California · Private foundation
McM Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $190k
- Granted FY2021
- 10
- Grants FY2021
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
93% of McM Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year McM Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $190k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 33% of the organizations McM Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | $170k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $124k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $148k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Richmond | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc | $62,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Katherine Delmar Burke School | $41,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Marin Horizon School Inc | $37,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Town School for Boys | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| De la Salle High School of Concord Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Head Royce School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco University High School | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Richmond | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc | $62,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Katherine Delmar Burke School | $41,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Marin Horizon School Inc | $37,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Town School for Boys | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| De la Salle High School of Concord Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Head Royce School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco University High School | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Think Wild | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Save Mount Diablo | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lafayette Partners in Education | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rally for Reading | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($191k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McM Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The William G Irwin Charity Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · East Bay Community Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Stanley S Langendorf Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About McM Foundation
- How much does McM Foundation give?
- McM Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $190,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
- What does McM Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (76%), Education (19%), Environment (4%).
- Who are McM Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: University of Richmond ($90k), Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($75k), Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc ($63k).
- Does McM Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McM 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 McM Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, The William G Irwin Charity Foundation.
- Where is McM Foundation based?
- McM Foundation is based in CA.
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