· Private foundation
Stephen J McKee Foundation
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, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k23 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $69k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $37,500 |
| UNITY HOUSE | $16,000 |
| THE JUSTICE CENTER OF RENSSELAER COUNTY | $15,000 |
| OAKWOOD CEMETERY | $3,500 |
| TAUM | $3,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| VANDERHEYDEN HALL | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,550 |
| ST ANTHONY OF PADUA | $1,150 |
| BREUKELEIN INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
| LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS EDUCATION | $1,000 |
| SEAT CENTER | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF PROSPECT PARK | $1,000 |
| NAACP FREEDOM FUND | $1,000 |
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 (FY18–24, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 80% 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 +34% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
42 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 7 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, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DUDESALES UNIVERSITY5× · 2018–2022 · $200k · revenue +34%
- TATROY AREA UNITED MINISTRIES INC5× · 2018–2022 · $33k · revenue +28%
- CFCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION2× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $100k
- COCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTYone grant, 2023 · $55k · revenue -28%
- TCTHE CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE INCone grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue -69% · 27% of their budget
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 troy community land bank acquires, rehabilitates and resells vacant and abandoned buildings throughout the city of troy, new york
Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…
A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.
Ccr is a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the united states constitution the universal declaration of human rights. ccr stands with social justice movements…
Accelerate economic opportunity in albany/ny's capital region by developing and implementing strategies to attract, expand, and create businesses and jobs, and provide catalytic leadership, working with partners and stakeholders to shape a…
To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
Our mission is to foster a thriving and equitable central new york region by leading and inspiring a community culture of giving, celebrating legacy and stewarding charitable resources for today and tomorrow.
Spark lasting social justice change, mobilizing people, capital, & expertise for a fair brooklyn.
The mission of capitalize albany corporation is to facilitate strategic economic development and stimulate transformative investment throughout the city of albany, making new york's capital a vibrant place to thrive.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To create, enhance, and promote a downtown experience that is welcoming, fun, and livable.
How this is measured
34 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. 34 of the 81 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 DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DESALES UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds TROY AREA UNITED MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TROY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Friends of Turkana Inc CO MR JAMES LAUGHLIN ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARTS CENTER OF THE CAPITAL REGION ↗
- Who funds BREUKELEIN INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND TRAINING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OAKWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TROY SAVINGS BANK MUSIC HALL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds OAKWOOD CEMETERY INC ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL ROOTS INC ↗
- Who funds VANDERHEYDEN HALL INC ↗
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 McCarthy Charities Inc · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Fo · The Howard and Bush Foundation Inc · Kiwi Foundation · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Troy Redevelopment Foundation Inc · The Bender Family Foundation · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Stephen J McKee Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen J McKee Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
- Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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