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McGrath 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.

$287k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$1.2MAnimals$972kHealth$928kEducation$342kFood & Nutrition$341kArts & Culture$248kEmployment$100kHuman Services$30k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$21k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING$100,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ROCKY MTNS$50,000
COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO$25,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIAWILLAME$23,696
OREGON FOOD BANK$20,000
WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY$20,000
DENVER INNER CITY PARISH$15,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF COLORADO$12,000
VILLAGE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP$6,000
SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY$5,000
EARTH JUSTICE$5,000
WEST HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
DENVER ANIMAL SHELTER$697
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RODALE INSTITUTE: $35k → 11%EARTH JUSTICE: $74k → 10%CLEAN WATER FUND: $60k → 14%BATEMAN HOME CENTER: $195k → 8%FRONT RANGE CENTER FOR NERO DIVERSITY: $100k → 8%WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $205k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $200k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY OF COLORADO: $30k → 12%AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY: $50k → 6%RODALE INSTITUTE: $25k → 11%EARTH JUSTICE: $68k → 10%AMERICAN FORESTS: $45k → 14%BATEMAN HORNE CENTER: $100k → 8%KENT DENVER SCHOOL: $142k → 8%THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $195k → 9%NATURE CONSERVANCY OF COLORADO: $30k → 12%THE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVATORY: $35k → 6%EARTH JUSTICE: $50k → 10%EDEN PROJECTS: $51k → 14%THE CLEAN WATER FUND: $45k → 14%BATEMAN HOME CENTER: $85k → 8%COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO: $25k → 8%WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $130k → 9%NATURE CONSERVANCY OF COLORADO: $23k → 12%THE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVATORY: $25k → 6%EARTH JUSTICE: $40k → 10%EDEN PROJECTS: $51k → 14%CLEAN WATER FUND: $45k → 14%BATEMAN HORNE CENTER: $80k → 8%WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $102k → 9%AMERICAN FOREST: $40k → 14%BATEMAN HOME CENTER: $35k → 8%THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $75k → 9%THE CLEAN WATER FUND: $25k → 14%OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $100k → 12%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MTNS: $115k → 12%AMERICAN FORESTS: $25k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIAWILLAME: $24k → 12%CLEAN WATER FUND: $25k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD ROCKY MOUNTAIN: $30k → 12%TREE SISTERS: $25k → 14%OREGON FOOD BANK: $25k → 12%OREGON FOOD BANK: $25k → 12%OREGON FOOD BANK: $25k → 12%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ROCKY MTNS: $50k → 12%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ROCKY MTNS: $25k → 12%VILLAGE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $35k → 12%FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $40k → 12%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

MN
WI
NY
OR
IA
PA
CA
UT
CO
VA
DC
TX
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 30 repeat orgs$686k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
13

Total granted

$3.3M
$556k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+71%

Still filing today

57%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentAnimalsHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • TW
    THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $727k · revenue +56%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $263k · revenue +114%
  • CW
    CLEAN WATER FUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $200k · revenue +79%
  • KD
    KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $142k · revenue +75%
  • FR
    FRONT RANGE CENTER FOR NERO DIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
5
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
6
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
10
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
11
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
12
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc; the most unlike its peers is Village Health Partnership. 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

26 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. 26 of the 50 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BATEMAN HOME CENTER: $315,000 · OtherBATEMAN HOME CENTERTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $160,705 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYOREGON FOOD BANK: $153,261 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MTNS: $146,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MTNSEDEN PROJECTS: $101,912 · OtherEDEN PROJECTSFRONT RANGE CENTER FOR NERO DIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherFRONT RANGE CENTER FOR NERO DIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $84,910 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIAWILLAME: $78,696 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIAWILLAMETHE AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVATORY: $60,000 · Other+19 more: $266,777 · Other+19 moreTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $727,183 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUA…American Bird Conservancy: $69,000 · AnimalsAmerican Bird Conservan…GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $40,000 · Animals+2 more: $23,000 · AnimalsEARTHJUSTICE: $262,727 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICECLEAN WATER FUND: $200,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUNDAmerican Forests: $110,000 · EnvironmentAmerican ForestsDeschutes Land Trust: $74,000 · EnvironmentDeschutes Land TrustNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $65,261 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DE…+1 more: $15,000 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $141,800 · EducationKENT DENV…BATEMAN HORNE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: $180,000 · HealthROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $75,000 · HealthVILLAGE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $63,000 · HealthPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $122,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $85,000 · Food & NutritionRodale Institute: $72,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,467,261Animals$859,183Environment$726,988Education$341,800Health$318,000Arts & Culture$228,000Food & Nutrition$172,000

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 budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $727,183 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $262,727 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $200,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBATEMAN HORNE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: $180,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $160,705 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $153,261 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $141,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $122,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Forests: $110,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDeschutes Land Trust: $74,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetRodale Institute: $72,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $69,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $65,261 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $63,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Inner City Parish Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION: $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 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 THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN WATER FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BATEMAN HORNE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds American Forests ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds Deschutes Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds Rodale Institute ↗
  • Who funds American Bird Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ↗
  • Who funds Denver Inner City Parish Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIC CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 McGrath Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McGrath Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home