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Lalitta Nash McKaig Foundation at a glance

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Lalitta Nash McKaig Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$686k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$686k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5.0MOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$686,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RECIPIENT STATEMENT ATTACHED$686,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $20k → 8%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $22k → 9%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $17k → 11%CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $35k → 12%GROVE CITY COLLEGE: $10k → 13%WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $97k → 13%PENN STATE AT ALTOONA: $22k → 13%CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 14%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $18k → 14%EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF: $60k → 15%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $14k → 16%SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY: $32k → 9%POTOMAC STATE COLLEGE OF: $34k → 16%SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $28k → 16%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $16k → 20%MCDANIEL COLLEGE: $14k → 6%GARRETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $13k → 15%ALLEGANY COLLEGE OF MARYLAND: $55k → 18%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $11k → 8%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $14k → 9%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 11%CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $21k → 12%WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $12k → 13%PENN STATE AT ALTOONA: $18k → 13%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $17k → 14%EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF: $38k → 15%POTOMAC STATE COLLEGE OF: $32k → 16%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $12k → 20%MCDANIEL COLLEGE: $11k → 6%ALLEGANY COLLEGE OF MARYLAND: $46k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $24k → 19%CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $11k → 12%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $17k → 14%POTOMAC STATE COLLEGE OF: $24k → 16%ALLEGANY COLLEGE OF MARYLAND: $32k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $15k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $47k → 11%ALLEGANY COLLEGE OF MARYLAND: $31k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $12k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $41k → 11%MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $18k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $35k → 11%MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $16k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $33k → 11%FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY: $100k → 18%FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY: $89k → 18%FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 18%FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY: $44k → 18%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 29 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 28 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
4

Total granted

$3.7M
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+42%

Still filing today

41%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $246k · revenue +5%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    4× · 2017–2020 · $155k · revenue +44%
  • WU
    WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $122k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +42%
  • CS
    CONEMAUGH SCHOOL OF NURSING
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • CU
    CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Houghton University

Houghton university provides an academically challenging, christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a…

Education
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
11
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
12
Randolph College Inc

See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Saint Francis University. 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

14 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. 14 of the 33 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
14/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RECIPIENT STATEMENT ATTACHED: $1,799,644 · OtherRECIPIENT STATEMENT ATTACHEDFROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY: $283,925 · OtherFROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITYALLEGANY COLLEGE OF MARYLAND: $164,125 · OtherALLEGANY COLLEGE OF MARYLANDEDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF: $108,625 · Other+16 more: $560,225 · Other+16 moreWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $246,450 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $155,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $122,225 · EducationWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITYSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $46,100 · EducationSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITYDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $39,250 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $36,900 · EducationFAIRMONT STATE FOUNDATION INC: $34,250 · EducationMOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $33,125 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $30,400 · EducationHOOD COLLEGE: $27,500 · Education+3 more: $53,250 · Education+3 more
Other$2,916,544Education$824,450

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $246,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $155,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $122,225 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $46,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $39,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $36,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRMONT STATE FOUNDATION INC: $34,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE: $33,125 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $30,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOOD COLLEGE: $27,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMCDANIEL COLLEGE INC: $24,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPPALACHIAN BIBLE COLLEGE INC: $3,500 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.

  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIRMONT STATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOOD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MCDANIEL COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds GROVE CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN BIBLE COLLEGE 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.

Renaissance Charitabl…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Lalitta Nash McKaig Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lalitta Nash McKaig Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
  • Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 33 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $633k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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