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McFadden Family Foundation at a glance

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McFadden Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$25kHuman Services$6kEducation$3kArts & Culture$2kHealth$1kFood & Nutrition$800Public Safety & Disaster$800Housing & Shelter$700Other$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
1
States reached
$51k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LITCHFIELD LAND TRUST$2,500
LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER$350
OLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY$250
Individual grant recipient$100
FIVE POINTS ART CENTER$100
EAST LITCHFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE CO$100
NCCF - WOMEN & GIRLS FUND$100
CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE$100
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$100
LITCHFIELD HILLS CHORE SERVICE$100
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$100
SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT$100
WARNER THEATRE$100
LITCHFIELD HEALTH & WELLNESS RE$100
Individual grant recipient$100
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.

None of its grants could be placed against low income need for this view.

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.
$43k · 29 repeat orgs$1k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
10

Total granted

$43k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
-10%

Still filing today

52%
10%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 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 ServicesEnvironmentEducationPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • LL
    LITCHFIELD LAND TRUST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +78%
  • OW
    OLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +49%
  • LC
    LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $100
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
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
2
The Litchfield Scholarship Association Inc
Education
3
Winchester Historical Society
—
4
Litchfield Cemetery Assn Investment

Provide cemetery services (i.e. lawn care, burial services at sites) for members of the litchfield, connecticut community.

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5
Land Conservancy of Ridgefield Inc

The Land Conservancy of Ridgefield, Inc. ("the Land Conservancy"), founded in 1967, preserves and protects, for the general benefit of the public, Ridgefield, Connecticut's natural resources including land and water resources, the plant…

Environment
6
Litchfield Park Library Association Inc
—
7
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.

Environment
8
Wickham Park Tr
—
9
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
10
Long Island Partnership Clt Housing Development Fund Company Inc

Long island partnership clt housing development fund company, inc. (lipclt) was established to provide housing within nassau and suffolk counties in new york for "persons of low income", as defined in any federal or state low income…

Housing & Shelter
11
Milford Historical Society
—
12
Litchfield Chamber of Commerce

Promote general business climate in Litchfield

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oliver Wolcott Library Inc; the most unlike its peers is Litchfield Housing Trust Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 41 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LITCHFIELD LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentLITCHFIELD LAND TRUST INC+1 more: $300 · EnvironmentLITCHFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $800 · OtherLITCHFIELD HISTORICAL S…WARNER THEATRE: $800 · OtherWARNER THEATRECONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $800 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE I…Individual grant recipient: $700 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…Individual grant recipient: $600 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…LITCHFIELD HILLS CHORE SERVICE: $600 · OtherLITCHFIELD HILLS CHORE …LITCHFIELD HOUSING TRUST INC: $500 · OtherLITCHFIELD HOUSING TRUS…SALVATION ARMY: $400 · OtherLITCHFIELD HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES INC: $400 · OtherCANCER CARE FUND: $400 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $400 · Other+19 more: $2,800 · Other+19 moreLITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3,200 · Human ServicesLITCHFIELD C…SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $950 · Human ServicesSUSAN B ANTH…SIMPLY SMILES INC: $500 · Human ServicesSIMPLY SMILE…+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesOLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $3,250 · EducationEAST LITCHFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC: $800 · Public Safety & DisasterPRIME TIME HOUSE INC: $300 · EmploymentLITCHFIELD PERFORMING ARTS INC: $300 · Arts & CultureThe Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: $200 · Health
Environment$25,300Other$9,200Human Services$4,750Education$3,250Public Safety & Disaster$800Employment$300Arts & Culture$300Health$200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLITCHFIELD LAND TRUST INC: $25,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetOLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC: $3,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC: $950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLITCHFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEAST LITCHFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC: $800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLITCHFIELD HILLS CHORE SERVICE: $600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLITCHFIELD HOUSING TRUST INC: $500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSIMPLY SMILES INC: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLITCHFIELD HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES INC: $400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Land Conservation Council Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRIME TIME HOUSE INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLITCHFIELD PERFORMING ARTS INC: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER LITCHFIELD PRESERVATION TRUST INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds LITCHFIELD LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVER WOLCOTT LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSAN B ANTHONY PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST LITCHFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD HILLS CHORE SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD HOUSING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds SIMPLY SMILES INC ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds PRIME TIME HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LITCHFIELD PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER LITCHFIELD PRESERVATION TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital ↗
  • Who funds OUR PIECE OF THE PIE INC ↗

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.

Seherr-Thoss Charitab…The Connecticut Commu…Francis J and Louisa …The Littman Family Fo…Northwest Community B…Seherr-Thoss Foundati…Northwest Connecticut…The Mae Casali Bonvic…Union Savings Bank Fo…Thomaston Savings Ban…Eversource Energy Fou…Aetna Foundation Inc
Seherr-Thoss Charitable TrustNY26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seherr-Thoss Charitable Trust · The Connecticut Community Foundation · Francis J and Louisa J Oneglia Foundation Inc · The Littman Family Foundation Inc · Northwest Community Bank Foundation Inc · Seherr-Thoss Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · The Mae Casali Bonvicini Charitable Foundation · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation 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 McFadden Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McFadden Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Prime Time House Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Our Piece of the Pie Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Litchfield Performing Arts Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Litchfield Historical Society: 3% of income from government
  • The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: 3% of income from government
  • East Litchfield Volunteer Fire Co Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Susan B Anthony Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 41 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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