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At McMaster University our purpose is the discovery, communication and preservation of knowledge.

$81M
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$215k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.7MHealth$1.9MScience & Tech$153kRecreation & Sports$72kArts & Culture$43kYouth Development$43kPhilanthropy$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $426,213, the rows itemized in this filing. The $81,140,743 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $80,714,530 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $64k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $346k
$19,152
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Kansas Medical Center$215,391
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$130,406
University of New YorkBuffalo$44,835
Purdue University$19,152
University of Iowa$6,385
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS$5,022
Syracuse University$5,022
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Hebrew Rehabilitation Center: $12k → 16%University of Idaho: $10k → 16%St Luke's University Health Network: $12k → 11%University of Pittsburgh: $6k → 11%St Luke's University Health Network: $5k → 11%Trustees of University of Pennsylvania: $129k → 22%Buck Institute for Research on Aging: $43k → 8%Buck Institute for Research on Aging: $128k → 8%Connected Camps: $43k → 10%Regents of University of California: $48k → 10%Buddhist Geeks: $43k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO: $14k → 13%Syracuse University: $6k → 14%State University of Buffalo: $94k → 14%PEABODY MEDIA LLC: $43k → 10%University of Texas Health Science: $57k → 16%Baylor College of Medicine: $22k → 16%Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station: $11k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: $6k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: $5k → 17%American Society of Hematology: $30k → 14%University of Iowa: $6k → 15%KUMC Research Institute: $153k → 16%Board of Regents University of Wisconsin: $5k → 10%University of Wisconsin: $19k → 17%Emory University: $32k → 14%The Ohio State University: $19k → 15%Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason: $173k → 9%University of Illinois: $37k → 19%WILLIAM PATTERSON UNIVERSITY: $12k → 12%VIRGINIA COMMWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $40k → 22%WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH: $61k → 8%University of Maryland - College Park: $72k → 11%Hebrew Senior Life: $6k → 16%University of Idaho: $7k → 16%Trustees of University of Pennsylvania: $79k → 22%Buck Institute for Research on Aging: $68k → 8%Syracuse University: $5k → 14%University of New YorkBuffalo: $46k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS: $5k → 17%KUMC Research Institute: $51k → 16%Purdue University: $19k → 19%VIRGINIA COMMWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $18k → 22%Buck Institute for Research on Aging: $10k → 8%Syracuse University: $5k → 14%University of New YorkBuffalo: $45k → 14%University of Kansas Medical Center: $215k → 16%Research Foundation of SUNY: $6k → 14%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

WA
ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $81M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region, $34M to organizations and $47M to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

North America (Canada and Mexico)$81M · 100% · 1 grant · 14067 people

Stated purpose: Research · SCHOLARSHIPS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 14 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
34

Total granted

$3.1M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+7%

Still filing today

64%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthSocial SciencePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $457k · revenue +2%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    3× · 2018–2025 · $419k · revenue +102%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2021 · $323k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • TR
    The RSRCH Inst at Nationwide Children's Hospital
    one grant, 2019 · $273k
  • BR
    BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2019 · $173k · revenue +11%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK REGENTS RESEARCH FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $94k
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
4
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
5
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
6
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
7
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
8
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
12
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Syracuse University; the most unlike its peers is Benaroya Research Institute At Virginia. 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

28 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. 28 of the 52 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $619,734 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC: $587,261 · OtherNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INCThe RSRCH Inst at Nationwide Children's Hospital: $273,195 · OtherThe RSRCH Inst at Nationwide Children's HospitalCOLORADO ENERGY OFFICE: $191,789 · OtherCOLORADO ENERGY OFFICEUNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK REGENTS RESEARCH FUND: $93,999 · Other+23 more: $631,971 · Other+23 moreUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $456,612 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $455,538 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYL…UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $322,668 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATIONThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $97,244 · EducationThe Research Foundation for The State…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $72,433 · EducationVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $57,901 · Education+10 more: $180,833 · Education+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $418,661 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF …BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA: $172,628 · HealthBENAROYA RESEA…AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY INC: $29,877 · Health+2 more: $29,990 · HealthBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $249,957 · Social ScienceCONNECTED LEARNING ALLIANCE: $43,240 · Youth DevelopmentHebrew Senior Life Inc: $5,881 · Philanthropy
Other$2,397,949Education$1,643,229Health$651,156Social Science$249,957Youth Development$43,240Philanthropy$5,881

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $456,612 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $455,538 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $418,661 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $322,668 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $249,957 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA: $172,628 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $97,244 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $72,433 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $57,901 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $57,201 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE NETWORK INC: $43,240 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCONNECTED LEARNING ALLIANCE: $43,240 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetNEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $32,666 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $31,690 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY INC: $29,877 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $22,027 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $21,049 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $19,329 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK INC: $17,648 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $14,899 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Rehabilitation Center: $12,342 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC: $12,006 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $11,956 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $10,843 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,337 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebrew Senior Life Inc: $5,881 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.

Cornell UniversityThe Trustees of Colum…Johns Hopkins Univers…Brown UniversityAmerican Chemical Soc…Trustees of Boston Un…Silicon Valley Commun…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
Cornell UniversityNY15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cornell University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Johns Hopkins University · Brown University · American Chemical Society · Trustees of Boston University · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hebrew Rehabilitation Center: 53% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Hebrew Senior Life Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 52 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 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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