Delaware · Private foundation
McCommons Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $268k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of McCommons Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Servant Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year McCommons Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $268k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $15,495
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $99,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 33% of the organizations McCommons Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 6 | $268k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $116k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $181k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Chapel Vail Valley | $477,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Mary's Shelter Inc | $142,403 | 5 | 7% |
| Ordinary Men Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Lifepoint Church | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist General Association of Virginia | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope of Life International | $20,778 | 4 | 0% |
| Isaiah 61 Ministries International Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Awaken the Dawn Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crossroads Vineyard Church of Fredericksburg Inc | $1,950 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Chapel Vail Valley | $477,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Mary's Shelter Inc | $142,403 | 5 | 7% |
| Ordinary Men Inc | $90,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Lifepoint Church | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist General Association of Virginia | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope of Life International | $20,778 | 4 | 0% |
| Isaiah 61 Ministries International Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Awaken the Dawn Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crossroads Vineyard Church of Fredericksburg Inc | $1,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Vail Christian Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| His Little Feet | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Karen Friedman Memorial Baseball Camp for a Cure Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Restore Innocence | $320 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
McCommons Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · The Doherty Family Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About McCommons Family Foundation
- How much does McCommons Family Foundation give?
- McCommons Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $268,390 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does McCommons Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (75%), Human Services (19%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are McCommons Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Calvary Chapel Vail Valley ($477k), Mary's Shelter Inc ($142k), Ordinary Men Inc ($90k).
- Does McCommons Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McCommons Family 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 McCommons Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust, The Doherty Family Foundation.
- Where is McCommons Family Foundation based?
- McCommons Family Foundation is based in DE.
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