· Private foundation
Robert & Margaret McNamara Foundation 2
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $6,010 |
| MARTHA'S TABLE | $5,164 |
| CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| THE CARTER CENTER | $5,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $5,000 |
| CENTER FOR LAND BASED LEARNING | $5,000 |
| REALDING IS FUNDAMENTAL NOVA | $5,000 |
| UNHCR | $5,000 |
| READING IS FUNDAMENTAL | $5,000 |
| AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $4,043 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | $3,000 |
| WUNDERGLO FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| NRDC COUNCIL OF 1000 | $3,000 |
| SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENT LAW CENTER | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–23, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
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 +76% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RIREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC8× · 2017–2024 · $47k · revenue +194%
- FIFEAST Inc7× · 2018–2024 · $25k · revenue +83%
- CFCenter for Land-Based Learning8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +238%
Funded once
- LCLAFAYETTE COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +47%
- DSDRUG STRATEGIESone grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue -99%
- KKICKSTARTERone grant, 2022 · $3k
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.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
To research and develop centrist policy ideas.
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Namati, inc. (namati) is dedicated to putting the law in people's hands. we strive to build a just world, in which every one of us can take part in the decisions and demand accountability from the institutions that affect our lives.…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 66 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 READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds FEAST Inc ↗
- Who funds Center for Land-Based Learning ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
- Who funds THE WUNDERGLO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S TABLE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW FUTURES ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL CAMPS AFRICA INC ↗
- Who funds Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC ↗
- Who funds LAFAYETTE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DRUG STRATEGIES ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Grist Magazine Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMON CAUSE ↗
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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Robert & Margaret McNamara Foundation 2 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Margaret McNamara Foundation 2. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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