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The McConnell Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
129
Grants FY2024
128
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$7,450
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,462,391
Organizations funded a year
121 to 145
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$435M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The McConnell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $346k 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
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentOther
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 arriving123$11M25%
FY2023128$8.7M21%
FY2022138$13M27%
FY2021121$15M31%
FY2020126$6.6M20%
FY2019128$9.9M30%
FY2018128$9.0M32%
FY2017145$10Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$26MEducation$18MCommunity Improvement$10MPhilanthropy$9.4MEnvironment$7.4MPublic Benefit$4.3MHousing & Shelter$3.8MHuman Services$3.6MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
Turtle Bay Exploration Park$19,339,941869%
Shasta College Foundation$6,459,633827%
College Options Inc$4,641,000785%
Shasta Land Trust$2,323,933710%
Hill Country Community Clinic$2,013,125312%
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association$1,843,015644%
The Asia Foundation$1,780,00070%
Viva Downtown Redding$1,312,133895%
Shasta Women's Refuge Inc Dba One Safe Place$1,290,490855%
Shasta Living Streets$1,112,385365%
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All grantees of The McConnell Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Turtle Bay Exploration Park$19,339,941869%
Shasta College Foundation$6,459,633827%
College Options Inc$4,641,000785%
Shasta Land Trust$2,323,933710%
Hill Country Community Clinic$2,013,125312%
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association$1,843,015644%
The Asia Foundation$1,780,00070%
Viva Downtown Redding$1,312,133895%
Shasta Women's Refuge Inc Dba One Safe Place$1,290,490855%
Shasta Living Streets$1,112,385365%
Mayers Memorial Hospital District$1,000,0001n/a
Redding Fashion Alliance Inc$898,165777%
California Mobility Fund$744,173523%
Mercy Foundation North$506,30085%
Siskiyou County Job Council$500,000150%
Shasta County Arts Council$460,275744%
University of California- Davis$453,6448n/a
Mount Shasta Trail Association Inc$420,000441%
Naturebridge$414,83151%
City of Redding$318,4502n/a
Redding Trail Alliance Inc$306,650569%
Indian Cultural Organization$250,300247%
California State Grange Foundation$250,000155%
Advance Redding$245,000315%
United Way of Northern California$244,04063%
Center for Lao Studies$241,4726n/a
The Henry L Stimson Center$240,00051%
University of California Santa Barbara$238,0787n/a
The Watershed Research & Training Center$225,00022%
Northern Valley Catholic Social Service Inc$210,15151%
Siskiyou Family YMCA Inc$203,000214%
Ore-Cal Resource Conservation and Development Area Council$185,000130%
Sonoma State University$159,2878n/a
Forward Redding Foundation$157,250435%
Friends of the Intermountain Libraries Incorporated$100,000145%
Int'L Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - US$100,00012%
Msi US$100,00020%
Mountain Valleys Health Centers$100,00011%
Shasta Historical Society$81,18879%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$75,00010%
Manton Parks$75,0001n/a
Spring Rivers Foundation$75,000415%
College of the Siskiyous$74,0927n/a
Children's Legacy Center$58,50041%
Haven Humane Society$56,53681%
Great Northern Services$55,06180%
Jpr Foundation Inc$48,57381%
Nepal Youth Foundation$48,00031%
National University$47,40040%
Sierra Business Council$47,05012%
University of Portland$45,00040%
Empire Hotel Eharc Inc Dba Empire Recovery Center$44,79381%
Art From the Ashes Inc$44,626149%
Shasta Senior Nutrition Program$42,41380%
Eglise Evangelique de la Renaissance Christian Counsel$39,000429%
California Humanities$37,40071%
Trinity County Food Assistance$36,06862%
Happy Camp Community Action Inc$35,55043%
Lassen Community College$30,0004n/a
University of the Pacific$30,00030%
Pacific University$30,00020%
Anderson-Cottonwood Christian Assistance$25,70765%
Shasta Library Foundation$22,86864%
Axiom Repertory Theatre$22,62552%
The Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation Inc$22,000118%
Rotary Club of Redding Charitable Fndatn$21,10585%
The Salvation Army$20,7756n/a
Local Indians for Education Inc$18,32562%
Paradise Historical Society$17,2502n/a
Northern California Educational Tv Association Inc$16,62060%
Redding Parks Foundation$16,500311%
