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The McCabe Walls Family Foundation at a glance

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The McCabe Walls Family 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.

$805k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$487kEnvironment$430kAnimals$236kInternational$207kArts & Culture$140kRecreation & Sports$41kHousing & Shelter$35kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $632k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC DAVIS FOUNDATION$225,000
BE THE CHANGE VOLUNTEERS$122,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$100,000
EXETER UNIVERSITY US FOUNDATION$85,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
KQED$50,000
BAY AREA VIDEO CENTER MEDIA$35,000
LEAVE NO TRACE CENTER FOR OUTDOOR E$25,000
THE DESCHUTES AND TRUST$25,000
GROW CONCORD$20,000
ANGELS OF THE AMAZON$20,000
EBARR (EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REF$15,000
MARINE MAMMAL CENTER$15,000
DIABLO EQUESTRIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIAT$10,000
HUNGRY TAILZ RESCUE$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CONSERVATION HAWKS: $120k → 18%NORSLED (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SLEG D: $20k → 9%RUTHLESS KINDNESS: $8k → 9%VA3-EF -VET SURGERY EDUCATIONAL FND: $10k → 10%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%BAY AREA VIDEO CENTER MEDIA: $35k → 10%HUNGRY TAILZ RESCUE: $5k → 12%UC DAVIS: $10k → 16%CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY: $3k → 16%EXETER UNIVERSITY US FOUNDATION: $85k → 17%FINCA: $5k → 14%ANGELS OF THE AMAZON: $20k → 13%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $6k → 18%BE THE CHANGE VOLUNTEERS: $122k → 17%THE DESCHUTES AND TRUST: $25k → 10%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVATANY: $50k → 12%THE LOTUS CAMPAIGN INC: $10k → 10%LEAVE NO TRACE CENTER FOR OUTDOOR E: $25k → 12%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10k → 7%CONSERVATION HAWKS: $20k → 18%NORSLED (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SLED D: $3k → 9%RUTHLESS KINDNESS: $3k → 9%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%BAY AREA VIDEO CENTER MEDIA: $35k → 10%EXETER UNIVERSITY US FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%GREEN AMERICA: $5k → 14%BE THE CHANGE VOLUNTEERS: $50k → 17%THE DESCHUTES AND TRUST: $25k → 10%MT DIABLO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 9%SHARE THE SPIRIT: $15k → 10%EARTH JUSTICE: $5k → 10%GROW CONCORD: $20k → 9%SADDLE UP ACADEMY: $12k → 10%KQED: $50k → 10%STARDUST SANCTUARY: $3k → 9%KQED: $10k → 10%CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY: $10k → 9%KQED: $10k → 10%EBARR (EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REF: $30k → 9%DIABLO EQUESTRIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIAT: $25k → 9%EBARR (EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REF: $15k → 9%DIABLO EQUESTRIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIAT: $10k → 9%DEHA (DIABLO EQUESTRIAN HERITAGE AS: $5k → 9%EBARR (EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE AND R: $3k → 9%CLAYTON CANYON PONY CLUB: $1k → 9%JOHN MUIR LAND TRUST: $10k → 9%MEALS ON WHEELS-CONTRACOSTA: $5k → 9%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

MT
NY
OR
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
HI
AL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$405k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$1.2M
$282k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+5%

Still filing today

69%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentInternationalCrime & LegalEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TU
    THE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $330k · revenue +30%
  • KI
    KQED INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $70k · revenue +5%
  • THE LOTUS CAMPAIGN
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • AR
    ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • MD
    MT DIABLO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -14%
  • N(
    NORSLED (NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SLEG D
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
5
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
6
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
7
Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

Environment
8
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
Center for Biological Diversity Inc

The center for biological diversity inc, works to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. we do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and…

Animals
11
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
12
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sierra Club Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hungry Tailz Rescue. 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

25 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. 25 of the 43 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
11/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONSERVATION HAWKS INC: $140,000 · OtherCONSERVATION HAWKS INCEXETER UNIVERSITY US FOUNDATION: $135,000 · OtherEXETER UNIVERSITY US FOUNDATIONBAY AREA VIDEO CENTER MEDIA: $70,000 · OtherBAY AREA VIDEO CENTER MEDIAIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEBARR (EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REF: $45,000 · OtherEBARR (EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REFDIABLO EQUESTRIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: $35,000 · OtherDIABLO EQUESTRIAN HERITAGE ASSOCIATION+19 more: $169,812 · Other+19 moreTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $330,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATIO…Be The Change Vacations: $172,000 · InternationalBe The Change …ANGELS OF THE AMAZON INC: $20,000 · InternationalANGELS OF THE …UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 · International+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB F…Deschutes Land Trust: $50,000 · EnvironmentDeschutes Lan…LEAVE NO TRACE CENTER FOR OUTDOOR ETHICS: $25,000 · EnvironmentLEAVE NO TRAC…John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $10,000 · Environment+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentANIMAL REFUGE CENTER INC: $100,000 · AnimalsANIMAL REF…THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE…CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsCONTRA COS…+3 more: $15,000 · Animals+3 moreKQED INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureMT DIABLO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$644,812Education$330,000International$207,000Environment$200,000Animals$155,000Arts & Culture$70,000Recreation & Sports$25,000

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 budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $330,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBe The Change Vacations: $172,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetCONSERVATION HAWKS INC: $140,000 over 2y, 94% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL REFUGE CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetKQED INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDeschutes Land Trust: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMT DIABLO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetLEAVE NO TRACE CENTER FOR OUTDOOR ETHICS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetANGELS OF THE AMAZON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTHE LOTUS CAMPAIGN: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRuthless Kindness: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS CONTRA COSTA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGRY TAILZ RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHE PEOPLE'S FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The San Francisco Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 McCabe Walls Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McCabe Walls Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to The McCabe Walls Family Foundation 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 43 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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