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Michael W McCarthy 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.

$113k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$417kHuman Services$299kHousing & Shelter$82kEducation$54kYouth Development$50kEmployment$48kRecreation & Sports$45kAnimals$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Winters Center for Autism$25,000
NYC PBA Widows Childrens Foundation$15,000
Paws of War$15,000
Christmas Magic$10,000
Unsung Siblings Foundation$9,500
Joseph Cotrone Foundation$7,500
Nephcure$7,500
Molloy Unerversity$5,000
The Stony Brook School$5,000
Dutchman Diamond Club$5,000
Companions in Courage Foundation$3,700
LICA$2,625
Individual grant recipient$1,000
The Nicholas Center$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $219k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Life's WORC: $10k → 6%Life's WORC: $5k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $5k → 6%LIFE'S WORC: $5k → 6%NEW GROUND: $3k → 6%CAMP NORTHSTAR INC: $1k → 7%CHRISTMAS MAGIC: $45k → 7%CHRISTMAS MAGIC: $26k → 7%CHRISTMAS MAGIC: $25k → 7%Christmas Magic: $25k → 7%Christmas Magic: $20k → 7%Christmas Magic: $20k → 7%Christmas Magic: $10k → 7%Christmas Magic: $10k → 7%PAL O MINE EQUESTRIAN: $4k → 7%PAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN: $3k → 7%Pal O Mine Equestrian: $2k → 7%PAL O MINE EQUESTRIAN: $2k → 7%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$901k · 28 repeat orgs$195k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
24

Total granted

$901k
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+17%

Still filing today

46%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • US
    UNSUNG SIBLINGS FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $144k · revenue +344% · 76% of their budget
  • TM
    The Ministry for Hope Inc
    5× · 2017–2022 · $40k · revenue +27%
  • LW
    LIFE'S WORC INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $40k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • N
    NEPHCURE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • PE
    POP EARTH CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue -21%
  • RT
    RACE TO STOP MS MARATHON
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Nassau Suffolk Services for the Autistic Inc

Nassau suffolk services for the autistic (nssa) offers hope to people with autism and their families by providing high quality life-long support through services which enable people with autism to function better in everday life. nssa…

Health
2
End Autism Now Foundation
Education
3
New York Families for Autistic Children Inc

Our mission is to help people live the healthiest and fullest lives possible, and our first priority is those who live with the challenges associated with developmental disabilities.

Human Services
4
N of One

N of One aims to create breakthroughs in autism by focusing on emerging areas such as the microbiome, immune system, and mitochondrial cell metabolism. We take a venture capital appproach by supporting both innovative academic researchers…

Health
5
Acld Foundation Inc

Acld foundation was established to support and raise funds for the exclusive benefit of acld.

Unclassified
6
Golisano Autism Center Inc

Transforming the delivery of autism services in the region by providing a comprehensive, enriched and innovative model that co-locates and coordinates resources offered by multiple providers who are experts in autism spectrum disorder…

Philanthropy
7
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
8
Autismup Inc

To support individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families by expanding and enhancing opportunites to improve quality of life

Health
9
Autism Services Inc

To provide cost-effective residential, social, intellectual, physical and vocational services to individuals with autism in group homes and in home support.

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10
Nyc Autism Charter Schools

The mission of nyc autism charter schools is to provide individualized, scientifically based educational services to children with autism and other pervasive development disorders.

Education
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
Ny Special Care Inc

Provides home-based Applied Behavior Analysis ABA services to children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Focusing on individualized treatment, caregiver training, and clinical supervision by licensed professionals. Services…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Life's Worc Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Star 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

33 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. 33 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/33
Grantees still filing
21/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Frank Catalanotto Foundation: $50,000 · OtherFrank Catalanotto FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $41,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientThe Ministry for Hope Inc: $40,000 · OtherThe Ministry for Hope IncSaint Anthony's High School: $40,000 · OtherSaint Anthony's High SchoolIndividual grant recipient: $33,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEPHCURE: $25,000 · OtherNEPHCUREIndividual grant recipient: $24,500 · OtherClark Gilles Foundation: $21,000 · OtherLICA: $20,875 · OtherRACE TO STOP MS MARATHON: $20,000 · Other+24 more: $152,750 · Other+24 moreCHRISTMAS MAGIC INC: $180,700 · Human ServicesCHRISTMAS MAGIC INCLIFE'S WORC INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesLIFE'S WORC INCPAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN INC: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesUNSUNG SIBLINGS FOUNDATION INC: $144,250 · EducationUNSUNG SIBLINGS…+2 more: $7,500 · EducationWINTERS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $47,500 · HealthWINTERS CENTER …CONCERN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $32,500 · HealthCONCERN FOR IND…OPTIONS FOR COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $27,479 · HealthOPTIONS FOR COM…POP EARTH CORPORATION: $25,000 · HealthPOP EARTH CORPO…Autism Communities Inc: $10,000 · HealthAutism Communit…+3 more: $4,500 · HealthNEPHCURE KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL: $37,500 · PhilanthropyCOMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION: $13,700 · PhilanthropyTHE STAR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyThe LAM Foundation: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyPAWS OF WAR INC: $23,500 · AnimalsBRENTWOOD YOUTH SOCCER CLUB INC: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsMATT MARTIN FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$468,125Human Services$234,200Education$151,750Health$146,979Philanthropy$62,200Animals$23,500Recreation & Sports$9,500

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 budgetCHRISTMAS MAGIC INC: $180,700 over 8y, 15% of budgetUNSUNG SIBLINGS FOUNDATION INC: $144,250 over 8y, 76% of budgetWINTERS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $47,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Ministry for Hope Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLIFE'S WORC INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEPHCURE KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL: $37,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCONCERN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPTIONS FOR COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $27,479 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOP EARTH CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION: $13,700 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetPAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChild Care Council Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAutism Communities Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetLEE & AIDAN MCMAHON FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetBRENTWOOD YOUTH SOCCER CLUB INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE STONY BROOK SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE MINDS NYC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE STAR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetCOOLEY'S ANEMIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOLLOY UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe LAM Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew Ground Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASCENT FUNDING ORGANIZATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NORTHSTAR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNICHOLAS CENTER LTD: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds CHRISTMAS MAGIC INC ↗
  • Who funds UNSUNG SIBLINGS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Frank Catalanotto Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WINTERS CENTER FOR AUTISM ↗
  • Who funds The Ministry for Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIFE'S WORC INC ↗
  • Who funds NEPHCURE KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds CONCERN FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds OPTIONS FOR COMMUNITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds POP EARTH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PAWS OF WAR INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN INC ↗
  • Who funds Child Care Council Inc ↗
  • Who funds Autism Communities Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEE & AIDAN MCMAHON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRENTWOOD YOUTH SOCCER CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds STANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE STONY BROOK SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CREATIVE MINDS NYC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE STAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COOLEY'S ANEMIA FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Posillico Foundation …Mother Cabrini Health…Frank J Antun Foundat…New York Community Ba…Investors Foundation …The New York Communit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationChubb Charitable Foun…The Bank of America C…The US Charitable Gif…The Pfizer Foundation…
Posillico Foundation IncNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Posillico Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Frank J Antun Foundation · New York Community Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Michael W McCarthy Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael W McCarthy Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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