
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
12
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pardoned by Christ. 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

35 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. 35 of the 61 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF GOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUM: $90,867 · OtherFRIENDS OF GOLDEN HISTORY MUSEUMDUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & HEALTH: $75,000 · OtherDUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & HEALTHCRAVEN PAMLICO REENTRY COUNCIL: $65,000 · OtherCRAVEN PAMLICO REENTRY COUNCILOhio University: $65,000 · OtherOhio UniversityUNTAMED SPIRIT THERAPEUTIC & EDUC: $63,500 · OtherUNTAMED SPIRIT THERAPEUTIC & EDUCWELFARE WARRIORS INC: $56,000 · OtherYOKEFELLOW PRISON MINISTRY: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MTN: $40,000 · OtherGOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN: $38,500 · OtherPardoned by Christ: $59,000 · OtherUNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY INC: $52,500 · OtherTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY: $40,000 · Other+28 more: $375,000 · Other+28 moreSAFE WATER NETWORK: $150,000 · EnvironmentSAFE WATER NETWOR…ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $105,000 · EnvironmentROARING FORK CONS…TREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $30,000 · EnvironmentTREES WATER AND P…CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $16,000 · Environment+2 more: $12,500 · EnvironmentWAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $105,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $52,000 · EducationFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $67,000 · Food & NutritionGOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $16,000 · Food & NutritionINVEST IN KIDS: $124,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOVENANT HOUSE: $64,000 · Human ServicesURBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $29,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesWHEELS4HOPE: $6,000 · Human ServicesOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $52,000 · InternationalCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $17,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,414 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $13,500 · International
Other$1,110,367Environment$313,500Education$157,000Food & Nutrition$128,000Youth Development$124,000Human Services$109,500International$97,914

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 budgetSAFE WATER NETWORK: $150,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetINVEST IN KIDS: $124,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $105,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetWAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $105,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $67,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $64,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPardoned by Christ: $59,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetUNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY INC: $52,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $52,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $52,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $45,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetTHE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetREDIRECTION-NC: $30,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetURBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $29,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,414 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $13,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEPSIS ALLIANCE INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWHEELS4HOPE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEFFCO OPEN SPACE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE RADIO READING SERVICE: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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 SAFE WATER NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds INVEST IN KIDS ↗
  • Who funds ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Pardoned by Christ ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MORRISON THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds JEFFCO ACTION CENTER INC THE ACTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TREES WATER AND PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds REDIRECTION-NC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds NAACP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DANNY & RONS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…McKee Family Foundati…Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO14× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · McKee Family Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Elizabeth McGeachin McKee Foundatio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth McGeachin McKee Foundatio. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Elizabeth McGeachin McKee Foundatio 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 61 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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