· Private foundation
MCS Charitable Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k9 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $237k
- $50k–250k19 grants · $2.3M
- $250k+5 grants · $2.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE & SPCA | $700,000 |
| BEAVER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $555,000 |
| 100 CLUB OF ARIZONA | $425,000 |
| CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY | $350,000 |
| CHAMPION LIFE CHURCH | $250,000 |
| EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION (K-LOVE) | $210,000 |
| ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY | $205,000 |
| MILLCREEK RETIREMENT HOME FOR HORSES | $200,000 |
| HUNKAPI PROGRAMS | $197,000 |
| VETERANS HEALING FARM | $175,000 |
| MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $135,563 |
| SAM CENTER (SERVING AREA MILITARY) | $112,000 |
| SAN ANTONIO PETS ALIVE | $100,000 |
| BEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY | $100,000 |
| ALMOST THERE: A MOM+PUPS RESCUE | $100,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2023, 16 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE6× · 2017–2023 · $830k · revenue +50%
- BCBEAVER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION2× · 2022–2023 · $630k · revenue +47%
- HHHALO HELPING ANIMALS LIVE ON INC6× · 2017–2022 · $505k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- JFJUMET FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $75k
- FHFISHER HOUSE INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +64%
- FOFRIENDS OF ARIZONA FISHER HOUSEone grant, 2017 · $50k
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.
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.
To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.
To reduce the number of homeless pets through adoption, rescue and spay and neuter programs.
Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…
At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…
The arizona pet project creates systemic change and provides resources, so no families are forced to balance their own basic needs of food, shelter, and safety and the needs of their companion animals, often the only meaningful connection…
The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…
To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.
Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…
Stray Hearts is a socially conscious shelter and adoption facility reuniting lost pets with their families and providing humane care and shelter for surrendered, lost, and homeless companion animals in Taos County, New Mexico.Our pledge:…
Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…
How this is measured
47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 82 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds HAVE A GREAT SPAY ↗
- Who funds BEAVER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HALO HELPING ANIMALS LIVE ON INC ↗
- Who funds PACKAGES FROM HOME ↗
- Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
- Who funds 100 CLUB OF ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Arizona Humane Society ↗
- Who funds EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HUNKAPI PROGRAMS INC ↗
- Who funds Veterans Healing Farm ↗
- Who funds Midwestern University ↗
- Who funds Retirement Home For Horses Inc ↗
- Who funds BEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds San Antonio Pets Alive Inc ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO (AUDIT) ↗
- Who funds JUMET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALMOST THERE A MOM PUPS RESCUE ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds HONOR FLIGHT NORTHERN ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Petco Love · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Louis J & Millie Matcek Kocurek Charitable · Cb and Anita Branch Trust James L Drought Trustee · Mc Companies - Sharing the Good Life Foundation · John F Long Foundation Inc · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization MCS Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from MCS Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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