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James and Tanya Mahood Foundation at a glance

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James and Tanya Mahood Foundation

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.

$129k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$206kFood & Nutrition$145kEnvironment$80kEducation$61kHealth$48kHuman Services$42kHousing & Shelter$35kArts & Culture$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $107k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
$4,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Doctors Without Borders USA$12,000
Feeding America$10,000
Mississippi Food Network$7,500
Preble Street$5,000
Preble Street for Florence House$5,000
John and Marcia Price College of Engineering$5,000
Save the Children Federation Inc$5,000
Population Services International Contribution$5,000
Brennan Center for Justice$5,000
One Tree Planted (Urban Forestry)$5,000
Partners in Health$5,000
SCORE$5,000
Plan C co Possibility Labs$5,000
Unicef$5,000
Black & Missing Foundation$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Emergency Needs Task Force of Pulaski County Inc: $1k → 14%New Beginnings: $4k → 13%Preble Street: $5k → 7%Preble Street: $5k → 7%Harlem's Children Zone: $3k → 17%Harlems Childrens Zone: $3k → 17%Harlems Children's Zone: $3k → 17%Harlem's Children Zone: $3k → 17%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

ME
VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$622k · 40 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
15

Total granted

$622k
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+8%

Still filing today

57%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $69k · revenue +39%
  • Feeding America
    6× · 2020–2025 · $58k · revenue +40%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • PS
    Peeble Street Florence House
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • WA
    WATERAID AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +5%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Waterorg

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

International
3
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
6
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
7
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
8
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
9
Technoserve Inc

Technoserve's mission is to fight poverty by helping people build regenerative farms, businesses, and markets that increase incomes.

International
10
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
11
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
12
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Maine Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 68 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
19/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

World Cent Kitchen: $60,000 · OtherWorld Cent KitchenOCEAN CLEANUP NORTH PACIFIC: $20,000 · OtherOCEAN CLEANUP NORTH PACIFICJohn and Marcia Price College of Engineering: $20,000 · OtherJohn and Marcia Price College of EngineeringU of U College of Engineering: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · Other+39 more: $239,982 · Other+39 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $69,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERE…Save The Children Federation Inc: $24,000 · InternationalSave The Children Feder…THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $22,000 · InternationalTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGEUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR …COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTA…WATERAID AMERICA INC: $5,000 · InternationalGRAMEEN FOUNDATION USA: $5,000 · International+2 more: $4,800 · InternationalFeeding America: $57,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding Ameri…FOOD LIFELINE: $20,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD LIFELINEMISSISSIPPI FOOD NETWORK INC: $7,500 · Food & NutritionMISSISSIPPI F…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 · HealthLifespan Research Institution: $17,500 · HealthNational Women's Health Network: $10,000 · HealthONE TREE PLANTED INC: $27,500 · PhilanthropyUniversity of Southern Maine Foundation: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesPREBLE STREET: $10,000 · Human ServicesNew Beginnings: $3,500 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY NEED TASK FORCE OF PULASKI CO INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · EducationUrban Prep Academies: $9,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $5,000 · Education
Other$366,482International$149,800Food & Nutrition$85,000Health$52,500Philanthropy$28,500Human Services$26,500Education$26,000

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 budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $69,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE: $22,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifespan Research Institution: $17,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCORE: $10,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Health Network: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Land Institute: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Prep Academies: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI FOOD NETWORK INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLISTENERS COMMUNITY RADIO OF UTAH INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ST LAWRENCE CHURCH: $6,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWATERAID AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAMEEN FOUNDATION USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK AND MISSING FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Beginnings: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE OF UTAH: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDCOAST YOUTH CENTER & skatepark: $1,035 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Southern Maine Foundation: $1,000 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 MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds ONE TREE PLANTED INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
  • Who funds Lifespan Research Institution ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SCORE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds PREBLE STREET ↗
  • Who funds National Women's Health Network ↗
  • Who funds The Land Institute ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban Prep Academies ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI FOOD NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS ↗
  • Who funds LISTENERS COMMUNITY RADIO OF UTAH INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ST LAWRENCE CHURCH ↗

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.

Maine Community Found…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Maine Community Foundation IncME14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization James and Tanya Mahood Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Tanya Mahood Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report 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.

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 68 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home