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Mhg Family 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.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$163kPhilanthropy$51kRecreation & Sports$26kSocial Science$16kHuman Services$15kYouth Development$11kEducation$11kEmployment$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$650
Median grant
3
States reached
$562k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys Girls Club of Carlsbad$7,900
THE RYCO FOUNDATION INC$650
Coast Guard Foundation$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Charity Benefits Unlimited: $5k → 11%THE RYCO FOUNDATION INC: $650 → 8%AUGIE'S QUEST - ALS TDI: $56k → 8%The Gen Next Foundation Inc: $15k → 10%Semper Fi: $10k → 11%Harmon Recovery Foundation: $10k → 11%Rand Corporation: $650 → 14%Seal Future Foundation: $30k → 17%Coast Guard Foundation: $500 → 9%North Dakota State University Foundation: $6k → 12%Greentree Charities: $5k → 8%AUGIE'S QUEST - ALS TDI: $11k → 8%Hoag Hospital Foundation: $40k → 10%Boys Girls Club of Carlsbad: $8k → 11%Discovery Land Company Foundation: $20k → 14%NDSU Foundation: $5k → 12%UNITED POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION: $25 → 8%ALS Therapy Development Foundation: $4k → 8%Hoag Hospital: $40k → 10%Boys Girls Club of Carlsbad: $3k → 11%AUGIE'S QUEST - ALS TDI: $1k → 8%Newport Acquatic Center: $10k → 10%Best Defense Foundation: $3k → 11%AUGIE'S QUEST - ALS TDI: $1k → 8%Hoag Charity Sports: $16k → 10%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.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$91k · 3 repeat orgs$209k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
15

Total granted

$91k
$208k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+17%

Still filing today

67%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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

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HealthPhilanthropyPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentSocial ScienceEducationOther
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

  • AQ
    AUGIE'S QUEST - ALS TDI
    4× · 2018–2023 · $69k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CARLSBAD
    2× · 2018–2025 · $11k · revenue +19%
  • ND
    North Dakota State University Foundation
    2× · 2017–2020 · $11k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +300%
  • HH
    Hoag Hospital
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • SF
    SEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -1%
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
2
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.

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3
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Acmg Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

Support the american college of medical genetics and genomics' (acmg) educational mission to "translate genes into health" by raising funds to attract the next generation of medical geneticists and genetic counselors, to sponsor important…

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6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc

Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…

Education
8
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
9
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…

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10
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
11
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hoag Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Harmon Recovery Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUGIE'S QUEST - ALS TDI: $69,100 · OtherAUGIE'S QUEST - ALS TDIHoag Hospital: $39,500 · OtherHoag HospitalSemper Fi: $10,000 · OtherSemper FiCharity Benefits Unlimited: $4,995 · OtherHARMON RECOVERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHARMON RECOVERY FOUNDATIONGREENTREE CHARITIES: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $3,675 · OtherHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATI…HOAG CHARITY SPORTS: $16,000 · HealthHOAG CHARITY SPORTSALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · HealthALS THERAPY DEVELOPMEN…SEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropySEAL FUTURE FOUNDAT…THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DISCOVERY LAND …+1 more: $650 · PhilanthropyTHE GEN NEXT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Social ScienceBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CARLSBAD: $11,100 · Youth DevelopmentNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $11,000 · EducationNEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$142,270Health$60,000Philanthropy$50,650Social Science$15,000Youth Development$11,100Education$11,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHOAG CHARITY SPORTS: $16,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GEN NEXT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CARLSBAD: $11,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHARMON RECOVERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGREENTREE CHARITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Mhg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mhg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mhg Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mhg 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 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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