Schoolcraft College$15,3223n/a
Victory Ensured Thru Service$15,0002n/a
University of San Diego$15,00010%
Oceana Inc$15,00020%
Washington University$15,00020%
Girls Incorporated of Northern Sacramento Valley$14,45075%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$12,67570%
Another Chance Animal Welfare League Inc$12,00046%
Friends of Schreder Planetarium$11,250115%
American River Natural History Association$11,25041%
Mendocino College Foundation Inc$11,20021%
Augusta University$11,0941n/a
Linn-Benton Community College$11,0003n/a
First 5 Shasta Incorporated$10,5003n/a
University of California San Francisco$10,3142n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
Economic Development Corp of Shasta Co$10,00013%
Saola Foundation Inc$9,80012%
Save Our Shores$9,75041%
Sacramento River Watershed Program$9,625112%
Elks National Foundation Inc$8,62560%
Missouri Valley College$8,53520%
Kent State University$8,0001n/a
Tulelake Cornerstone Senior Advocacy$8,0001n/a
Whiskeytown Environmental School (Wes) Community$7,87512%
University of Washington$7,8273n/a
The University of Puget Sound$7,50020%
Sam Houston State University$7,5001n/a
Acorn Community Enterprises$6,90143%
Lassen Park Foundation$6,40051%
Friends of Shasta County Libraries$6,35119%
Uc Santa Cruz Foundation$6,00010%
Northern California Veterans Support Group$5,7753n/a
Raphael House of Portland$5,55030%
Tri County Community Network$5,50022%
Empower Tehama$5,35410%
Foundation for Promoting Arts President$5,22044%
Human Response Network Inc$5,0001n/a
Southeast Asian Christian Ministry$5,0001n/a
Berklee College of Music Inc$5,00010%
Butte Valley Museum & Historical Society$5,00017%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$4,87560%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc$4,80010%
Kinetic Universe$4,78327%
The Jefferson Pipe Band Inc$4,6506n/a
National Parks Conservation Association$4,57560%
Willamette University$4,50010%
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History$4,50020%
Butte County Office of Education$4,47515%
Cottonwood Creek Charter School$4,35040%
Enterprise High Sch Music Booster$4,00025%
Whitmore Community Center$4,0001n/a
Western Michigan University$3,7501n/a
Smithsonian Institution$3,75080%
Shasta County Chemical People$3,72570%
Western Folklife Center Inc$3,37560%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$3,37520%
Norcal Outreach Project$3,35041%
Redding School of the Arts Inc$3,30020%
Family Dynamics Resource Center$3,22520%
Ocean Conservancy$3,15010%
CHICO FEMINIST WOMENS HEALTH CENTER dba WOMENS HEALTH SPECIALISTS$3,00010%
Native Roots Network Inc$3,00010%
Lambda Theta Nu Sorority Inc$3,00012%
South Siskiyou Swim$3,0001n/a
Dignity Health Connected Living$3,00010%
Friends of Whiskeytown Inc$3,0001n/a
California-Hawaii Elks Major Project Inc$2,77540%
Chrysalis Charter School$2,70040%
Chico State Enterprises$2,70020%
Lake Tahoe Community College$2,5001n/a
Shasta Wildlife Rescue & Rehab$2,50012%
Active 20-30 Club of Redding Foundation$2,5001n/a
Modern Widows Club Inc$2,37021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,32550%
Shield Regional Training Consortium$2,2502n/a
Nami Shasta County$2,2506n/a
Opencollective Foundation$1,87520%
Girl Scouts of Northern California$1,65040%
Glioblastoma Foundation Inc$1,57510%
Dogwood Animal Rescue Project Inc$1,50010%
Hope Healing Restoration and New Beginnings$1,5001n/a
Cottonwood Citizens Patrol Inc$1,5002n/a
Hope Hospice Inc$1,50020%
Music & Memory Inc$1,5001n/a
Pistols Rescue Ranch$1,5001n/a
American Whitewater$1,50050%
Riverfront Playhouse a Nonprofit Public Benefit Co$1,40020%
The Ryan Ocallaghan Foundation$1,35037%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,27520%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,22330%
Casa de Love Animal Rescue$1,20010%
Rotary Club of Redding Sunrise Foundation$1,2003n/a
Best Friends Animal Society$1,10350%
Marin Ventures$1,00010%
Ascend Wilderness Experience$99030%
Boy Scouts of America Golden Empire Council$90010%
Launchpad 4 Kids$9001n/a
KidsFirst Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County$90010%
Redding Piano Angels$8253n/a
Khan Academy Inc$76910%
The Catticus Corporation$75010%
Golden State German Shepherd Rescue$75011%
Leadership Redding$75011%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$75010%
Youth Violence Prevention Council of Shasta County dba Youth Options Shasta$75020%
Institute for Nonprofit News$75010%
The Associates of the University of Toronto Inc$75010%
Siskiyou Community Resource Collaborative$7501n/a
