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McGuire & Hester 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.

$93k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
55%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 55% of the organizations McGuire & Hester Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving16$93k44%
FY202320$87k55%
FY202211$75k36%
FY202116$100k44%
FY202012$76k17%
FY201917$84k35%
FY201825$72k88%
FY201721$70kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$140kHealth$138kYouth Development$121kRecreation & Sports$53kHousing & Shelter$53kHuman Services$30kCommunity Improvement$26kReligion$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of McGuire & Hester Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
American Heart Association Inc$76,00050%
Cypress Mandela Training Center$64,55052%
Alameda Boys & Girls Club Inc$57,14562%
Rebuilding Together Peninsula$35,00041%
ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc$25,000411%
Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc$15,50040%
The Legacy Funds of Holy Names University$15,00010%
March of Dimes Inc$12,50020%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$12,02130%
Girls Incorporated of the Island City$11,00050%
The Salvation Army$10,5002n/a
Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation$10,00040%
Fairytale Town Inc$10,00020%
Oregon State University Foundation$10,00030%
The Crucible$10,00020%
Alameda Point Collaborative$8,00030%
Rooms of Hope Inc$7,50021%
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc$7,00020%
Shepherds Gate$7,000159%
Oakland Elizabeth House$6,50021%
Anrak Charitable Foundation$5,37511%
Lucious Bateman Foundation$5,00016%
Women in Construction Operations$5,00024%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$5,00020%
100 Black Men of the Bay Area Inc$5,0001n/a
St Timothy Catholic Church$5,0001n/a
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$5,00010%
Sacramento Construction Management Education Foundation$3,50012%
Construction Industry Educational Foundation$3,50010%
Encinal Sailing Foundation$3,00026%
Rebuilding Together Oakland$3,00020%
Mission Hiring Hall Inc$2,50010%
East Bay Economic Alliance Foundation$2,50011%
Call of the Sea$2,50010%
Construction Trades Workforce Initiative$2,50012%
East Bay Bicycle Coalition DBA Bike East Bay$2,50010%
Little Opera House Inc$2,50010%
Peer Wellness Collective$2,00020%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$2,00010%
Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors$1,0001n/a
Alameda County Community Food Bank$1,00010%
Washington Manor Junior League$1,00013%
Powerhouse Ministries Inc$1,0001n/a
Danville Girls Chorus$1,00011%
The Family Giving Tree$75010%
Los Banos Tiger Trap Team$35010%
Friends of Stone Lakes National Wildlife$25010%
Little League Baseball Inc$12510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($173k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

McGuire & Hester Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $76,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCypress Mandela Training Center: $64,550 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetAlameda Boys & Girls Club Inc: $57,145 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetRebuilding Together Peninsula: $35,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $15,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Legacy Funds of Holy Names University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEast Oakland Youth Development Center: $12,021 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Incorporated of the Island City: $11,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOakland Parks and Recreation Foundation: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFairytale Town Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Crucible: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlameda Point Collaborative: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRooms of Hope Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSpanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShepherds Gate: $7,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetOakland Elizabeth House: $6,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAnrak Charitable Foundation: $5,375 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLucious Bateman Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetWomen in Construction Operations: $5,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSleep in Heavenly Peace Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Gate National Parks Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSacramento Construction Management Education Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetConstruction Industry Educational Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEncinal Sailing Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetRebuilding Together Oakland: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMission Hiring Hall Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEast Bay Economic Alliance Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCall of the Sea: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConstruction Trades Workforce Initiative: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEast Bay Bicycle Coalition DBA Bike East Bay: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLittle Opera House Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPeer Wellness Collective: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Manor Junior League: $1,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetDanville Girls Chorus: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Family Giving Tree: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Banos Tiger Trap Team: $350 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Stone Lakes National Wildlife: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLittle League Baseball Inc: $125 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

East Bay Community FoundationCA29.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Lowell Berry Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Dome Construction Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The Oakland Athletics Community Fund · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Mitchell Kapor Foundation · The PG&E Corporation Foundation · Turner Construction Company Foundation · Stupski 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.

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How do I get to McGuire & Hester Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McGuire & Hester Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About McGuire & Hester Foundation

How much does McGuire & Hester Foundation give?
McGuire & Hester Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $92,850 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does McGuire & Hester Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Health (21%), Youth Development (18%).
Who are McGuire & Hester Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Heart Association Inc ($76k), Cypress Mandela Training Center ($65k), Alameda Boys & Girls Club Inc ($57k).
Does McGuire & Hester Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McGuire & Hester Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as McGuire & Hester Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, Lowell Berry Foundation.
Where is McGuire & Hester Foundation based?
McGuire & Hester Foundation is based in CA.

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 80 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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