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The McCain Family 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.

$46k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$6,500
Organizations funded a year
29 to 42
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$878k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The McCain Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
HealthArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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 arriving41$45k10%
FY202342$40k19%
FY202235$34k11%
FY202134$37k21%
FY202030$32k7%
FY201931$29k19%
FY201830$27k17%
FY201729$25kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$60kEducation$39kHealth$36kCivil Rights$21kHuman Services$19kHousing & Shelter$15kAnimals$14kArts & Culture$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
AL
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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pacific Beach Christian Church$40,2348n/a
The French-American School of Rhode Island$15,80380%
Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association$12,70080%
Grace Baptist Church Inc$8,1008n/a
MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity$8,00080%
Hume Lake Christian Camps Inc$7,8938n/a
Redondo Beach Educational Foundation$7,20040%
Texas Christian University$6,90080%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$6,31880%
Crossroads Rhode Island$5,55080%
Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The McCain Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pacific Beach Christian Church$40,2348n/a
The French-American School of Rhode Island$15,80380%
Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association$12,70080%
Grace Baptist Church Inc$8,1008n/a
MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity$8,00080%
Hume Lake Christian Camps Inc$7,8938n/a
Redondo Beach Educational Foundation$7,20040%
Texas Christian University$6,90080%
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association$6,31880%
Crossroads Rhode Island$5,55080%
Amos House$5,40080%
Homeboy Industries$4,85080%
Americares Foundation Inc$4,59050%
The Salvation Army$4,5008n/a
Community Christian Service Agency Inc$4,13780%
Individual & Family Support Network$4,10080%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$3,97530%
Trevor Project Inc$3,97330%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$3,28830%
Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc$3,22220%
Pro Publica Inc$2,95020%
Meeting Street$2,74680%
Roessler-Chadwick Foundation$2,70020%
Southern California Public Radio$2,50030%
Pacific Battleship Center$2,50030%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,39170%
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc$2,34510%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$2,34510%
Shoreline Community Services$2,25040%
Out of Eden Walk$2,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00020%
Moms in Prayer Int'l$1,70070%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$1,22410%
Together Rising$1,22210%
Community Libraries of Providence$1,00010%
San Diego Coasters$1,0002n/a
Lasalle Academy$1,0001n/a
American Legion Post$7001n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$60020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence$50010%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$50010%
Safe Harbors Network$3001n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($72k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The McCain Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe French-American School of Rhode Island: $15,803 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Los Angeles Zoological Association: $12,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRedondo Beach Educational Foundation: $7,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Christian University: $6,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Community Food Bank Association: $6,318 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads Rhode Island: $5,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmos House: $5,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $4,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $4,590 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Christian Service Agency Inc: $4,137 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetIndividual & Family Support Network: $4,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $3,975 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $3,973 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $3,288 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: $3,222 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $2,950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeeting Street: $2,746 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRoessler-Chadwick Foundation: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Battleship Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,391 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc: $2,345 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $2,345 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShoreline Community Services: $2,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOut of Eden Walk: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMoms in Prayer Int'l: $1,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Lgbt Center: $1,224 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTogether Rising: $1,222 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Libraries of Providence: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Providence: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $200 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 35.

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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.

United Way of Rhode Island IncRI13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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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How do I get to The McCain Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The McCain 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.

About The McCain Family Foundation

How much does The McCain Family Foundation give?
The McCain Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $45,648 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The McCain Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Education (14%), Health (13%).
Who are The McCain Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pacific Beach Christian Church ($40k), The French-American School of Rhode Island ($16k), Greater Los Angeles Zoological Association ($13k).
Does The McCain Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The McCain Family 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 McCain Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Rhode Island Inc, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Citizens Charitable Foundation.
Where is The McCain Family Foundation based?
The McCain Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 67 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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