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McQuade 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.

$967k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20192024.

International$688kHealth$686kPhilanthropy$411kHuman Services$409kEducation$359kYouth Development$270kReligion$172kPublic Benefit$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $775k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA$200,000
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER$200,000
ST BONAVENTURE UNIV$100,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NY$100,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA$75,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
PROVIDENCE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$50,000
THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA$25,000
THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA$25,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE$25,000
NICKLAUS CHILDRENS HEALTH CARE$20,000
CARDINAL HAYES HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL$10,000
BOB WOODRUFF FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GREATER PROVIDENCE YMCA: $3k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
RI
DC
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.9M · 19 repeat orgs$988k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against -13% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
26

Total granted

$1.9M
$876k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-13%

Still filing today

26%
12%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
PhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHealthEducationHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SB
    ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $110k · revenue +23%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +35%
  • IC
    INNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • CA
    CARDINAL AND GOLD FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

3
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

5
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
6
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

7
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

8
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
9
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
10
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
11
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
12
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence and the most unlike its peers is Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums - Washington Dc Chapter. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%5%<5yr13%0%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr18%19%20–35yr14%24%35–55yr18%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr18%15%20–35yr14%56%35–55yr18%26%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
10%
646/6,392

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 62 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER — $600,000 · OtherTUFTS MEDICAL CENTERTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) — $452,500 · OtherTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS)CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE — $285,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THETHE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA — $250,000 · OtherTHE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICAIndividual grant recipient — $225,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND — $200,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUNDCATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NY — $160,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $150,000 · OtherST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY — $110,000 · Other+40 more — $666,425 · Other+40 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROVIDENCE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $50,000 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $2,500 · EducationNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation — $20,000 · PhilanthropyCAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ARTS FOUNDATION OF CAPE COD — $5,000 · Arts & CulturePATRONS OF THE ARTS IN THE VATICAN MUSEUMS - WASHINGTON DC CHAPTER — $3,600 · Arts & CultureBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $500 · HealthGREATER PROVIDENCE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $2,500 · Human Services
Other$3,098,925Youth Development$120,000Education$52,500Philanthropy$36,000Arts & Culture$8,600Health$5,500Human Services$2,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS) — $452,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY — $110,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $5,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTS FOUNDATION OF CAPE COD — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPATRONS OF THE ARTS IN THE VATICAN MUSEUMS - WASHINGTON DC CHAPTER — $3,600 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetGREATER PROVIDENCE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HYANNISPORT CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS)
  • Who funds ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
  • Who funds Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE
  • Who funds CAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC
  • Who funds INNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC
  • Who funds BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Amica Companies FoundationRI14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amica Companies Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization McQuade Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 10%
  • Housing Assistance Corporation10% of income from government
  • The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to McQuade Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McQuade Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 62 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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