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The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord 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.

$405k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 44
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving27$405k15%
FY202332$406k9%
FY202244$477k23%
FY202139$365k38%
FY202039$417k64%
FY201910$445k80%
FY201816$196k75%
FY20177$44kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$617kAnimals$561kEducation$381kPublic Safety & Disaster$205kHuman Services$166kFood & Nutrition$154kRecreation & Sports$141kPublic Benefit$92kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 59 grantees
All grantees of The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ohio Valley Educational Foundation Inc$250,0001n/a
Green Hill Therapy Inc$205,00075%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$205,00060%
Operation Care Inc$100,00063%
Woody Williams Foundation Inc$92,00052%
Saddlebred Rescue Inc$90,00054%
The Heart That Gives Foundation$88,500613%
Milestones Inc$87,50056%
Horsesensing Inc$80,000514%
Upside Therapeutic Riding Inc$71,400257%
Corpus Christi Inc$65,00027%
Fieldstone Farm Foundation Inc$60,0003n/a
Casa of the River Region$60,00061%
Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc$60,00051%
Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue$56,00040%
Teen Recovery Solutions Inc$50,00044%
Shelby County Humane Society Inc$50,00019%
Victory Farm Inc$40,000513%
Open Door of Hope Inc$40,00034%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$30,00020%
Shelbyville Horse Show$30,000112%
The Sanctuary at Black Horse Manor Inc$30,0003100%
Tysons Chance Animal Foundation Inc$30,00038%
Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc$25,00041%
Kentucky Equine Humane Center Inc$20,00041%
People & Animal Learning Services$20,00041%
Veterans Rural Outreach Ky Inc$20,000112%
National Academy Championship Inc$20,00043%
Founding Sons Mc Inc$15,0002n/a
Franklin Performing Arts Company Inc$15,00031%
American Hackney Horse Society Foundation Inc$12,500317%
Dreamscape$10,00015%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00020%
Nexus Equine Inc$10,00010%
Stirrups N Strides Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$10,00023%
Oklahoma Humane Society$8,00040%
Oklahoma Hall of Fame$7,50020%
Ridin High Inc$6,00013%
United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc$6,00040%
Marion Therapeutic Riding Association Inc$5,00051%
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Inc$5,00010%
Helpers of Our Farm$5,0001n/a
Wednesdays Child Inc$3,00031%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,35030%
Quincy Humane Society$1,50020%
National Wildlife Federation$1,25020%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,00040%
Kentucky 4h Foundation Inc$1,00010%
American Diabetes Association$1,00020%
Shelby Regional Arts Council Inc$1,0001n/a
American Institute for Cancer Research$65020%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$60030%
Breakthrough T1d$50010%
Dare to Care Inc$49020%
Humane Society of Oldham County$25010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$25010%
American Heart Association Inc$23520%
Glaucoma Research Foundation$15010%
American Kidney Fund Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($638k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreen Hill Therapy Inc: $205,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $205,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Care Inc: $100,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetWoody Williams Foundation Inc: $92,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSaddlebred Rescue Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetThe Heart That Gives Foundation: $88,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetMilestones Inc: $87,500 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetHorsesensing Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetUpside Therapeutic Riding Inc: $71,400 over 2y, 57% of budgetCorpus Christi Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCasa of the River Region: $60,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetKentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetKentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue: $56,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTeen Recovery Solutions Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetShelby County Humane Society Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetVictory Farm Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetOpen Door of Hope Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShelbyville Horse Show: $30,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Sanctuary at Black Horse Manor Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetTysons Chance Animal Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetCentral Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetKentucky Equine Humane Center Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPeople & Animal Learning Services: $20,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetVeterans Rural Outreach Ky Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNational Academy Championship Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetFranklin Performing Arts Company Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Hackney Horse Society Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 17% of budgetDreamscape: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNexus Equine Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStirrups N Strides Therapeutic Riding Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetOklahoma Humane Society: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOklahoma Hall of Fame: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRidin High Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUnited States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarion Therapeutic Riding Association Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGirl Scouts of Kentuckiana Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWednesdays Child Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Humane Society: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky 4h Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute for Cancer Research: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $500 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 54.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY35.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Rusty Rabbit Foundation · Misdee Wrigley and James Mather Miller Foundation Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · The King's Daughters and Sons Foundation of Kentucky Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Sanda Hills Equine Center 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.

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About The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation)

How much does The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) give?
The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) reported 27 grants totaling $404,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (22%), Animals (20%), Education (14%).
Who are The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation)'s largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ohio Valley Educational Foundation Inc ($250k), Green Hill Therapy Inc ($205k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($205k).
Does The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation)?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, Cralle Foundation Inc.
Where is The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) based?
The Mary Gaylord McClean Foundation (Formerly Mary Gaylord Foundation) is based in KY.

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 84 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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