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McGuire & Hester Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% 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
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR ALAMEDA$25,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WEST STATES$15,000
CYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER INC$12,500
REBUILDING TOGETHER PENINSULA$7,500
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER BAY AREA INC$5,000
EAST OAKLAND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER$5,000
ACE MENTOR SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA INC$5,000
MISSION HIRING HALL$2,500
EAST BAY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$2,500
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE$2,500
GIRLS INC OF THE ISLAND CITY$2,500
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS(WIOPS)$2,500
LITTLE OPERA HOUSE$2,500
PCMSF$2,000
PLACER WRESTLING BOOSTERS$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 10%ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 10%ALAMEDA POINT COLLABORATIVE: $2k → 10%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

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IA
CA
NE
VA
SC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$511k · 29 repeat orgs$147k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
44

Total granted

$511k
$131k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+35%

Still filing today

76%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $76k · revenue +26%
  • AB
    ALAMEDA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $57k · revenue +110%
  • RT
    Rebuilding Together Peninsula
    4× · 2018–2024 · $35k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LEGACY FUNDS OF HOLY NAMES UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -97%
  • EB
    EPSILON BETA BOULE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • SG
    SHEPHERDS GATE
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · 59% of their budget
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
Alameda Little League Inc
Recreation & Sports
2
Bay Area Barns and Trails
Human Services
3
Oakland Digital Arts and Literacy Center Inc

BRIDGEGOOD increases opportunity and digital literacy for under-resourced students with a focus on Black Indigenous and Women People of Color. We prepare first-generation college students for careers in UX UI and Visual Design while…

Education
4
East Bay Rowing

East Bay Rowing is the home of community rowing in Oakland; we run nationally competitive rowing teams for youth and adults, fostering health, discipline, teamwork and accountability.

Recreation & Sports
5
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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6
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
7
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
8
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area

To create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

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9
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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10
Transportation Alternatives for Marin
Public Benefit
11
San Francisco Association of Realtors Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Bay Area Community Services Housing Corp

Improve the quality of life for individuals in Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, Monterey County, Sacramento County and the surrounding area in the State of California.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Oakland Youth Development Center; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Stone Lakes National Wildlife. 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

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 80 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
28/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WEST STATES: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WEST STATESBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR ALAMEDA: $30,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FOR ALAMEDABORP: $15,000 · OtherBORPEast Oakland Youth Development Center: $12,021 · OtherNEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $10,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $10,500 · OtherCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,350 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8,500 · Other+44 more: $120,300 · Other+44 moreCYPRESS MANDELA TRAINING CENTER: $64,550 · EducationCYPRESS MANDELA TRAININ…ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc: $25,000 · EducationACE Mentor San Francisc…THE LEGACY FUNDS OF HOLY NAMES UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationTHE LEGACY FUNDS OF HOL…Oregon State University Foundation: $10,000 · EducationOregon State University…THE CRUCIBLE: $10,000 · EducationTHE CRUCIBLE+3 more: $9,500 · Education+3 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $76,000 · HealthAmerican Heart As…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $12,500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES IN…ROOMS OF HOPE INC: $7,500 · HealthROOMS OF HOPE INC+2 more: $4,000 · HealthALAMEDA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $57,145 · Youth DevelopmentALAMEDA BOYS …GIRLS INCORPORATED OF THE ISLAND CITY: $11,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPO…ANRAK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5,375 · Youth DevelopmentANRAK CHARITA…+1 more: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentRebuilding Together Peninsula: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterOakland Elizabeth House: $6,500 · Housing & ShelterSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $15,500 · Recreation & SportsOakland Parks and Recreation Foundation: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsFairytale Town Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $1,350 · Recreation & SportsSPANISH SPEAKING UNITY COUNCIL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY INC: $7,000 · Community ImprovementSHEPHERDS GATE: $7,000 · Community ImprovementEAST BAY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$247,171Education$134,050Health$100,000Youth Development$76,020Housing & Shelter$46,500Recreation & Sports$36,850Community Improvement$16,500

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

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
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.

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 Fo…The San Francisco Fou…Lowell Berry Foundati…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Dome Construction Fou…The California Wellne…The Oakland Athletics…Jewish Community Fede…Mitchell Kapor Founda…The PG&E Corporation …Turner Construction C…Stupski Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization McGuire & Hester Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McGuire & Hester Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report 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.
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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.

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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