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McLaughlin Family Foundation at a glance

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McLaughlin Family Foundation

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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$150kHealth$34kReligion$30kInternational$13kArts & Culture$11kHuman Services$4kYouth Development$2kAnimals$750Other$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOSTON COLLEGE$50,000
COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY21–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CARVER CENTER: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $515 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 9%CHILDCARE RESOURCES: $500 → 12%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
WI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CO
MD
TN
DC
LA
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 20 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
20

Total granted

$204k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+10%

Still filing today

45%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    4× · 2021–2025 · $65k · revenue +26%
  • CT
    COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +92%
  • LU
    LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    3× · 2021–2023 · $15k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • LH
    LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • TL
    THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +10%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
10
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fordham University; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

20 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. 20 of the 40 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
18/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION: $30,250 · OtherCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATIONST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CHURCHST CATHERINE'S HIGH SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherST CATHERINE'S HIGH SCHOOLWEILL CORNELL MEDICINE: $17,000 · OtherWEILL CORNELL MEDICINEMARIAN WOODS INC: $11,200 · OtherMARIAN WOODS INCCLEVELAND CLINIC INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL: $7,250 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $5,500 · OtherLOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $17,090 · Other+14 moreTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $65,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGELOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $15,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOFordham University: $7,000 · EducationFordham University+2 more: $5,500 · Education+2 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 · InternationalGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,015 · Human ServicesPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $500 · Human ServicesPART OF THE SOLUTION: $2,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $500 · Food & NutritionALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $500 · HealthVERO BEACH DOG PARK INC: $750 · AnimalsSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$138,290Education$92,500International$9,000Human Services$2,515Food & Nutrition$2,500Health$2,000Animals$750Arts & Culture$250

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION: $30,250 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINDWARD SCHOOL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,015 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVERO BEACH DOG PARK INC: $750 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $250 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.

  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COME TO BELIEVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds THE WINDWARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PART OF THE SOLUTION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds VERO BEACH DOG PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDCARE RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 McLaughlin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McLaughlin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to McLaughlin Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McLaughlin Family 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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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