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The McBay Charitable Trust at a glance

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The McBay Charitable Trust

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.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$91kEnvironment$63kEducation$34kSocial Science$13kArts & Culture$12kHuman Services$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kCrime & Legal$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY$3,000
FRESHFARM$1,000
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 (FY20–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $3k → 9%NEW FUTURES: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$207k · 14 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$207k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+38%

Still filing today

79%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationSocial ScienceOther
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

  • FD
    FLYING DEER NATURE CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $62k · revenue +159%
  • PF
    Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area
    4× · 2020–2023 · $40k · revenue +15%
  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +193%

Funded once

  • MP
    MCLEAN PROJECT FOR THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +277%
  • TC
    THE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -12%
  • NF
    NEW FUTURES
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

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2
Meridian International Center

Meridian international center is a nonpartisan diplomacy institution founded in 1960 to advance american leadership. headquartered on a historic campus in washington dc, our mission is to empower leaders to advance the next era of…

International
3
Adventist Healthcare Inc

We extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

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4
Arcadia Food Inc

Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.

Food & Nutrition
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Groundwork Rva Inc

Mission: to cultivate the next generation of urban conservationists in richmond, virginia. vision: groundwork rva works with richmond youth to increase environmental, economic, and social well-being in neighborhoods by transforming…

Community Improvement
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
9
American University

To advance knowledge, foster intellectual curiosity, build community, and empower lives of purpose, service, and leadership.

Education
10
Open Dc
Community Improvement
11
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
12
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation Lee-Fendall House Museum and Gardens. 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

18 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. 18 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATIONParkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area: $40,000 · HealthParkinson Foundation of the National Capital …MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER VIRGINIA: $6,500 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER VIRGINIABONE HEALTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Health+1 more: $600 · HealthFLYING DEER NATURE CENTER: $62,000 · EnvironmentFLYING DEER NATURE CENTER+1 more: $650 · EnvironmentCOLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY: $12,600 · OtherCOLLEGE OF WILL…WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $11,000 · OtherWASHINGTON JESU…SALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY+3 more: $2,100 · Other+3 moreTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $12,500 · Social ScienceMCLEAN PROJECT FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVirginia Trust for Historic Preservation Lee-Fendall House Museum and Gardens: $1,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $750 · Arts & CultureDREAM PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationTHE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC: $3,400 · Human ServicesNEW FUTURES: $2,600 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human Services
Health$91,100Environment$62,650Other$30,700Social Science$12,500Arts & Culture$11,750Education$10,250Human Services$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFLYING DEER NATURE CENTER: $62,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetFOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetParkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area: $40,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDREAM PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMCLEAN PROJECT FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GREATER VIRGINIA: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBONE HEALTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW FUTURES: $2,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Trust for Historic Preservation Lee-Fendall House Museum and Gardens: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOffender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAt Home in Alexandria: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam & Mary Foundation: $250 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.

Greater Washington Co…Act for AlexandriaThe Morris and Gwendo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Act for Alexandria · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The McBay Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McBay Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The McBay Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The McBay Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 22 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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