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John D McGonagle Foundation Inc at a glance

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John D McGonagle Foundation Inc

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.

$508k
Granted FY2025still arriving
56
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $380k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK HEALTH$30,000
SAVE THE BAY INC$30,000
WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF NH$25,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RI$25,000
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$25,000
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF GREATER MANCHESTER$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON$20,000
NHPBS$20,000
LESLEY UNIVERSITY$20,000
GREEN MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S CENTER$20,000
SAFE HAVEN BALLET$15,000
SOUTHEAST LAND TRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$14,500
JIMMY FUND$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHERN MAINE$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NH$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VET TO VET MAINE: $5k → 9%NEW HAMPSHIRE FOOD BANK: $10k → 7%COLDSPRINGS HEALING PAWS FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%COLD SPRINGS HEALING PAWS FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%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 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
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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2
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
3
New Hampshire Children's Health Foundation
Health
4
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
5
MaineHealth

MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

Health
6
Bank of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
7
New England Circle D/B/a Global Citizens Circle
Civil Rights
8
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
9
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
10
Maine Maritime Museum

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

Arts & Culture
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Managers of Boston Port and Seamen's Aid Society
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mu of Dke Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 56 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
3/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester Inc: $25,000 · OtherThe Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester IncBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RI: $25,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF RIWILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF NH: $25,000 · OtherWILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF NHNHPBS: $20,000 · OtherNHPBSLESLEY UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherLESLEY UNIVERSITYWARWICK POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $10,000 · OtherNH FISH AND GAME: $10,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND ALLIANCE OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $10,000 · OtherNORTHEAST PASSAGE: $10,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NH: $10,000 · OtherRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherGood Shepherd Food Bank: $10,000 · OtherSoutheast Land Trust of New Hampshire: $14,500 · Other+20 more: $71,680 · Other+20 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $35,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer…Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health: $30,000 · HealthDartmouth-Hitchcoc…LUPUS FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLAND INC: $5,000 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATION O…ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthANNA JAQUES HOSPIT…Operation Reboot Outdoors Inc: $5,000 · HealthOperation Reboot O…House in the Woods Inc: $5,000 · HealthHouse in the Woods…Sailing Ships Portland: $23,250 · Arts & CultureSailing Sh…SAFE HAVEN BALLET: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSAFE HAVEN…SEACOAST SCIENCE CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSEACOAST S…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $2,500 · Arts & CultureNORTH END HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSAVE THE BAY INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentLoon Preservation Committee: $5,000 · EnvironmentNEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS TRUST INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentPAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $10,000 · Human ServicesColdsprings Healing Paws Foundation: $6,000 · Human ServicesVET TO VET MAINE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGREEN MOUNTAIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $20,000 · Community Improvement
Other$281,180Health$85,000Arts & Culture$47,750Environment$42,000Youth Development$35,000Human Services$21,000Community Improvement$20,000

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 budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDartmouth-Hitchcock Health: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAVE THE BAY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSailing Ships Portland: $23,250 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN CHILDRENS CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLESLEY UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheast Land Trust of New Hampshire: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWARWICK POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColdsprings Healing Paws Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAL OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLoon Preservation Committee: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ENGLAND FORESTRY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVET TO VET MAINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMU OF DKE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetHouse in the Woods Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFULTON YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNAMI NEW HAMPSHIRE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRING BACK THE TRADES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH END HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWILDLANDS TRUST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKINGDOM TRAIL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization John D McGonagle Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John D McGonagle Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    1report 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, FY20–24
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to John D McGonagle Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to John D McGonagle Foundation Inc 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 56 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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