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McLIN 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.

$260k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
39
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 48
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$361k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving37$260k5%
FY202339$164k31%
FY202237$164k32%
FY202146$170k54%
FY202043$88k51%
FY201948$88k44%
FY201835$71k69%
FY201747$54kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$272kHuman Services$227kHealth$199kYouth Development$78kFood & Nutrition$51kCommunity Improvement$40kAnimals$40kArts & Culture$35kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 96 grantees
All grantees of McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
South County Youth Coalition$45,00068%
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission$44,00080%
Las Trampas School Inc$38,30080%
Save Lafayette$38,0005n/a
The College Preparatory School$27,00050%
Bay Area Crisis Nursery$25,00041%
University of Illinois Foundation$25,00030%
Lafayette Partners in Education$24,50030%
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco$22,50040%
The Jacqualyn Palchak Cancer Fund$22,00078%
Vistability$20,50040%
Gable Heart Beats Foundation$20,500521%
Pink Ribbon Good Inc$20,00030%
Care Ring Inc$19,00040%
Read With Me Volunteer Programs$16,50041%
Meals on Wheels Diablo Region$16,50040%
The Girlfriend Factor$15,50044%
San Francisco First Tee$15,00020%
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation$13,50030%
Vestia Inc$13,50044%
Winter Nights Family Shelter Inc$12,50021%
Culinary Angels$12,50022%
University of Washington Foundation$12,00030%
Achievement For All Children$10,00021%
Food in Need of Distribution Inc$9,00030%
San Ramon Library Foundation$8,50057%
Joybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation$7,50010%
University of Washington$7,0002n/a
Kqed Inc$6,50030%
Meals on Wheels of Alameda County$5,50040%
One Simple Wish Inc$5,00010%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$5,00010%
Desert Scholarship Foundation$5,00010%
Lafayette Police Foundation$5,000124%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$5,00010%
Generations in Jazz Foundation$5,00013%
Building Homes for Heroes Inc$5,00010%
Legal Services for Children Inc$5,00010%
Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center$4,50030%
The Heritage Foundation$4,25030%
Judicial Watch Inc$4,00020%
Campaign One at a Time$4,00032%
FieldHaven Feline Center$4,00040%
Little Miracles Inc$3,50021%
Set to Thrive$3,50021%
Conservation Society of California$3,50020%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$3,00020%
Moraga Education Foundation$3,00030%
Alamo Women's Club$3,00012%
Project Veritas$3,00030%
Travis Mills Foundation$3,00020%
Richmond Shakespeare Festival Inc$3,00014%
Ncga Foundation$3,00030%
Big League Impact Inc$2,50010%
Wreaths Across America$2,50010%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$2,20030%
Pismo Beach Police Officers Association$2,0001n/a
Rooms of Hope Inc$2,00010%
American Brain Tumor Association$2,0001n/a
Black Horse Forge Inc$2,0001n/a
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$2,00020%
Arm of Care Inc$2,00011%
Slo Noor Foundation a Non-Profit Corporation$2,00010%
Live Like Leo Foundation$2,00011%
Houston Zoo Inc$2,00040%
Pennyslvania Shakespeare Festival$2,00010%
Frost Valley YMCA$2,00010%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$1,90040%
Palm Springs Air Museum Inc$1,25040%
Pacific Legal Foundation$1,00010%
The Make a Film Foundation$1,0001n/a
East Bay Spca$1,00010%
University of California Davis$1,0001n/a
Pulmonary Wellness Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Polaris Project$1,00010%
America's Future Foundation$1,00010%
Traveling Paws Inc$1,0001n/a
Operation Renewed Hope Foundation$1,00010%
Grateful Gatherings$1,00011%
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$1,00010%
Community Partners$1,00010%
In His Presence for the Nations Inc$1,0001n/a
Comfort Cases Inc$1,00010%
Taking the Reins$1,00010%
Final Farewell$1,00011%
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary Inc$1,00010%
Extra-Ordinary Birthdays$1,00011%
Brides Across America Inc ATTN Heidi Janson$1,00010%
Cruces Creatives$1,00010%
Cato Institute$1,00010%
Angel Flight West Inc$1,00010%
The David Benzer Strike Out Fear Foundation Inc$1,00013%
American Heart Association Inc$1,00010%
Acalanes Parents Club$60020%
The Heritage Society$25010%
Nurse-Family Partnership$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouth County Youth Coalition: $45,000 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetCoachella Valley Rescue Mission: $44,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLas Trampas School Inc: $38,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe College Preparatory School: $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBay Area Crisis Nursery: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLafayette Partners in Education: $24,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jacqualyn Palchak Cancer Fund: $22,000 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetVistability: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGable Heart Beats Foundation: $20,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetPink Ribbon Good Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCare Ring Inc: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRead With Me Volunteer Programs: $16,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Diablo Region: $16,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Girlfriend Factor: $15,500 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetSan Francisco First Tee: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCaring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVestia Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetWinter Nights Family Shelter Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCulinary Angels: $12,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAchievement For All Children: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFood in Need of Distribution Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSan Ramon Library Foundation: $8,500 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKqed Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Alameda County: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOne Simple Wish Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDesert Scholarship Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLafayette Police Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetFood Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGenerations in Jazz Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBuilding Homes for Heroes Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Services for Children Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetXenophon Therapeutic Riding Center: $4,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $4,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCampaign One at a Time: $4,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFieldHaven Feline Center: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Miracles Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSet to Thrive: $3,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetConservation Society of California: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMoraga Education Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlamo Women's Club: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetProject Veritas: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 87.

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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.

Lowell Berry FoundationCA25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lowell Berry Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Yelp Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · Marin Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Heffernan Group Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Barlow Family Foundation · Cheng's 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.

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About McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION

How much does McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION give?
McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION reported 37 grants totaling $260,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Human Services (21%), Health (18%).
Who are McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: South County Youth Coalition ($45k), Coachella Valley Rescue Mission ($44k), Las Trampas School Inc ($38k).
Does McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION 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 McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lowell Berry Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, Shell USA Company Foundation.
Where is McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION based?
McLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION is based in CA.

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 168 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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