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James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust

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.

$360k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$55,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$3.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentAnimalsInternationalEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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 arriving41$360k22%
FY202332$277k6%
FY202237$292k16%
FY202137$301k30%
FY202038$344k47%
FY201934$260k38%
FY201837$276k100%
FY20172$5kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$519kInternational$416kEnvironment$390kArts & Culture$337kEducation$224kFood & Nutrition$61kHuman Services$55kHealth$38kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
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CO
NE
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region$275,00050%
Committee For Catholic Secondary Education$147,00061%
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum$116,00065%
Trampled Rose Inc$102,000713%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$100,00050%
Ann Arbor Film Festival$69,40045%
Earthjustice$63,00060%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$57,00040%
William J Palmer Parks Foundation Inc$53,00062%
The Carter Center Inc$52,00070%
Mercy Ships International$45,00030%
Allied Media Projects Inc$45,00060%
United States Association for UNHCR$40,00010%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$32,00070%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$30,00060%
United Palestinian Appeal Inc$30,00010%
Humane Farming Association$25,00040%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$24,00050%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$23,00050%
Human Rights Watch Inc$23,00050%
Friends of the Earth$21,00040%
The Springs Rescue Mission$21,00060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$19,00040%
Rainforest Trust$18,00050%
Conservation Colorado$18,00040%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$18,00050%
The Arc Pikes Peak Region$17,00040%
Friends of Monument Valley Park Inc$17,000615%
The Wilderness Society$16,00040%
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance$14,00040%
Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity$12,00030%
Teller County Regional Animal Shelt$12,00031%
Conservation Colorado Education Fund$10,00020%
Rainforest Action Network$10,00020%
McC Foundation Inc$10,00021%
Xerces Society Inc$7,00020%
Sierra Club$6,00020%
Greenpeace Inc$6,00030%
Pikes Peak Library District Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Metropolitan Community College Foundation$4,00010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$3,00030%
Michigan Animal Rescue League$2,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$2,00020%
Morning Glory Ministries Inc$2,0001n/a
Eden Ministries Inc$1,20020%
Glen Canyon Institute$1,00020%
American Prairie Foundation$50010%
Kansas City Pet Project$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($490k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHumane Society of the Pikes Peak Region: $275,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCommittee For Catholic Secondary Education: $147,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetColorado Springs Pioneers Museum: $116,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetTrampled Rose Inc: $102,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnn Arbor Film Festival: $69,400 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetEarthjustice: $63,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $57,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam J Palmer Parks Foundation Inc: $53,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $52,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAllied Media Projects Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Audubon Society Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Palestinian Appeal Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Farming Association: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Springs Rescue Mission: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Trust: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Colorado: $18,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc Pikes Peak Region: $17,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Monument Valley Park Inc: $17,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew Mexico Wilderness Alliance: $14,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPikes Peak Habitat for Humanity: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTeller County Regional Animal Shelt: $12,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetConservation Colorado Education Fund: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMcC Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetXerces Society Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Community College Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Animal Rescue League: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEden Ministries Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGlen Canyon Institute: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKansas City Pet Project: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 46.

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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.

El Pomar FoundationCO19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Buettner Family Foundation · Pikes Peak United Way · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust

How much does James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust give?
James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust reported 42 grants totaling $360,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (25%), International (20%), Environment (18%).
Who are James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region ($275k), Committee For Catholic Secondary Education ($147k), Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum ($116k).
Does James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust 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 James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include El Pomar Foundation, INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak, The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation.
Where is James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust based?
James J & Helen M McCaffery Charitable Foundation Trust is based in CO.

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 99 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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