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McMcanus Foundation Inc at a glance

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McMcanus Foundation Inc

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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

International$76kAnimals$21kEnvironment$17kEducation$7kHuman Services$7kHealth$4kArts & Culture$3kCrime & Legal$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$376k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE$14,225
HUMANE SOCIETY OF TREASURE COAST$2,500
TOYS FOR TOTS$700
ELEVATE HOPE INC$500
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 (FY22–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ELEVATE HOPE INC: $500 → 14%ELEVATE HOPE INC: $500 → 14%ELEVATE HOPE INC: $300 → 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.
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$101k · 4 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
11

Total granted

$101k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+13%

Still filing today

50%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 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
AnimalsScience & TechHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • VI
    VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $76k
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +22%
  • KC
    KANE CENTER COUNCIL OF AGING
    2× · 2020–2021 · $6k

Funded once

  • FO
    FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -9%
  • EL
    ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -29%
  • WA
    WASHINGTON AND LEE COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
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
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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2
Trout Lake Nature Center Inc

The mission emphasizes environmental education for children and adults. the children's education, largely for elementary schools is designed in conjunction with florida state standards and administered by volunteers and staff. the adult…

Environment
3
Florida Fishing Academy Inc

Our mission is to change the lives of our youth through enviromental stewardship by providing inspiration and education thorugh recreation.

Recreation & Sports
4
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
5
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
6
Healthy Aquatics Marine Institute of Florida Inc

The purpose of the healthy aquatics marine institute of florida inc. is to function as a source for education, aquaculture, and research using aquariums to promote ocean conservation. the organization offers educational programs in-house…

Environment
7
Florida College Inc

Florida college, as a private, independent liberal arts college, provides a comprehensive undergraduate experience designed to develop students spiritually, mentally, physically, and socially; to integrate into the students' lives the…

Education
8
Captains for Clean Water Inc

To advance education, awareness, and scientifically supported solutions to restore and protect marine ecosystems and our way of life for future generations.

Environment
9
The Maritime Aquarium At Norwalk Inc

The maritime aquarium at norwalk seeks to ignite a connection to long island sound and the ocean to enrich the lives of all people and inspire action to protect our blue planet.

Arts & Culture
10
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
11
Reef Environmental Education Foundation

Reef environmental education foundation (reef) was established as a nonprofit organization in 1990. reef conserves marine environments worldwide. our mission is to protect biodiversity and ocean life by actively engaging and inspiring the…

Recreation & Sports
12
Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles

To inspire ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue, rehabilitation, education, and research.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florida Oceanographic Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Pike School Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $75,775 · OtherVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINEWASHINGTON AND LEE COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND: $6,500 · OtherWASHINGTON AND LEE COLLEGE ANNUAL FUNDKANE CENTER COUNCIL OF AGING: $5,500 · OtherKANE CENTER COUNCIL OF AGING+5 more: $6,000 · Other+5 moreHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $18,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF…DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC: $2,500 · AnimalsDOLPHIN RESEARCH …FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Science & TechENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentTYKES & TEENS INC: $2,000 · HealthELEVATE HOPE INC D/B/A RED EYE: $1,300 · Human ServicesMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $700 · PhilanthropyFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $500 · Youth Development
Other$93,775Animals$20,500Science & Tech$10,000Environment$7,000Health$2,000Human Services$1,300Philanthropy$700Youth Development$500

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 budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTYKES & TEENS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELEVATE HOPE INC D/B/A RED EYE: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PIKE SCHOOL INC: $500 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.

Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 McMcanus Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McMcanus Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Dolphin Research Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 16 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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