Pennsylvania · Private foundation
McCain 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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $983k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations McCain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $37k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $35k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $27k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $31k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamot Health Foundation | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Stairways Behavioral Health Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gannon University | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dr Gertrude a Barber Center Inc | $12,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Julia Hospice & Palliative Care | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Robert Morris University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dafmark Dance Theater | $7,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Emmaus Ministries | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Grants in Us-Governments-990 | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: The Britton Family Foundation · M J Surgala Tr · Erie Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About McCain Foundation
- How much does McCain Foundation give?
- McCain Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $37,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does McCain Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (42%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (21%).
- Who are McCain Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Hamot Health Foundation ($20k), Stairways Behavioral Health Inc ($17k), Gannon University ($14k).
- Does McCain Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McCain 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 McCain Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Britton Family Foundation, M J Surgala Tr, Erie Community Foundation.
- Where is McCain Foundation based?
- McCain Foundation is based in PA.
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