· Private foundation
McConnell Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $410k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC | $110,200 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $100,000 |
| WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION | $100,000 |
| OCEAN CONSERVANCY | $100,000 |
| NEW JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY | $4,000 |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PTP | $4,000 |
| THE BRANSON SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| MARK DAY SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| NORTH COUNTRY CAMPS FOUNDATION INC | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% 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
Backed again, and grew
- WHWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION8× · 2018–2025 · $914k · revenue +69%
- OCOCEAN CONSERVANCY4× · 2020–2025 · $434k · revenue +45%
- SBSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC5× · 2021–2025 · $330k · revenue +80%
Funded once
- SMSYLVESTER MANOR EDUCATIONAL FARM INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +402%
- CWCONSERVE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INCone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2020 · $5k
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.
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.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…
To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…
Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…
Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…
The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.
Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.
Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.
The mission of the center for natural lands management is (a) to conserve native species, their habitat and functioning ecosystems in perpetuity, (b) to own and/or manage lands in an ecologically beneficial manner consistent with local,…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH COUNTRY CAMPS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MARK DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SYLVESTER MANOR EDUCATIONAL FARM INC ↗
- Who funds GROUP FOR THE EAST END INC ↗
- Who funds WILD AT HEART INC ↗
- Who funds THE BRANSON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds American Bird Conservancy ↗
- Who funds CONSERVE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds New Jersey Audubon Society ↗
- Who funds SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY 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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McConnell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McConnell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
- Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Inc: 14% of income from government
How this is measured
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