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McCarthey Family Foundation at a glance

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McCarthey Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
80
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.6MHuman Services$3.0MHealth$2.7MArts & Culture$1.8MYouth Development$1.3MHousing & Shelter$538kFood & Nutrition$482kRecreation & Sports$388kOther$0
02FY2024 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $143k
  • $10k–50k44 grants · $721k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $912k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Kearns St Ann's Catholic School$200,000
YWCA Utah$125,000
Gonzaga University$100,000
Saint Joseph Catholic Elementary School$100,000
Rowland Hall$100,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$87,066
Utah Health & Human Rights Project$50,000
Safe Harbor Crisis Center$50,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities$50,000
American Cancer Society$50,000
Holy Cross Ministries$40,000
Volunteers of America Utah$35,000
Ballet West$25,000
The Haven$25,000
Westminster University$25,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Senior Charity Care Foundation: $10k → 6%Peace House: $108k → 5%Senior Charity Care Foundation: $10k → 6%Peace House: $108k → 5%Senior Charity Care Foundation: $10k → 6%Peace House: $83k → 5%Senior Charity Care Foundation: $10k → 6%Peace House: $25k → 5%Safe Harbor Crisis Center: $125k → 6%Peace House: $25k → 5%Safe Harbor Crisis Center: $50k → 6%Peace House: $25k → 5%Peace House: $25k → 5%Ability Found: $15k → 8%Ability Found: $15k → 8%Ability Found: $15k → 8%Ability Found: $15k → 8%Ability Found: $15k → 8%Ability Found: $15k → 8%Ability Found: $15k → 8%Intermountain Therapy Animals: $10k → 8%Senior Charity Care Foundation: $10k → 8%Senior Charity Care Foundation: $10k → 8%Intermountain Therapy Animals: $10k → 8%Intermountain Therapy Animals: $10k → 8%Intermountain Therapy Animals: $10k → 8%Intermountain Therapy Animals: $10k → 8%Heart to Heart Adoptions: $20k → 8%Utah Pride Center: $10k → 8%Utah Pride Center: $10k → 8%Utah Pride Center: $10k → 8%The INN Between: $30k → 8%INN Between: $30k → 8%The INN Between: $30k → 8%The INN Between: $25k → 8%The INN Between: $25k → 8%American Indian Services: $25k → 8%Neighborhood House: $75k → 8%Neighborhood House: $75k → 8%Neighborhood House: $75k → 8%Neighborhood House: $75k → 8%Neighborhood House: $75k → 8%The INN Between: $25k → 8%Immigrant Legal Services: $15k → 8%Immigrant Legal Services: $15k → 8%Immigrant Legal Services: $15k → 8%Immigrant Legal Services: $15k → 8%Immigrant Legal Services: $10k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
IA
PA
RI
CA
UT
CO
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 118 repeat orgs$603k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

118 repeat relationships: 72 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

118
47

Total granted

$17M
$523k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+37%

Still filing today

69%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +42%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $791k · revenue +21%
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $513k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • GS
    Golden Spike Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -59%
  • UO
    University of Utah Alumni Association
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • UH
    Utahs Hogle Zoo
    one grant, 2018 · $35k
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
Utah Humanities Council

Utah Humanities collaborates with libraries, museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and cultural and civic groups; provides capacity-building opportunities for volunteers and professionals in the cultural sector; presents…

Arts & Culture
2
Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake

To serve The People by honoring Native cultures, strengthening health and wellness programs, and cultivating community. We envision all Native peoples living balanced, prosperous, and healthy lives in diverse communities for Seven…

—
3
Utah Public Lands Alliance
Education
4
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
5
Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce

Stimulate local business establishment, growth, and development by facilitating business to business and business to community relationships throughout Utah County.

—
6
The Center for Economic Opportunity and Belonging

Our mission is to engage with communities and catalyze private, public, and philanthropic partnerships to remedy opportunity gaps in economic opportunity, education, health, and housing in Utah.

Community Improvement
7
Utah Donor Collaborative

Democracy Means Equality, Freedom & Justice: It means having a representative government. UDC is here to transform Utah politics and ensure that every voice counts.

—
8
Utah's Promise

Utah's promise (up) is committed to 100% of kids and families thriving. we unify leaders, partners, communities and systems to achieve that promise.

Philanthropy
9
Trauma-Informed Utah

The primary purpose of Trauma-Informed Utah is to respond to requests for education, resources and training around implementing a Trauma-Informed approach within their organization. The focus includes any and all sectors of society seeking…

Health
10
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
11
Shelter Providers of Utah

To help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness build new lives through construction, community engagement, and education.

