· Private foundation
McIntosh Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k7 grants · $220k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $525k
- $250k+2 grants · $650k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY OF ST SABINA PARISH CHICAGO | $350,000 |
| CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY | $300,000 |
| ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO | $200,000 |
| MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY | $100,000 |
| CARDINAL'S BIG SHOULDERS FUND | $75,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| ST BENEDICT THE AFRICAN PARISH | $50,000 |
| ST MOSES THE BLACK PARISH | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY | $40,000 |
| CATHOLIC EXTENSION SOCIETY | $40,000 |
| TULANE UNIVERSITY | $30,000 |
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CARE CENTER | $30,000 |
| AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% 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
Backed again, and grew
Fairfield University8× · 2018–2025 · $255k · revenue +84%- TATHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND8× · 2018–2025 · $205k · revenue +57%
THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC6× · 2018–2024 · $53k · revenue +138%
Funded once
- NUNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICESone grant, 2018 · $25k
- PHPROJECT HEAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $10k
- SOSOCIETY OF HELPERSone grant, 2024 · $10k
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…
Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…
At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…
Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 30 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Fairfield University ↗
- Who funds BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
- Who funds LEGACY LAW SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE EPIPHANY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE JOFFREY BALLET ↗
- Who funds Zacchaeus House Inc ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO ST MARY'S HOME ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McIntosh Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McIntosh Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
- The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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