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Mulcahy Foundation at a glance

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Mulcahy Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$116k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$378kHealth$202kArts & Culture$137kHuman Services$95kRecreation & Sports$33kCommunity Improvement$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kCrime & Legal$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$50,000
SOUTHERN AZ CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$25,000
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY$12,500
TUCSON JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL COMMITTEE$10,000
ASU FOUNDATION$10,000
INVISIBLE THEATRE$5,000
AZ IMPACT FOR GOOD$2,700
Individual grant recipient$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 (FY18–21, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EASTER SEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $15k → 15%EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $30k → 15%ANGEL CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 15%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TUCSON: $10k → 15%ARIZONA CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $5k → 15%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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$189k · 4 repeat orgs$767k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
32

Total granted

$189k
$724k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+34%

Still filing today

75%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • University of Arizona Foundation
    2× · 2019–2025 · $103k · revenue +20%
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +51%
  • TJ
    TUCSON JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL COMMITTEE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k

Funded once

  • UO
    U OF A FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • Southern Arizona AIDS Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $65k · revenue +65%
  • CC
    City Center for Collaborative Learning
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · 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
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
2
Arizona Latin-American Medical Association
Unclassified
3
Arizona Wins

Az wins is a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving public policies that benefit working arizona families and advancing an inclusive, engaged, just and equitable state for all arizonans. in 2024 az wins substantially reduced its…

Civil Rights
4
Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Azaap is committed to improving the health of arizona children and supporting the pediatric professionals who care for them.

Health
5
Pro-Choice Arizona

Pro-Choice Arizona centers abolition and reproductive justice values to prioritize community needs. We advance reproductive equity, pregnancy and family justice, and abortion access for all folks living in Arizona through direct service…

Health
6
Lodestar Charitable Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc. remains a qualified organization.

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7
Science Foundation Arizona

Science foundation arizona's mission is to diversify arizona's economy by investing in scientific and engineering research linked to industry needs and investing in education to create a work force with 21st centrury skills.

Philanthropy
8
Startupaz Foundation

The mission of startupaz is to build a local community of entrepreneurs that want to make a positive impact in arizona.

Community Improvement
9
Aclu Foundation of Arizona

The mission of the aclu foundation of arizona is to defend and preserve, through litigation and public education, individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the constitution and the laws of the united states and arizona.

Civil Rights
10
University of Arizona Alumni Association

Cultivate lifelong connections, strengthen commitment to the university and inspire advocacy, engagement and giving.

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11
Tucson Audubon Society

Inspire people to enjoy and protect birds through recreation, education, conservation, and restoration of the environment, upon which we all depend.

Animals
12
Arizona Theatre Company

ATC's mission is to create world-class theatre about what it means to be alive today - inspiring curiosity and creativity, sparking empathy and joy - bringing all Arizonans together.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Az Impact for Good; the most unlike its peers is Arizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund 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

30 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. 30 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

U OF A FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherU OF A FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHAB SERVICES: $42,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHAB SERVICESPIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · OtherPIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF TUCSON: $37,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF TUCSONArizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc: $33,000 · OtherArizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund IncTUCSON JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL COMMITTEE: $30,000 · OtherTUCSON JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL COMMITTEERED CROSS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $25,000 · OtherRED CROSS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONAARIZONA GRANTMAKERS FORUM: $12,000 · Other+7 more: $32,071 · Other+7 moreUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $103,000 · EducationUniversity of Arizona Foun…City Center for Collaborative Learning: $50,000 · EducationCity Center for Collaborat…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY F…SCHOLARSHIPSA Z: $15,000 · EducationSCHOLARSHIPSA ZSouthern Methodist University: $12,500 · EducationSouthern Methodist Univers…STEP STUDENT EXPEDITION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $7,000 · EducationSouthern Arizona AIDS Foundation: $65,000 · HealthSouthern Arizona A…CHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES: $50,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S CLINICS…Banner Health Foundation: $25,000 · HealthBanner Health Foun…THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE PRAXIS PROJECT…Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona: $6,700 · HealthTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $30,000 · Human ServicesTUCSON CEN…Angel Charity for Children Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesAngel Char…EASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesEASTERSEAL…VIVA PIMA: $10,000 · Human ServicesVIVA PIMAARIZONA'S CHILDREN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA'S …TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSonoran Art Foundation Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureINVISIBLE THEATRE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAZ IMPACT FOR GOOD: $25,756 · Community ImprovementLOCAL FIRST ARIZONA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHERN AZ CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CTR INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalHabitat for Humanity Tucson Inc: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$351,071Education$227,500Health$156,700Human Services$85,000Arts & Culture$70,000Community Improvement$30,756Crime & Legal$25,000Housing & Shelter$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 budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $103,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Arizona AIDS Foundation: $65,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCity Center for Collaborative Learning: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC DBA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TUCSON: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S CLINICS FOR REHABILITATIVE SERVICES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetArizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc: $33,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTUCSON CENTERS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC DBA EMERGE CENTER AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAZ IMPACT FOR GOOD: $25,756 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAngel Charity for Children Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN AZ CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CTR INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSonoran Art Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSCHOLARSHIPSA Z: $15,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetEASTERSEALS BLAKE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA GRANTMAKERS FORUM: $12,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE PRAXIS PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetVIVA PIMA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTEP STUDENT EXPEDITION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Tucson Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCandlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern Arizona: $6,700 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetARIZONA'S CHILDREN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS AFFORDABLE HOUSING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetINVISIBLE THEATRE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLOCAL FIRST ARIZONA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $2,000 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Arizona Community Fou…Absolon FoundationMarshall FoundationConnie Hillman Family…The Hs Lopez Family F…United Way of Tucson …Margaret E Mooney Fou…Jewish Community Foun…The Stocker FoundationAngel Charity for Chi…The Diane and Bruce H…
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ46× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · Absolon Foundation · Marshall Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Margaret E Mooney Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · The Stocker Foundation · Angel Charity for Children Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle 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 Mulcahy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mulcahy Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Mulcahy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mulcahy 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 40 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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