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McNaught G Char at a glance

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McNaught G Char

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.

$52k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$114kHuman Services$61kEducation$51kYouth Development$48kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kEmployment$26kCommunity Improvement$24kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$991k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF COLORADO$5,000
LAZARUS GATE$4,000
HIRE HEROES USA$3,000
HOMEAHEAD$3,000
CLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER$2,500
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO$2,500
GIGIS PLAYHOUSE DENVER LLC$2,500
HEART OF BOARDWALK INC$2,500
HARVEST OF HOPE PANTRY$2,500
BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO I$2,500
KARIS COMMUNITY$2,500
CHILDSAFE COLORADO INC$2,500
JEFFERSON COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC$2,500
GOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM$2,500
A WOMANS PLACE INC$2,000
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 (FY18–25, $103k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WIND WALKERS: $5k → 6%WEECYCLE: $5k → 8%FAULTLESS INC: $2k → 12%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%CHILDRENS SPEECH AND READING CENTER: $5k → 11%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%WEECYCLE: $5k → 8%LEARNING ALLY INC: $8k → 11%FAMILY HOUSING NETWORK OF FORT COLLINS I: $2k → 11%RAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $6k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF COLORADO: $5k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 12%HEART OF BOARDWALK: $5k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 12%HEART OF BOARDWALK: $5k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 12%HEART OF BOARDWALK: $4k → 12%HEART OF BOARDWALK: $4k → 12%HEART OF BOARDWALK INC: $3k → 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.
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$273k · 20 repeat orgs$147k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
26

Total granted

$273k
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
0%

Still filing today

80%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2018–2025 · $31k · revenue +9%
  • Learning Ally Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $28k · revenue +59%
  • PA
    PROJECT ANGEL HEART
    6× · 2019–2024 · $24k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • AF
    ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +7%
  • CA
    CONTINUING AND EXPANDING LEARNING ALLY
    one grant, 2018 · $8k
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS OF MILE HIGH AREA
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
2
Mental Health Center of Denver

We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Health
3
Lutheran Social Services of Colorado

Rooted in the values of kindness, dignity and social justice, lfsrm strenghtens communities by providing support, guidance, and resource coordination to individuals and families throughout the rocky mountain region.

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4
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
5
Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative Inc

Mission: leading and advancing collaboration to end homelessness in our region. vision: dedicated to everyone in the metro region having a safe, stable place to call home. values: committed to core values that bring people home: -…

Housing & Shelter
6
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter
7
Children's Hospital Colorado

To improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
8
Colorado Health Institute
Health
9
Delta Gamma Anchor Center for Blind Children

Part i and part iii, line 1: anchor center for blind children is a nationally recognized leader in teaching children with vision, cortical visual, dual sensory (vision and hearing), and co-occurring disabilities during their most formative…

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10
A Shared Vision Partners in Pediatric Blindness and Visual Imp

A Shared Vision educates, inspires, and empowers families to nurture the development of their young children who are blind or visually impaired. We provide early intervention vision services in families' homes and community settings…

Health
11
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
12
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence Inc

To provide safe shelter, support and advocacy for adults and their children, and to provide an end to violence against adults, youth and children through support, advocacy and community organizing.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Children's Home; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

38 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. 38 of the 58 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
22/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $11,500 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADOGIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC: $10,500 · OtherGIGIS PLAYHOUSE INCGIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO OUTREACH PROGRAM: $10,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO OUTREACH PROGRAMTHE DELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTER: $9,000 · OtherTHE DELTA GAMMA ANCHOR CENTERDISCOVER GOODWILL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO: $9,000 · OtherDISCOVER GOODWILL OF SOUTHERN COLORADOCONTINUING AND EXPANDING LEARNING ALLY: $7,500 · OtherELDERHAUS ADULT DAY PROGRAM INC: $7,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS OF MILE HIGH AREA: $7,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $10,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INCCASA of the Pikes Peak Region: $8,000 · Other+20 more: $77,500 · Other+20 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & It…Learning Ally Inc: $27,500 · Human ServicesLearning Ally IncHEART OF BOARDWALK: $20,000 · Human ServicesHEART OF BOARDWALKLazarus Gate: $12,000 · Human ServicesLazarus GateWEECYCLE: $10,000 · Human ServicesWEECYCLECHILDREN'S SPEECH & READING CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AND: $5,000 · Human Services+5 more: $9,000 · Human Services+5 moreNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $19,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULT…American Heart Association Inc: $8,500 · HealthAmerican Hear…ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · HealthARTHRITIS FOU…DENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $6,000 · HealthDENVER CHILDR…ABILITY CONNECTION COLORADO INC: $5,000 · HealthABILITY CONNE…BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthDENTAL AID: $2,000 · HealthPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $24,000 · Community ImprovementHIRE HEROES USA INC: $18,500 · EducationChildren's Literacy Center Inc: $4,000 · EducationHARVEST OF HOPE PANTRY: $7,500 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS FOR FORT COLLINS COLORADO INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCOLORADO FRIENDSHIP INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionGOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionGIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO: $14,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$167,500Human Services$119,000Health$50,000Community Improvement$24,000Education$22,500Food & Nutrition$20,000Youth Development$16,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $24,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF BOARDWALK: $20,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIRE HEROES USA INC: $18,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLazarus Gate: $12,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $11,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWEECYCLE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASA of the Pikes Peak Region: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHARVEST OF HOPE PANTRY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHAUS ADULT DAY PROGRAM INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDENVER CHILDREN'S HOME: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS FOR FORT COLLINS COLORADO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOLORADO FRIENDSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S SPEECH & READING CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetABILITY CONNECTION COLORADO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINDWALKERS EQUINE ASSISTED LEARNING AND: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPUEBLO CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Literacy Center Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHomeAhead: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF DENVER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS OF DENVER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF COLORADO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOLDEN BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKARIS COMMUNITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAULTLESS INCORPORATED: $1,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRAY OF HOPE CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Anschutz Family Found…The Denver FoundationEl Pomar FoundationMcInnes S and J Char …The Colorado Health F…Rose Community Founda…Mile High United Way …Madigan Edward Fdn TuwThe Denver Children's…Schlessman Foundation…Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO52.4× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Denver Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · McInnes S and J Char Tr · The Colorado Health Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Madigan Edward Fdn Tuw · The Denver Children's Foundation · Schlessman Foundation Inc · Temple Hoyne Buell 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 McNaught G Char funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McNaught G Char. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 58 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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