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Laurie C McGrath Foundation

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.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
58%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$487,175
Organizations funded a year
4 to 33
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$61M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 58% of the organizations Laurie C McGrath Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving43$2.8M47%
FY202333$3.3M58%
FY202217$2.4M88%
FY202110$2.4M100%
FY20204$203kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$6.2MAnimals$3.4MFood & Nutrition$704kYouth Development$273kHuman Services$146kCivil Rights$129kArts & Culture$83kRecreation & Sports$80kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
UT
CO
MD
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Laurie C McGrath Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sharp Healthcare Foundation$1,984,10328%
Abortion Care Network$806,11434%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$805,90930%
The Good Food Institute Inc$703,52612%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc$652,09831%
Black Women for Wellness$502,68624%
Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc$360,74134%
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$256,02711%
Chimp Haven Inc$211,94121%
National Abortion Federation$203,07113%
Asia Wild$201,07726%
Naf Hotline Fund$152,24110%
Humane World for Animals Inc$150,00010%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$128,59611%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$120,66341%
Peace House Inc$91,60031%
National Ability Center$78,10030%
Best Friends Animal Society$75,84520%
San Diego Museum of Art$65,00010%
Project Chimps$50,93511%
Save the Chimps Inc$50,93510%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$50,00010%
Stray Cat Alliance$40,00021%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$40,00020%
Lions Tigers and Bears$25,00010%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$25,00010%
YMCA of San Diego County$25,00010%
The Salvation Army$25,0001n/a
Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc$25,00011%
St Madeleine Sophies Center Inc$20,00010%
South Florida Wildlife Center Inc$20,00020%
San Diego Musical Theatre$16,00031%
East County Animal Rescue$15,00025%
Girl Scouts San Diego-Imperial Council Inc$13,50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of East Co Inc$10,00011%
Mercy for Animals Inc$10,00010%
Horses of Tir Na Nog$10,00012%
Arm Sanctuary Inc$10,00016%
Chula Vista Police Foundation$7,10011%
Feral Cat Coalition$7,00031%
San Diego Humane Society and Spca$6,00020%
Animal Recovery Mission Inc$5,00010%
Friends of Cats Inc$5,00020%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med$5,00010%
Greyhound Adoption Center$2,5001n/a
Grossmont Hospital Foundation$2,50010%
Wheelchair Dancers Organization$2,00021%
St Germaine Children's Charity$1,67021%
Park City Performances$1,50010%
Wasatch Backcountry Rescue$1,0001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,00010%
Meals-On-Wheels Greater San Diego Inc$50010%
Free Flight$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Laurie C McGrath Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSharp Healthcare Foundation: $1,984,103 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetAbortion Care Network: $806,114 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $805,909 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Good Food Institute Inc: $703,526 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc: $652,098 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBlack Women for Wellness: $502,686 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $360,741 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetThe Wild Animal Sanctuary: $256,027 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChimp Haven Inc: $211,941 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNational Abortion Federation: $203,071 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAsia Wild: $201,077 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetNaf Hotline Fund: $152,241 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $128,596 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJust in Time for Foster Youth: $120,663 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPeace House Inc: $91,600 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetNational Ability Center: $78,100 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $75,845 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Museum of Art: $65,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProject Chimps: $50,935 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSave the Chimps Inc: $50,935 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGreenpeace Fund Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStray Cat Alliance: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFarm Sanctuary Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLions Tigers and Bears: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNational Disaster Search Dog Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYMCA of San Diego County: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of San Diego County Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSt Madeleine Sophies Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Florida Wildlife Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSan Diego Musical Theatre: $16,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEast County Animal Rescue: $15,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetGirl Scouts San Diego-Imperial Council Inc: $13,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of East Co Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMercy for Animals Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHorses of Tir Na Nog: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetArm Sanctuary Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetChula Vista Police Foundation: $7,100 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFeral Cat Coalition: $7,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSan Diego Humane Society and Spca: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Recovery Mission Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Cats Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrossmont Hospital Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWheelchair Dancers Organization: $2,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSt Germaine Children's Charity: $1,670 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPark City Performances: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,000 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 50.

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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.

The McGrath Family FoundationCA41.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The McGrath Family Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · LPL Financial Foundation Inc · Remiatte 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.

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How do I get to Laurie C McGrath Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Laurie C McGrath Foundation 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.

About Laurie C McGrath Foundation

How much does Laurie C McGrath Foundation give?
Laurie C McGrath Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $2,823,688 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Laurie C McGrath Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (55%), Animals (30%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
Who are Laurie C McGrath Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Sharp Healthcare Foundation ($2.0M), Abortion Care Network ($806k), Planned Parenthood Los Angeles ($806k).
Does Laurie C McGrath Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Laurie C McGrath Foundation 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 Laurie C McGrath Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The McGrath Family Foundation, Sempra Foundation, The Cushman Foundation.
Where is Laurie C McGrath Foundation based?
Laurie C McGrath Foundation is based in CA.

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 69 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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