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McKinstry Charitable Foundation at a glance

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McKinstry Charitable 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
317
Grants FY2024still arriving
37
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.4MEnvironment$715kHuman Services$543kHealth$485kInternational$391kFood & Nutrition$298kHousing & Shelter$136kEmployment$95kOther$0
02FY2024 · 317 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k287 grants · $225k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $494k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $377k
$300
Median grant
37
States reached
$134k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Eastern Washington University Foundation$200,000
Clean Energy Transition Institute$77,200
Washington State University Foundation$50,000
PATH$50,000
University of Washington Foundation$45,000
Climate Solutions$41,900
Washington Alliance for Better Schools$32,000
Building Transparency$30,000
Spark Northwest$26,400
Seattle Childrens Foundation$25,100
Seattle Colleges Foundation$25,000
Treehouse$21,300
Groundwork Denver Incorporated$20,600
Western Washington University Foundation$20,600
Washington Stem Center$20,400
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $235k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Jacksons Pay It Forward Foundation Inc: $300 → 11%DANE COUNTY DIAPER BANK INC: $1k → 10%Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse Inc: $2k → 20%THE VILLAGE DIAPER BANK INC: $600 → 10%Project 48 Inc: $5k → 12%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE OF THE PALOUSE INC: $2k → 20%Project Worthmore: $13k → 8%Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse Inc: $2k → 20%MARIE WILKINSON FOOD PANTRY INC: $500 → 8%Project 48 Inc: $2k → 12%Project Worthmore: $2k → 8%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE OF THE PALOUSE INC: $2k → 20%MARIE WILKINSON FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 8%SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 12%THE FAMILY PLACE: $5k → 14%Maggies Place Inc: $2k → 11%Family Place Inc: $2k → 14%BENEFITS IN ACTION: $2k → 7%The Village Diaper Bank Inc: $2k → 10%FAMILY PLACE INC: $2k → 14%The Village Diaper Bank Inc: $600 → 10%Hands on Greater Phoenix: $900 → 11%The Village Diaper Bank Inc: $500 → 10%Hands on Greater Phoenix: $600 → 11%Family Place Inc: $1k → 14%HANDS ON GREATER PHOENIX: $600 → 11%Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners: $13k → 12%Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners: $10k → 12%Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners: $2k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $1k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $500 → 12%Dress for Success of Oregon Inc: $5k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OF OREGON INC: $1k → 12%PROJECT 48 INC: $5k → 12%Project 48 Inc: $3k → 12%BYRD BARR PLACE: $1k → 9%Byrd Barr Place: $600 → 9%YouthCare: $13k → 9%BYRD BARR PLACE: $28k → 9%BYRD BARR PLACE: $900 → 9%Operation Sack Lunch: $10k → 9%THE SAFE CROSSINGS FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%YouthCare: $10k → 9%WELLSPRING FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 9%YouthCare: $2k → 9%AMARA: $20k → 9%YouthCare: $700 → 9%AMARA: $20k → 9%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

NH
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ND
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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
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CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
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KS
AR
TN
NC
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DC
HI
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 264 repeat orgs$523k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

264 repeat relationships: 176 still active in FY2024, 88 since wound down; 137 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

264
301

Total granted

$6.1M
$438k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+20%

Still filing today

89%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • EW
    Eastern Washington University Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +36%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $416k · revenue +7%
  • P
    PATH
    4× · 2020–2024 · $300k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • SC
    SEATTLE CHILDREN HOSPITAL RESEARCH
    one grant, 2020 · $119k
  • SF
    SEATTLE FOUNDATION THE PLATE FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $21k
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK INLAND NW
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
3
Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
4
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
5
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
6
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
7
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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8
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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9
Re Sources

RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.

Environment
10
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
11
Washington Bikes

Washington Bikes works to ensure that all who ride a bicycle in Washington have safe comfortable and convenient places to ride. Organization advocates for bicyclists rights and shapes policies.

