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The Deegan Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Deegan Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$151k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$90kReligion$51kHuman Services$43kEducation$30kArts & Culture$25kInternational$20kYouth Development$18kAnimals$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $86k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $64k
$5,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THON$20,000
ST KATHARINE DREXEL CATHOLIC CHURCH$13,110
ST GEORGE PARISH$11,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
PRISON FELLOWSHIP ANGEL TREE$10,000
NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION$5,175
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOC OF AMERICA$5,175
MERCY SHIPS$5,000
GOT YOUR SIX SUPPORT DOGS$5,000
MAKE A WISH$5,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$5,000
VFW$5,000
MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS$5,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$5,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$5,000
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 (FY24–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST GIANNA CENTER: $5k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%GOT YOUR SIX SUPPORT DOGS: $5k → 12%THE COVE CTR FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $1k → 12%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

ME
MN
IL
NY
OR
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$238k · 18 repeat orgs$174k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
20

Total granted

$238k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

50%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $25k · revenue +701%
  • MM
    Mercy Medical Angels
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • PF
    PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue -79%
  • FT
    FEED THE CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -23%
  • MJ
    MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION PARKINSON
    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
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
4
Packages From Home

To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans

Philanthropy
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
United States War Dogs Association Inc

The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…

Animals
7
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
8
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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9
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
10
Foundation for Women's Cancer

To support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.

Health
11
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

—
12
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greater Urbana Area Food Bank 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

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 55 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)
31/32
Grantees still filing
11/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THON: $40,000 · OtherTHONIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST KATHARINE DREXEL CATHOLIC CHURCH: $13,110 · OtherST KATHARINE DREXEL CATHOLIC CHURCHST GEORGE PARISH: $11,000 · OtherTHE V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARC: $10,000 · OtherMICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION PARKINSON: $10,000 · OtherNATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATIO: $10,000 · OtherVFW: $10,000 · OtherPRISON FELLOWSHIP ANGEL TREE: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOC OF AMERICA: $8,280 · OtherFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · OtherPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $15,000 · OtherPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTSCross International Inc: $15,000 · OtherCross International Inc+18 more: $50,048 · Other+18 moreMercy Medical Angels: $20,000 · HealthMercy Medical A…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $11,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER…Wigs For Kids Inc: $11,000 · HealthWigs For Kids I…NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $5,175 · HealthNATIONAL OVARIA…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J F…PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $5,000 · HealthPARALYZED VETER…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINIS…MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOY…MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMI…THE KELLIE DUGGAN FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,100 · EducationWILMINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $2,073 · Education+1 more: $515 · EducationK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $10,000 · AnimalsPAWS OF HONOR INC: $5,000 · AnimalsRHODE HOME RESCUE: $1,000 · Animals+1 more: $511 · AnimalsGOT YOUR SIX SUPPORT DOGS: $5,000 · Human ServicesSt Gianna Center For Women's Health & Fertility Care: $5,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc: $1,033 · Human ServicesNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN & FAMILY LIFE CENTER INC: $1,030 · Arts & Culture
Other$237,438Health$57,175Philanthropy$40,000Education$29,188Animals$16,511Human Services$16,033Arts & Culture$16,030

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE KELLIE DUGGAN FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 2y, 53% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWigs For Kids Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOT YOUR SIX SUPPORT DOGS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Gianna Center For Women's Health & Fertility Care: $5,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILMINGTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $2,073 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc: $1,033 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN NYC INC: $1,031 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN & FAMILY LIFE CENTER INC: $1,030 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE HOME RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $527 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN AVIATION INTERNATIONAL INC: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC: $511 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $340 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Enterprise Holdings F…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 The Deegan Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Deegan Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 55 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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