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McCarthy Family Charitable 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.

$72k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
20
Total assets, FY2025
$946k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsOther
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
FY2025still arriving38$71k63%
FY202411$14k36%
FY202317$21k65%
FY202223$45k61%
FY20219$32k44%
FY20204$20k25%
FY201911$42k45%
FY201810$158k60%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$246kEducation$57kHuman Services$44kArts & Culture$36kRecreation & Sports$25kYouth Development$20kHealth$17kCivil Rights$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Burke Community Church$204,5006n/a
George Mason University Foundation Inc$40,00050%
Mansfield Cares Inc$25,80076%
National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc$25,00030%
Metropolitan Washington Airports Interfaith Chapels Inc$20,00028%
Young Life$11,75220%
Capitol Post Inc$10,00013%
Mary's Shelter Inc$7,50021%
American Studio$7,50030%
Africa New Day Inc$6,00021%
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All grantees of McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Burke Community Church$204,5006n/a
George Mason University Foundation Inc$40,00050%
Mansfield Cares Inc$25,80076%
National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc$25,00030%
Metropolitan Washington Airports Interfaith Chapels Inc$20,00028%
Young Life$11,75220%
Capitol Post Inc$10,00013%
Mary's Shelter Inc$7,50021%
American Studio$7,50030%
Africa New Day Inc$6,00021%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$5,50030%
Southern Evangelical Seminary$5,0001n/a
Swansong Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Miami University$5,0001n/a
Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank$4,87550%
Civilization Works$4,00030%
The Family Foundation of Virginia$3,50020%
No Boundaries Military Inc$2,5001n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,50010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul St Teresa of Calcutta Conference$2,50014%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,5001n/a
Walter Reed Society Inc$2,5001n/a
American Values$2,10040%
Youth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc$2,00020%
Defending Education$2,00020%
Moms for America Inc$2,00020%
Got Questions Ministries$2,00010%
America First Legal Foundation$2,00020%
Families of the Wounded Fund Inc$2,00021%
Maximus Janton Foundation Inc$1,50031%
Children's Health Defense$1,25020%
The Aleethia Foundation$1,00011%
Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA Inc$1,00010%
Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network$1,00010%
The 85 Fund$1,00010%
Liya Dovgalyuk Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$1,00010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Leashes of Valor$1,0001n/a
Documentary Foundation$1,00011%
Public Interest Legal Foundation$1,0001n/a
Students for Life of America Inc$1,0001n/a
Fawn Lake Veterans Group$1,0001n/a
National Vaccine Information Center$1,00010%
Thomas More Society$1,00010%
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati$1,00010%
Alliance Defending Freedom$1,00010%
Ruckersville Volunteer Fire Co Inc$5001n/a
Spotsylvania Vol Fire Department$50010%
No Left Turn in Education$50011%
Proverbs 31 Ministry Inc$50010%
Jack's Basket$50010%
Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc$25010%
Georgia Pga Foundation Inc$25010%
Eagle Ranch Inc$25010%
American Battlefield Trust$12510%
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc$10310%
Youversion Inc$1001n/a
Turning Point USA Inc$10010%
Spoken Gospel Inc$10010%
The Heritage Foundation$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMansfield Cares Inc: $25,800 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetNational Sports Center for the Disabled Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMetropolitan Washington Airports Interfaith Chapels Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetYoung Life: $11,752 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCapitol Post Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMary's Shelter Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Studio: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAfrica New Day Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSoutheastern Legal Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFredericksburg Regional Food Bank: $4,875 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCivilization Works: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Family Foundation of Virginia: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul St Teresa of Calcutta Conference: $2,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Values: $2,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYouth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDefending Education: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMoms for America Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGot Questions Ministries: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerica First Legal Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies of the Wounded Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMaximus Janton Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetChildren's Health Defense: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aleethia Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArmenian Relief Society of Eastern USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDown Syndrome Diagnosis Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe 85 Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDocumentary Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNational Vaccine Information Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThomas More Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpotsylvania Vol Fire Department: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNo Left Turn in Education: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetProverbs 31 Ministry Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJack's Basket: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Florida Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Pga Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEagle Ranch Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpoken Gospel Inc: $100 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 45.

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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.

Donors Trust IncVA24.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Usher Family Foundation · The Sandra & Lawrence Post Family Foundation · The Snider Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · California Community Foundation · Shell USA Company 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 McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McCarthy Family Charitable 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 McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation

How much does McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation give?
McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $72,170 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (11%), Human Services (8%).
Who are McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Burke Community Church ($205k), George Mason University Foundation Inc ($40k), Mansfield Cares Inc ($26k).
Does McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McCarthy Family Charitable 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 McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
Where is McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation based?
McCarthy Family Charitable Foundation is based in VA.

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 76 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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