Recreation & Sports
12
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington; the most unlike its peers is Wa High School Equestrian Teams. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

567 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. 567 of the 709 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
98
Early backer (in before they grew)
552/567
Grantees still filing
362/567
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Eastern Washington University Foundation: $1,800,000 · EducationEastern Washington University FoundationTHE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $418,700 · EducationTHE WASHINGTON STEM CENTERUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $416,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONClean Energy Transition Institute: $154,400 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · Education+17 more: $279,800 · Education+17 moreSEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH FDN: $230,900 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL AND …CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: $182,800 · OtherCLIMATE SOLUTIONSSEATTLE CHILDREN HOSPITAL RESEARCH: $119,400 · OtherSEATTLE CHILDREN HOSPITAL RESEA…SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $115,300 · OtherSEATTLE UNIVERSITYFOOD LIFELINE: $63,499 · OtherGLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS: $80,000 · Other+111 more: $1,014,900 · Other+111 moreFORTERRA NW: $85,800 · EnvironmentBUILDING TRANSPARENCY: $60,600 · EnvironmentSPARK NORTHWEST: $52,500 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA SLOUGH WATERSHED COUNCIL INC: $27,300 · EnvironmentDuwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG: $25,100 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $15,300 · EnvironmentGRID ALTERNATIVES COLORADO INC: $14,500 · Environment+13 more: $53,000 · EnvironmentPATH: $300,000 · International+3 more: $12,700 · InternationalTREEHOUSE: $272,217 · Youth DevelopmentYEAR ONE INC: $12,700 · Youth Development+7 more: $23,700 · Youth DevelopmentMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $58,900 · Human ServicesAMARA: $40,000 · Human ServicesBYRD BARR PLACE: $30,500 · Human ServicesSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $26,400 · Human ServicesYOUTHCARE: $26,200 · Human ServicesPROJECT 48 INC: $15,700 · Human ServicesPROJECT WORTHMORE: $15,100 · Human ServicesOPERATION SACK LUNCH: $10,000 · Human ServicesSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesThe Family Place: $9,500 · Human Services+13 more: $42,600 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS: $111,600 · PhilanthropyFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyDENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $11,900 · Philanthropy+2 more: $5,850 · Philanthropy
Education$3,218,900Other$1,806,799Environment$334,100International$312,700Youth Development$308,617Human Services$284,900Philanthropy$149,350

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $1,800,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER: $418,700 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $416,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPATH: $300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $272,217 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCLIMATE SOLUTIONS: $182,800 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetClean Energy Transition Institute: $154,400 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $115,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS: $111,600 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetFORTERRA NW: $85,800 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $63,499 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI: $62,700 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBUILDING TRANSPARENCY: $60,600 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $58,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $55,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPARK NORTHWEST: $52,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetGROUNDWORK DENVER INC: $42,100 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKINDERING CENTER: $40,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMARA: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVANESSA BEHAN: $39,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $37,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $34,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBYRD BARR PLACE: $30,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Tradeswomen Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAPPRENTICESHIP AND NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBIA SLOUGH WATERSHED COUNCIL INC: $27,300 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $26,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $26,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIMAGINE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $25,900 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $25,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDuwamish River Cleanup Coalition - TAG: $25,100 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR LEARNING: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $23,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $22,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $21,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $21,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $20,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $20,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $19,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE A REFUGE FOR REBUILDING LIVES: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT 48 INC: $15,700 over 3y, 1.3% 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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Moccasin Lake Foundat…The Norcliffe Foundat…Credit Unions in the …Medina FoundationSeattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Lucky Seven FoundationGarneau Nicon Family …Windermere FoundationGrousemont FoundationGlassybaby White Ligh…
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE86.3× affinity82 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Medina Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Lucky Seven Foundation · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Windermere Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund

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 McKinstry Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McKinstry Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Oregon Tradeswomen Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Project 48 Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Reach Community Development Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Columbia Slough Watershed Council Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest: 4% of income from government
  • Pdx Diaper Bank: 2% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
66report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to McKinstry Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McKinstry Charitable 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.

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 709 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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