Friends of Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge$7501n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$75010%
Fort Wayne Pet Food Pantry$7502n/a
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$75010%
Shasta County Mien Community$7502n/a
The California 4-H Foundation$75010%
Redding Vipers Baseball Club$7501n/a
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$75010%
Reciproka Corporation$75011%
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$66540%
Wolfpack Clubhouse$6501n/a
Little League Baseball Inc$63820%
Tree of Life International Charter School$60010%
Cottonwood K-8 Parent Club$5402n/a
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$50010%
Shasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council$50010%
McArthur Fire Protection District$5001n/a
Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California$50010%
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services$45010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$45020%
Childrens Hope Foster Family Agency$45010%
Camfed USA Foundation$45010%
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Association$45010%
Camp Kesem National$45010%
California State Parks Foundation$45020%
Women's Prison Association and Home$37510%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$37520%
Jeremy Stoke Legacy Fire Foundation$37510%
Redding West Rotary Foundation$37510%
Armenia Fund Inc$37510%
Yosemite Foundation$37510%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$37510%
National Park Foundation$37510%
United States Fund for Unicef$31510%
Vertical Raise Np Inc$3091n/a
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$30910%
Save The Children Federation Inc$30710%
Education First Foundation$3001n/a
Stillwater Cat Haven$30010%
Rescued Animals in Need$3001n/a
Museum of Northern California Art$30010%
College Dreams Inc$30010%
On Being Project$30010%
The Houston Food Bank$30010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$30010%
Special Olympics Northern California Inc$30010%
Shiningcare Inc$25010%
Yellowstone Art Museum$22510%
Tortoise Acres Rescue & Sanctuary$22510%
Dakota State University Foundation$16010%
Missing in America Veterans Recovery Program$15010%
Wakami Foundation$1501n/a
DTCare$15010%
Institute for the Future$15020%
Equal Justice Initiative$15010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$15010%
Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve Inc$1501n/a
Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc$15010%
Paradise Rotary Foundation$1501n/a
Dnaconnect Org$1501n/a
Peter Britt Gardens Music and Arts Festival Association$1461n/a
Children's Cancer Research Fund$7810%
Palo Cedro Volunteer Fire Company$751n/a
Monterey County Symphony Assoc Inc$7510%
YWCA Pierce County$7510%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$7510%
Urban Ministries of Durham Inc$7510%
Central Coast Youth Babe Ruth League Central Coast Cal Ripken Baseball$7510%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$7510%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$7510%
Whitmore Volunteer Fire Company$7510%
Cottonwood Community Park Inc$7510%
Native Womens Collective$751n/a
Central Valley High School$7510%
League of Women Voters of the Redding Area$751n/a
Positive Futures Network Dba Yes Media$7510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 125 recipients with no EIN on record ($30M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The McConnell Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 19 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 197 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTurtle Bay Exploration Park: $19,339,941 over 8y, 69% of budgetShasta College Foundation: $6,459,633 over 8y, 27% of budgetCollege Options Inc: $4,641,000 over 7y, 85% of budgetShasta Land Trust: $2,323,933 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetHill Country Community Clinic: $2,013,125 over 3y, 12% of budgetShasta County Young Men's Christian Association: $1,843,015 over 6y, 44% of budgetThe Asia Foundation: $1,780,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetViva Downtown Redding: $1,312,133 over 8y, 95% of budgetShasta Women's Refuge Inc Dba One Safe Place: $1,290,490 over 8y, 55% of budgetShasta Living Streets: $1,112,385 over 3y, 65% of budgetRedding Fashion Alliance Inc: $898,165 over 7y, 77% of budgetCalifornia Mobility Fund: $744,173 over 5y, 23% of budgetMercy Foundation North: $506,300 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetSiskiyou County Job Council: $500,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetShasta