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McCormick Dosh Collins Family Foundation at a glance

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McCormick Dosh Collins Family 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.

$170k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$1.0MCivil Rights$75kPhilanthropy$60kEnvironment$45kCrime & Legal$30kHealth$28kAnimals$15kFood & Nutrition$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAYPOINT$75,000
ACLU$55,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$15,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
NATIONAL AUDOBON SOCIETY$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
APPALACIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB$2,500
NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$2,500
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE NH$2,500
NH FOOD BANK$2,500
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 (FY22–24, $923k) 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%NH FOOD BANK: $10k → 7%NH FOOD BANK: $3k → 7%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $10k → 17%WAYPOINT: $750k → 7%WAYPOINT: $150k → 7%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

NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
CA
VA
DC
AL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 6 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
17

Total granted

$1.1M
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+7%

Still filing today

33%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentCivil RightsCrime & LegalAnimalsOther
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

  • W
    WAYPOINT
    4× · 2020–2024 · $985k · revenue +47%
  • A
    ACLU
    2× · 2022–2024 · $65k
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $50k

Funded once

  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -35%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +17%
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -14%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
4
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
5
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
6
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc

To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.

Environment
7
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

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8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
10
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
11
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
12
Earth & Space Research

Increase societal understanding of the earth system through scientific research and education.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

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 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAYPOINT: $985,000 · Human ServicesWAYPOINT+2 more: $22,500 · Human ServicesACLU: $65,000 · OtherACLURONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $50,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUS…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDA…Individual grant recipient: $17,500 · OtherIndividual grant rec…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $17,200 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · OtherSUNFLOWER OF PEACE: $10,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherNRDC: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $24,800 · Other+7 morePARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthDAVID'S HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $20,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 · AnimalsNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentAppalachian Mountain Club: $2,500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · Environment
Human Services$1,007,500Other$244,500Health$20,500Civil Rights$20,000Crime & Legal$10,000Animals$10,000Environment$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWAYPOINT: $985,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID'S HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization McCormick Dosh Collins Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McCormick Dosh Collins Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 29 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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