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McKelvey Family Foundation at a glance

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McKelvey Family 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.

$431k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Employment$400kYouth Development$236kInternational$82kHuman Services$49kHealth$44kFood & Nutrition$18kEnvironment$18kEducation$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $86k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
$5,800
Median grant
10
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMIT2DALLAS$200,000
MAGIC WAND FOUNDATION$100,000
NEW HORIZONS OF NORTH TEXAS$25,682
ARK OF THE RAINBOW$25,000
NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS$13,000
TREVOR PROJECT$12,407
Individual grant recipient$10,000
JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS$9,200
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND$7,227
PROJECTHANDUP$5,800
CHRISTMAS WISH PROJECT$5,000
INNOCENCE PROJECT INC$4,580
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC$2,500
IMMIGRATION EQUALITY$2,500
EVERY MOTHER COUNTS$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 14%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $5k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
MO
TN
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 98% of McKelvey Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 64% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 97%.

McKelvey Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$822k · 12 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$822k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+15%

Still filing today

75%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationCivil RightsArts & CultureInternationalHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • C
    COMMIT2DALLAS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +28%
  • MW
    MAGIC WAND FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +58%
  • AO
    ARK OF THE RAINBOW
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • PG
    PROJECTHANDUP - GATEHOUSE GRAPEVINE
    one grant, 2023 · $28k
  • TT
    Tackle Tomorrow
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -21%
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +15%
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
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
2
We Are Family Foundation

The we are family foundation celebrates the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that inspire and educate people about mutual respect, understanding and appreciation of cultural diversity.

Civil Rights
3
The Poptech Institute

Poptech's mission is to accelerate the positive impact of world-changing people, projects and ideas. founded in 1996 by bob metcalfe (inventor, ethernet) and john sculley (apple, pepsi), poptech originally provided a forum to critically…

Education
4
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
5
Parliamentarians for Global Action

Parliamentarians for global action (pga) is a non-partisan ngo network of legislators from all regions of the world acting in their individual capacity to advocate for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; peace and human security;…

International
6
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
7
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
8
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
9
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
10
Arrow

To make grants to charitable organizations and programs that support the achievement of sexual and reproductive health (srh) of the poor & underprivileged women and others in the asia-pacific and elsewhere.

International
11
Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
12
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wgbh Educational Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMIT2DALLAS: $400,000 · EducationCOMMIT2DALLASARK OF THE RAINBOW: $75,000 · EducationARK OF THE RAINBOW+2 more: $11,000 · EducationMAGIC WAND FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAGIC WAND FOUNDATION IN…PROJECTHANDUP - GATEHOUSE GRAPEVINE: $27,500 · OtherPROJECTHANDUP …CHRISTMAS WISH PROJECT: $15,000 · OtherCHRISTMAS WISH…Individual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual gra…EVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $6,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $7,227 · OtherPLANNED PARENT…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,500 · OtherST JUDE CHILDR…JAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $9,200 · OtherJAZZ AT ASPEN-…DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5,000 · OtherTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $4,580 · OtherPROJECTHANDUP: $5,800 · Other+7 more: $18,050 · Other+7 moreTREVOR PROJECT INC: $29,907 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Civil RightsIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $2,500 · Civil RightsNHNTX INC: $35,682 · ReligionFeeding America: $18,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $17,500 · Environment
Education$486,000Youth Development$200,000Other$119,857Civil Rights$37,407Religion$35,682Food & Nutrition$18,000Environment$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMIT2DALLAS: $400,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMAGIC WAND FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetARK OF THE RAINBOW: $75,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetNHNTX INC: $35,682 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $29,907 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTackle Tomorrow: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $9,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $7,227 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECTHANDUP: $5,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $4,580 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY GIVING TREE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMMIGRATION EQUALITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Texas Instruments Fou…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Texas Instruments FoundationTX12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 McKelvey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McKelvey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 28 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home