California · Private foundation
McKay Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,383,514
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations McKay Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $2.4M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.5M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $151k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $195k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $118k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Emergency Fund | $4,595,000 | 3 | 41% |
| Capital & Main | $575,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Jacobin Foundation Ltd | $200,250 | 3 | 2% |
| One Family Illinois | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellow Dot Studios Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Climate Mobilization Project Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jail Guitar Doors | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Philabundance | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Essential Tremor Foundation | $13,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Emergency Fund | $4,595,000 | 3 | 41% |
| Capital & Main | $575,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Jacobin Foundation Ltd | $200,250 | 3 | 2% |
| One Family Illinois | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellow Dot Studios Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Climate Mobilization Project Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jail Guitar Doors | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Philabundance | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Essential Tremor Foundation | $13,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Homeless Health Care Los Angeles | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Denver Film Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The River Project | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| RepresentUs Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Participatory Politics Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| E4e Relief LLC | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child's Play Touring Theatre | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Amos Resources | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($22k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
McKay Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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
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About McKay Family Foundation Inc
- How much does McKay Family Foundation Inc give?
- McKay Family Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $1,458,764 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does McKay Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (81%), Public Benefit (10%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are McKay Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Climate Emergency Fund ($4.6M), Capital & Main ($575k), Jacobin Foundation Ltd ($200k).
- Does McKay Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McKay Family Foundation Inc 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 McKay Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Aileen Getty Foundation, Impactassetsinc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is McKay Family Foundation Inc based?
- McKay Family Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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