Texas · Private foundation
McGAHA FOUNDATION
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $800k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $750,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations McGAHA FOUNDATION funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $800k | 91% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $45k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $48k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $57k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $87k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $45k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $62k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's-Sewanee School | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Community Service Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Compass Rose International | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Vocal Pride Foundation Dba the Council Oak Mens Chorale | $9,000 | 2 | 41% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hands to Hands | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Casa | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission of Yahweh Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's-Sewanee School | $24,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Community Service Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Compass Rose International | $15,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Vocal Pride Foundation Dba the Council Oak Mens Chorale | $9,000 | 2 | 41% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hands to Hands | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Casa | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission of Yahweh Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt and Light Nfp | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Revision | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Maxfund Inc | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| William Marsh Rice University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tulsa Garden Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
McGAHA FOUNDATION supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About McGAHA FOUNDATION
- How much does McGAHA FOUNDATION give?
- McGAHA FOUNDATION reported 11 grants totaling $800,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does McGAHA FOUNDATION fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Religion (18%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are McGAHA FOUNDATION's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Andrew's-Sewanee School ($24k), Christian Community Service Inc ($16k), Compass Rose International ($15k).
- Does McGAHA FOUNDATION fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McGAHA FOUNDATION accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as McGAHA FOUNDATION?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is McGAHA FOUNDATION based?
- McGAHA FOUNDATION is based in TX.
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