—
12
Utah Safety Council

The mission of the Utah Safety Council is to save lives by promoting safety and health through education, services, and products.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Utah Health & Human Rights Project; the most unlike its peers is Immigrant Legal Services. 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

120 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. 120 of the 172 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
44
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/120
Grantees still filing
90/120
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kearns St Ann's Catholic School: $2,168,000 · OtherKearns St Ann's Catholic SchoolBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE: $791,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKENational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $524,766 · OtherThe Haven: $500,000 · OtherRedevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City: $500,000 · OtherYoung Women's Christian Association of Utah: $469,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF UTAH: $460,000 · OtherColumbus Community Center: $400,000 · OtherMADELEINE CHOIR SCHOOL: $375,000 · Other+93 more: $3,983,515 · Other+93 moreCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $1,100,000 · EducationCORPORATION OF…WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $731,500 · EducationWESTMINSTER UN…ROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL: $325,000 · EducationROWLAND HALL-S…+5 more: $132,510 · Education+5 morePeace House Inc: $400,000 · Human ServicesPeace House…Neighborhood House Association: $375,000 · Human ServicesNeighborhoo…SAFE HARBOR CRISIS CENTER: $175,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR…THE INN BETWEEN: $165,000 · Human ServicesTHE INN BET…ABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $105,000 · Human ServicesABILITY FOU…Utah Pride Center Inc: $80,000 · Human ServicesImmigrant Legal Services: $75,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $70,000 · Human Services+13 more: $265,500 · Human Services+13 moreRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $513,410 · HealthRonald Mc…Holy Cross Ministries of Utah: $198,190 · HealthHoly Cros…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $172,800 · HealthNATIONAL …UTAH HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $140,000 · HealthUTAH HEAL…HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $135,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN …Maliheh Free Clinic: $77,500 · HealthALLIANCE HOUSE INC: $67,500 · HealthVALLEY MENTAL HEALTH INCORPORATED: $50,000 · Health+8 more: $137,000 · Health+8 moreBALLET WEST: $305,000 · Arts & CultureUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $175,000 · Arts & CultureGolden Spike Foundation: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY: $85,000 · Arts & CultureHERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUNDI PROJECT: $70,000 · Arts & CultureArt Access: $50,500 · Arts & CultureCurly Me: $44,100 · Arts & CultureThe Leonardo: $35,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE D/B/A NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOC: $34,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $42,000 · Arts & CultureSPY HOP PRODUCTIONS: $156,000 · Youth DevelopmentKEN GARFF FOR GOOD: $140,800 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBAD DOG ARTS: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentFathers And Families Coalition: $26,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $285,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $9,000 · Community Improvement
Other$10,171,281Education$2,289,010Human Services$1,710,500Health$1,491,400Arts & Culture$1,021,100Youth Development$413,300Community Improvement$294,000

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 budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $1,100,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE: $791,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY: $731,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc: $513,410 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Utah: $469,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetPeace House Inc: $400,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $375,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL: $325,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBALLET WEST: $305,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS: $285,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $217,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHoly Cross Ministries of Utah: $198,190 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CRISIS CENTER: $175,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA: $175,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $172,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INN BETWEEN: $165,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetSPY HOP PRODUCTIONS: $156,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetKEN GARFF FOR GOOD: $140,800 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetUTAH HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT: $140,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRACE SWAMI: $130,000 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetABILITY FOUND CORPORATION: $105,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGolden Spike Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY: $85,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetUtah Pride Center Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetHERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM: $80,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMaliheh Free Clinic: $77,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF UTAH: $77,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetSNOWBIRD SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATIO: $75,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetImmigrant Legal Services: $75,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ARCHES&CANYONLANDS PARKS BATES WILSON LEGACY FUND: $70,000 over 7y, 9.7% of budgetSENIOR CHARITY CARE FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $70,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUNDI PROJECT: $70,000 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetALLIANCE HOUSE INC: $67,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE LIVING PLANET INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCanines With a Cause: $60,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetJewish Family Service: $60,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY: $55,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetArt Access: $50,500 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetIntermountain Therapy Animals: $50,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetVALLEY MENTAL HEALTH INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCurly Me: $44,100 over 3y, 39% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Utah: $42,510 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE: $41,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetBAD DOG ARTS: $40,000 over 7y, 2.7% 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 CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER SALT LAKE ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area Inc ↗
  • Who funds Young Women's Christian Association of Utah ↗
  • Who funds Peace House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Neighborhood House Association ↗
  • Who funds ROWLAND HALL-ST MARK'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BALLET WEST ↗
  • Who funds WASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH ↗
  • Who funds Holy Cross Ministries of Utah ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE INN BETWEEN ↗
  • Who funds SPY HOP PRODUCTIONS ↗
  • Who funds KEN GARFF FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds UTAH HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RACE SWAMI ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY FOUND CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Golden Spike Foundation ↗

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.

Sorenson Legacy Found…George S and Dolores …Lawrence & Janet Dee …Larry H Miller and Ga…The Community Foundat…David Kelby Johnson M…Dominion Energy Chari…Kennecott Utah Copper…Pacificorp Foundation…Henry W & Leslie M Es…Marriner S Eccles Fou…Ihc Health Services I…
Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT144.8× affinity74 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Pacificorp Foundation Aka Pacific Power Foundation Aka Rocky Mountain Power Foundati · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · Marriner S Eccles Foundation · Ihc Health Services 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 McCarthey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McCarthey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    0get no government money at all
    47report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to McCarthey Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to McCarthey Family 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.

    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 172 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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