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Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$415,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 33
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$9k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationCivil RightsInternationalAnimalsYouth DevelopmentRecreation & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving4$1.0M50%
FY202316$27k31%
FY202233$44k70%
FY202118$23k67%
FY202016$23kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$564kEducation$504kYouth Development$25kPublic Benefit$12kFood & Nutrition$9kHealth$7kHuman Services$5kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
SD
IA
OH
PA
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
MS
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ohio State University Foundation$501,50020%
Dublin Community Church$463,2505n/a
Dublin Community Church Foundation$100,000164%
Young Life$25,00020%
Judicial Watch Inc$10,60040%
Dublin Food Pantry$9,00031%
Friendship Village of Dublin Ohio Inc$5,00010%
Northwestern University$3,50030%
Lifecare Alliance$2,50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,70020%
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All grantees of Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ohio State University Foundation$501,50020%
Dublin Community Church$463,2505n/a
Dublin Community Church Foundation$100,000164%
Young Life$25,00020%
Judicial Watch Inc$10,60040%
Dublin Food Pantry$9,00031%
Friendship Village of Dublin Ohio Inc$5,00010%
Northwestern University$3,50030%
Lifecare Alliance$2,50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,70020%
National Aphasia Association I$1,00011%
American Cornerstone Institute Inc$1,00010%
Heritage Commission Corporation$1,0001n/a
Citizens United Foundation$75020%
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association$7161n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$55030%
Smithsonian Institution$34520%
Bishop Watterson High School$2501n/a
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$25010%
Freedom Watch Inc Center for Economic Justice$25010%
Capital Research Center$25010%
Prager University Foundation$25010%
Patrick Henry College$20010%
White House Historical Association$20010%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$20020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20020%
St Josephs Indian School$1801n/a
Turning Point USA Inc$10010%
National Wildlife Federation$10010%
St Labre Indian School$1002n/a
Compassion & Choices$10010%
Samaritan's Purse$10010%
Media Research Center$10010%
Defenders of Wildlife$5010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$5010%
Mid-Ohio Foodbank$5010%
National Urban League Inc$5010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$5010%
United Service Organizations Inc$5010%
The Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc$5010%
Operation Smile Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOhio State University Foundation: $501,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDublin Community Church Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetYoung Life: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $10,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDublin Food Pantry: $9,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFriendship Village of Dublin Ohio Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLifecare Alliance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Aphasia Association I: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Cornerstone Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $345 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Legal Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Watch Inc Center for Economic Justice: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Research Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPatrick Henry College: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhite House Historical Association: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Research Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for a Christian Civilization Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

John P & Kathryn G Evans FoundationWA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation · Farrell Family Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.

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About Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation

How much does Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation give?
Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $1,020,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (50%), Education (44%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ohio State University Foundation ($502k), Dublin Community Church ($463k), Dublin Community Church Foundation ($100k).
Does Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John P & Kathryn G Evans Foundation, Farrell Family Foundation, Columbus Foundation.
Where is Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation based?
Sam and Carol McAdow Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 63 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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