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McIntosh 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,772,456
Organizations funded a year
10 to 42
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$47M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations McIntosh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving8$2.3M38%
FY202413$1.4M38%
FY202310$746k10%
FY202211$1.5M45%
FY202115$2.9M20%
FY202018$1.9M17%
FY201942$1.9M43%
FY201840$1.9M45%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$9.6MRecreation & Sports$1.7MFood & Nutrition$1.7MPhilanthropy$528kEducation$483kArts & Culture$376kCrime & Legal$334kCivil Rights$270kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
NM
NC
SC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Boat Company Ltd$7,029,448745%
Sportmatrix Corp$1,555,000584%
Outpost Agriculture Inc$1,100,0003100%
Earthjustice$825,00070%
Rachel's Network Inc$326,50086%
Southern Legal Counsel Inc$309,141325%
Helpman Productions Inc$175,000192%
Burke Bulldogs Baseball Inc$147,500433%
Alliance for Justice$140,00081%
The Rockefeller University$125,00050%
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All grantees of McIntosh Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Boat Company Ltd$7,029,448745%
Sportmatrix Corp$1,555,000584%
Outpost Agriculture Inc$1,100,0003100%
Earthjustice$825,00070%
Rachel's Network Inc$326,50086%
Southern Legal Counsel Inc$309,141325%
Helpman Productions Inc$175,000192%
Burke Bulldogs Baseball Inc$147,500433%
Alliance for Justice$140,00081%
The Rockefeller University$125,00050%
Alaska Conservation Foundation$100,00011%
Waterfall Foundation$80,000218%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$75,00030%
Defenders of Wildlife$75,00030%
Metta Theatre$74,0004n/a
Heroica Foundation$70,0001n/a
Fund for Women's Equality Inc$50,00014%
Earth Day Network Inc$50,00011%
Global Learning Accelerator$40,0001n/a
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$30,00020%
Earth Island Institute Inc$30,00010%
Energy Innovation Reform Project$30,00011%
St Georges Garden Club Inc$25,000136%
Evangelicals for Democracy$25,000110%
St Paul's School$25,00050%
Williams College$25,00050%
Smart Growth America$25,00010%
The George Washington University$25,00010%
Beaverkill Valley Land Trust Inc$25,00012%
Montessori School of Northern Virginia Inc$24,10011%
East Hampton Healthcare Foundation$20,00041%
Western Environmental Law Center$19,00011%
Florida State University$15,0001n/a
Second Chance Inc$15,00010%
Crag Law Center$15,0001n/a
Rams Boosters Club Inc$15,0001n/a
Equuvation Inc$12,50029%
New Mexico Film Foundation$12,000117%
American Public Square Inc$10,00012%
Persephone Productions Inc$10,00012%
The Garden Club of America$10,00010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$10,00010%
National Parks Conservation Association$10,00010%
Independent Feature Project Inc$10,0001n/a
Candlelighters of New York City Inc$9,00012%
Trail Mix Inc$8,00811%
Open Space Institute Inc$5,67020%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$5,10030%
The Mosby Foundation$5,0001n/a
The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc$5,00012%
Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation Operating Camp Mowglis$5,00010%
Georgetown Garden Club$5,00018%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$5,00010%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$3,40010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

McIntosh Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Boat Company Ltd: $7,029,448 over 7y, 45% of budgetSportmatrix Corp: $1,555,000 over 5y, 84% of budgetOutpost Agriculture Inc: $1,100,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetEarthjustice: $825,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRachel's Network Inc: $326,500 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetSouthern Legal Counsel Inc: $309,141 over 3y, 25% of budgetHelpman Productions Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 92% of budgetBurke Bulldogs Baseball Inc: $147,500 over 4y, 33% of budgetAlliance for Justice: $140,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetThe Rockefeller University: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Conservation Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWaterfall Foundation: $80,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFund for Women's Equality Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEarth Day Network Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnergy Innovation Reform Project: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSt Georges Garden Club Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetEvangelicals for Democracy: $25,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetSt Paul's School: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSmart Growth America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe George Washington University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeaverkill Valley Land Trust Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMontessori School of Northern Virginia Inc: $24,100 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEast Hampton Healthcare Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWestern Environmental Law Center: $19,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSecond Chance Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEquuvation Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetNew Mexico Film Foundation: $12,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetAmerican Public Square Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPersephone Productions Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Garden Club of America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCandlelighters of New York City Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTrail Mix Inc: $8,008 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOpen Space Institute Inc: $5,670 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Grantmakers Association: $5,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHolt-Elwell Memorial Foundation Operating Camp Mowglis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgetown Garden Club: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% 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 46.

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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.

The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY13× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Communal Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

Compare McIntosh Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to McIntosh Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McIntosh 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 McIntosh Foundation

How much does McIntosh Foundation give?
McIntosh Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $2,319,456 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does McIntosh Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (61%), Recreation & Sports (11%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
Who are McIntosh Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Boat Company Ltd ($7.0M), Sportmatrix Corp ($1.6M), Outpost Agriculture Inc ($1.1M).
Does McIntosh Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McIntosh 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 McIntosh Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Impactassetsinc, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is McIntosh Foundation based?
McIntosh Foundation is based in DC.

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 94 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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