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P&F Mc Courtney Foundation at a glance

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P&F Mc Courtney Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$425k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$2.7MHealth$60kScience & Tech$43kRecreation & Sports$29k
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $370k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN$50,000
PURDUE UNIVERSITY$40,000
ILLINOIS COLLEGE$25,000
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIV$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$15,000
University of Wisconsin Madison$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS$15,000
METHODIST COLLEGE OF NURSING$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSE$15,000
NORTH CAROLINE STATE UNIVERSITY$15,000
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY$10,000
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY$10,000
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Boston College: $15k → 7%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $20k → 8%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $25k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: $15k → 15%SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE: $15k → 14%MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 15%UNIV OF MO - COLUMBIA: $40k → 17%University of Wisconsin Madison: $15k → 6%CARTHAGE COLLEGE: $20k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $15k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSE: $15k → 12%NORTH CAROLINE STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 8%DUKE: $20k → 11%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 19%ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIV: $20k → 11%ILLINOIS COLLEGE: $25k → 12%SOUTHERN IL UNIV EDWARDSVILLE: $30k → 12%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%METHODIST COLLEGE OF NURSING: $15k → 14%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV-C: $36k → 23%Boston College: $15k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $25k → 15%SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE: $15k → 14%MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 15%UNIV OF MO - COLUMBIA: $30k → 17%CARTHAGE COLLEGE: $20k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $15k → 10%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $30k → 19%ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIV: $20k → 11%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV-E: $20k → 12%U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $105k → 19%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV-C: $25k → 23%UNIV OF MO - COLUMBIA: $30k → 17%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 19%ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIV: $20k → 11%U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $80k → 19%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV-C: $25k → 23%UNIV OF MO - COLUMBIA: $30k → 17%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 19%ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIV: $20k → 11%U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $75k → 19%UNIV OF MO - COLUMBIA: $20k → 17%U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $50k → 19%UNIV OF MO - COLUMBIA: $19k → 17%U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $45k → 19%U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $35k → 19%U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $17k → 19%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 46 repeat orgs$187k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
18

Total granted

$2.6M
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+9%

Still filing today

48%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SI
    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $114k · revenue +105%
  • IW
    ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2024 · $83k · revenue +14%
  • CARTHAGE COLLEGE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $80k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • SI
    SOUTHERN IL UNIV EDWARDSVILLE
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • BU
    Butler University
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +3%
  • MW
    MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
3
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
6
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
7
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
8
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
9
Xavier University

Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…

Education
10
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
11
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
12
Boston Architectural College

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

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Illinois Wesleyan University; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

32 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. 32 of the 72 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
27/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

U OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGN: $407,000 · OtherU OF ILLINOIS URBANA CHAMPAIGNIndividual grant recipient: $184,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $113,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $73,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $60,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE: $60,000 · OtherDUKE: $60,000 · Other+34 more: $756,000 · Other+34 moreSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $114,000 · EducationSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASS…ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $83,000 · EducationILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $80,000 · EducationCARTHAGE COLLEGESpelman College: $60,000 · EducationSpelman CollegeST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · EducationST AMBROSE UNIVERSITYBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · EducationBRADLEY UNIVERSITYILLINOIS COLLEGE: $45,000 · EducationMarquette University: $40,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationCreighton University: $40,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $40,000 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $39,000 · EducationCornell University: $35,000 · Education+14 more: $174,000 · Education+14 moreNorthwestern University: $23,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,793,000Education$985,000Recreation & Sports$23,000

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 budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $114,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $83,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS COLLEGE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCreighton University: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $39,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $30,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetUNION UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $23,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $3,000 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 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CARTHAGE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Creighton University ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗

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.

Culver's Foundation I…Charities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Culver's Foundation IncWI13.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Culver's Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 P&F Mc Courtney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from P&F Mc Courtney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 5% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 2% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 2% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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 72 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home