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Mar C Richards Char Found Inc Dba McR Foundation at a glance

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Mar C Richards Char Found Inc Dba McR 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.

$244k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$30k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$403kReligion$132kInternational$105kHousing & Shelter$70kHealth$54kPublic Benefit$38kEmployment$38kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $202k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$994k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARION COUNTY FIRE CHIEF$30,000
GEIST CHRISTIAN CHURCH$27,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FDN$25,000
NATIONAL KIDNEY FDN OF INDIANA$25,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF INDIANAPOLIS$25,000
PAWS ASSISTANCE INC$20,000
HVAF OF INDIANA INC$20,000
SHELTERING WINGS$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
THE U FOUNDATION$8,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$7,500
BAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
HUMANE SOCIETY HAMILTON COUNTY$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 (FY17–25, $236k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PAWS ASSISTANCE INC: $25k → 10%PAWS ASSISTANCE INC: $12k → 10%PAWS ASSISTANCE INC: $20k → 10%PAWS ASSISTANCE INC: $6k → 10%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10k → 10%PAWS ASSISTANCE INC: $5k → 10%JULIAN CENTER: $5k → 16%JULIAN CENTER: $5k → 16%JULIAN CENTER: $5k → 16%STRIDES TO SUCCESS: $3k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS: $10k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS: $10k → 5%JULIAN CENTER: $5k → 16%SHELTERING WINGS: $8k → 5%COBURN PLACE: $5k → 16%SHELTERING WINGS: $8k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS: $5k → 5%COBURN PLACE: $5k → 16%SHELTERING WINGS: $5k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS: $4k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS: $4k → 5%COBURN PLACE: $5k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $5k → 16%JOY'S HOUSE: $5k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $10k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $10k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $8k → 16%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK: $5k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $5k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $5k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $5k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $5k → 16%OUTREACH INC: $1k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $3k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $2k → 16%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 34 repeat orgs$87k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
18

Total granted

$1.1M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+41%

Still filing today

53%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentEducationReligionOther
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

  • AL
    Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $199k · revenue +56%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    6× · 2018–2025 · $112k · revenue +163%
  • GP
    Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc
    6× · 2017–2025 · $78k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • KS
    KENDRA SPRINGS MEMORIAL FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • B
    BENEVITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
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
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
2
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
3
Lifetime Housing Group Inc

Plan, coordinate and provide affordable housing to low-income individuals and families in Southeastern Indiana.

Food & Nutrition
4
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
5
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
6
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Foundation Inc

The Foundation supports the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, Inc. and its member community foundations through special initiatives that support or expand philanthropy in Indiana.

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7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Catholic Charities Terre Haute Inc

Catholic Charities Terre Haute is a comprehensive, direct services agency whose purpose is to serve the poor, the homeless, the elderly, the neglected children and the needy.

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9
Indiana Association of Realtors Inc

To serve its members and local associations by providing leadership programs and services to sustain a healthy real estate market in indiana. in providing these services, the association will raise the standards of the real estate…

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10
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

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11
Indy Hunger Network Inc

The mission of indy hunger network is to address systemic hunger issues and eliminate disparities in the greater indianapolis hunger relief system through collaboration on programs, advocacy, and research.

Food & Nutrition
12
Indiana Organ Procurement Organization Inc

In 2024, indiana organ procurement organization d.b.a indiana network facilitated 1388 organ transplants from 509 organ donors leading to 1,216 lives saved. additionally, 1,669 tissue and cornea donors gave the gift of healing and sight,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Outreach Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

29 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. 29 of the 57 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEIST CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $124,400 · OtherGEIST CHRISTIAN CHURCHMARION COUNTY FIRE CHIEF: $40,000 · OtherMARION COUNTY FIRE CHIEFBAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $38,800 · OtherBAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHINDIANA TAX FORCE ONE: $33,310 · OtherINDIANA TAX FORCE ONEUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS-TYNDALL ARMORY: $31,400 · OtherUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS-TYNDALL ARMORYALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $23,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $19,500 · OtherUNBREAKABLE ATHLETICS ACADEMY: $17,500 · Other+30 more: $183,070 · Other+30 moreGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $77,800 · Human ServicesGolden PAWS Assistanc…SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $52,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERING WINGS CENT…OUTREACH INC: $49,000 · Human ServicesOUTREACH INCTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE JULIAN CENTER INCCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVE…+4 more: $17,000 · Human Services+4 moreAssistance League of Indianapolis Inc: $199,175 · Community ImprovementAssistance League …+1 more: $1,000 · Community ImprovementSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $112,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'…HVAF OF INDIANA INC: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterNational Kidney Foundation Of Indiana Inc: $40,000 · HealthTARA TREATMENT CENTER INC: $6,000 · HealthFAIR HAVEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $2,500 · Education
Other$511,480Human Services$235,800Community Improvement$200,175Religion$112,000Housing & Shelter$65,000Health$51,500Education$42,500

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 budgetAssistance League of Indianapolis Inc: $199,175 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $112,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $77,800 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHVAF OF INDIANA INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $52,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $49,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Of Indiana Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetU Foundation: $14,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetHumane Society for Hamilton County: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE: $6,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTARA TREATMENT CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Way Station: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTMP Enterprises Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFAIR HAVEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYINC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRIDES TO SUCCESS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREDISCOVER DOWNTOWN PERU INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEskenazi Health Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $250 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 Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds HVAF OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds National Kidney Foundation Of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE JULIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC ↗
  • Who funds U Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society for Hamilton County ↗
  • Who funds The Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF YOUTH ABUSE AND SUICIDE ↗
  • Who funds TARA TREATMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Way Station ↗
  • Who funds TMP Enterprises Inc ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIR HAVEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES 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.

Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncNicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Indianapolis Foun…United Way of Central…The Brave Heart Found…Hamilton County Commu…Samerian Foundation I…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Lumina Foundation for…Pacers Foundation IncMaurer Family Foundat…
Central Indiana Community Foundation IncIN34.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Pacers Foundation Inc · Maurer Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mar C Richards Char Found Inc Dba McR Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mar C Richards Char Found Inc Dba McR Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report 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 57 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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