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· Private foundation
THE GEORGE C AND ESTHER ANN MCFARLAND
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$208k
Granted FY2024
12
Grants
1
Communities
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
0172% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.
Arts & Culture$816kHealth$243kFood & Nutrition$120kEnvironment$25kOther$468k
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2018
museum
2019
museum
2020
museum
2021
museum
2022
highest priority
2023
highest priority
Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2024 · 12 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $140k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
- COMMITTEE OF 1926 HISTORIC STRAWBERRY MANSION$50,000
- BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$40,000
- PHILABUNDANCE$35,000
- HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA INC$25,000
- THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION$25,000
- WISTAR INSTITUTE$15,000
- MATERNITY CARE COALITION$7,500
- NATURAL LANDS TRUST$5,000
- NATURAL LANDS TRUST$2,500
- AMERICAN SWEDISH HISTORICAL MUSEUM$1,000
- CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
- HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY$1,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18% — the area typically sits at 9%. 90% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your edge
repeat funding
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 11 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else
11 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
11
2
Total granted
$1.6M
$28k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+18%
+70%
Still filing today
73%
100%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- TMTHE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION8× · 2017–2024 · $550k · revenue +217%
- HPHISTORIC PHILADELPHIA INC6× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +15%
PHILABUNDANCE4× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- TITHE INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUSTgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +70%
- HSHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIAgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +45%
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
04Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Missouri Historical Society
To serve as the confluence of historical perspectives to inspire and engage our audiences.
Arts & Culture
2
Independence Seaport Museum
Discover philadelphia's river of history and world of connections.
Arts & Culture
3
Historical Society Harford Cou
Preserving the history and heritage of Harford County, Maryland
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4
Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead
The colonial pennsylvania farmstead is a living history museum whose purpose is to enhance understanding of 1760-1790 farm life in southeastern pennsylvania by providing high quality research based experience to the public.
Arts & Culture
5
Massachusetts Historical Society
The mhs seeks to make american history relevant and accessible to anyone.
Arts & Culture
6
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
The provision of education, research, and charitable patient care services.
Education
7
Philadelphia Hospitality Inc
Promote the greater philadelphia region as a premier destination for cultural & historical travel
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8
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science
Investigate nature & science, preserve & interpret collections, conduct scientific research
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9
Delaware County Historical Society
Acquire and preserve property and information of historic value and/or interest concerning delaware county, pennsylvania. the society also operates a research library and museum.
Arts & Culture
10
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The philadelphia museum of art is committed to being the cultural heart of philadelphia. (sch o)pma is a national and international destination for art, but first and foremost we are philadelphia's museum for all the many diverse…
Arts & Culture
11
Baltimore County Historical Society Inc
The Historical Society of Baltimore County Collects, Preserves and Interprets the Rich History of Baltimore County for the Education and Enjoyment of Present and Future Generations.
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12
Plymouth Historical Society
Preserving, teaching and presenting history through inspiring museum exhibits, programs and archival materials.
Arts & Culture
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chester County Historical Society and the most unlike its peers is Maternity Care Coalition. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network
10 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Arts & Culture$815,500Other$467,500Health$242,500Food & Nutrition$120,000Environment$24,500
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗
- Who funds BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
- Who funds PHILABUNDANCE ↗
- Who funds CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MATERNITY CARE COALITION ↗
- Who funds THE INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds NATURAL LANDS TRUST ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
The Philadelphia FoundationPA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation THE GEORGE C AND ESTHER ANN MCFARLAND funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~17 months of operating runway; revenue held over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 231371942 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 17 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue held over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 4% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to The George C and Esther Ann McFarland?
Find your warmest path to The George C and Esther Ann McFarland through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines