· Private foundation
McKarns Family Foundation Tr Dtd 12311990
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of McKarns Family Foundation Tr Dtd 12311990’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Salem Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k5 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SALEM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $20,934 |
| ST JOHNS CHURCH | $7,400 |
| SALEM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $6,417 |
| BISHOPS APPEAL DIOCESE OF YOUNGSTOWN | $2,000 |
| KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS | $100 |
| FIRST BRETHREN CHURCH | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
5 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. 5 of the 19 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McKarns Family Foundation Tr Dtd 12311990 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McKarns Family Foundation Tr Dtd 12311990. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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