County Arts Council: $460,275 over 7y, 44% of budgetMount Shasta Trail Association Inc: $420,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetNaturebridge: $414,831 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetRedding Trail Alliance Inc: $306,650 over 5y, 69% of budgetIndian Cultural Organization: $250,300 over 2y, 47% of budgetCalifornia State Grange Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 55% of budgetAdvance Redding: $245,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetUnited Way of Northern California: $244,040 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetThe Henry L Stimson Center: $240,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetThe Watershed Research & Training Center: $225,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNorthern Valley Catholic Social Service Inc: $210,151 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSiskiyou Family YMCA Inc: $203,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetOre-Cal Resource Conservation and Development Area Council: $185,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetForward Redding Foundation: $157,250 over 4y, 35% of budgetFriends of the Intermountain Libraries Incorporated: $100,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetInt'L Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources - US: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMsi US: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Valleys Health Centers: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetShasta Historical Society: $81,188 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpring Rivers Foundation: $75,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetChildren's Legacy Center: $58,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetHaven Humane Society: $56,536 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetGreat Northern Services: $55,061 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetJpr Foundation Inc: $48,573 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNepal Youth Foundation: $48,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNational University: $47,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Business Council: $47,050 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Portland: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEmpire Hotel Eharc Inc Dba Empire Recovery Center: $44,793 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetArt From the Ashes Inc: $44,626 over 1y, 49% of budgetShasta Senior Nutrition Program: $42,413 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetEglise Evangelique de la Renaissance Christian Counsel: $39,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetCalifornia Humanities: $37,400 over 7y, 0.7% 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 197.

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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.

Community Foundation of the North StateCA97.9× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the North State · Dignity Health · Ralphs Prather Ranch Foundation · United Way of Northern California · North Valley Community Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The California Endowment · The Ford Family Foundation · The Maurice & Marianne Johannessen Found · Humboldt Area Foundation · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · Marin Community 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.

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About The McConnell Foundation

How much does The McConnell Foundation give?
The McConnell Foundation reported 129 grants totaling $11,645,281 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 121 and 145 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The McConnell Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Education (20%), Community Improvement (11%).
Who are The McConnell Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Turtle Bay Exploration Park ($19M), Shasta College Foundation ($6.5M), College Options Inc ($4.6M).
Does The McConnell Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The McConnell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The McConnell Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the North State, Dignity Health, Ralphs Prather Ranch Foundation.
Where is The McConnell Foundation based?
The McConnell 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 391 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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