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The McCormack Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The McCormack Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$31k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% 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$98kHealth$42kEducation$39kReligion$16kEnvironment$14kHuman Services$12kYouth Development$3kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHOEBE FOUNDATION$5,701
THEATRE ALBANY$5,000
ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
FLINT RIVERQUARIUM$5,000
THRONOTEESKA HERITAGE CENTER$2,500
GIRL SCOUTS OF HISTORIC GEORGIA$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
LIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY$2,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 28%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MISSION CHANGE: $1k → 28%MISSION CHANGE: $500 → 28%MISSION CHANGE: $500 → 28%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$239k · 22 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
10

Total granted

$239k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+25%

Still filing today

50%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • PF
    PHOEBE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +132%
  • CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $15k · revenue +42%
  • FR
    FLINT RIVERQUARIUM INC
    3× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • FI
    FOODSHARE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +25%
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
University At Albany Foundation

The mission of the university at albany foundation is to encourage, receive, accept, hold, invest, and manage money and property of every description, and the disbursement thereof for the promotion, development and advancement of the…

Education
2
Albany General Hospital Foundation

The foundation's specific purpose is to solicit, receive, and maintain gifts of money and property, and to make decisions on the distributions of such money and property, to support albany general hospital and health svcs in the general…

Health
3
Albany General Hospital

Albany general hospital (agh) achieves its mission of improving the health and well being of the community through its medical and surgical hospital and healthcare clinics providing outpatient care services at several area locations. agh…

Health
4
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
5
Albany Med Health System

An academic health sciences system whose responsibilities are to provide a broad range of patient services to the people of eastern new york and western new england.

Health
6
Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and Spca Inc

Theathensareahumanesocietyrescuesandprotectscompanionanimalsby providing for their wellbeing, uniting them with loving homes,and advocating for a compassionate society.

Animals
7
Albany Law School

Higher education: Albany Law School is an institution of higher education that provides instructional and educational activities singularly focused on the study of law. Completion of the programs by students culminates in the awarding of…

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Athens Area Community Foundation Inc

Bringing people together who care deeply about athens, georgia and surrounding areas and who seek to improve the quality of life and economic well-being of all people in our community through gifts and involvement. committed to connecting…

Philanthropy
10
Memorial Hospital Albany Ny

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. founded in community-based legacies of compassionate healing, we…

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11
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Alliance for Aging Research

The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Athfest Inc dba Athfest Educates; the most unlike its peers is Darton Health Professions Foundatio. 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

17 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. 17 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHRONOTEESKA HERITAGE CENTER: $8,500 · OtherTHRONOTEESKA HERITAGE CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST BERNARD COLLEGE: $6,000 · OtherST BERNARD COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST CLARE'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,500 · OtherST CLARE'S COMMUNITY CENTERTHEATRE ALBANY: $5,000 · OtherFLINT RIVERQUARIUM BLUE HOLE SOCIETY: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $20,500 · Other+14 moreTHE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORAFLINT RIVERQUARIUM INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureFLINT RIVERQUARIUM INC+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePHOEBE FOUNDATION INC: $41,701 · HealthPHOEBE FOUNDATION …+1 more: $500 · HealthCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationDARTON HEALTH PROFESSIONS FOUNDATIO: $3,000 · EducationOUR CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1,000 · EducationAlbany State University Foundation Inc: $9,000 · Public BenefitLIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMISSION CHANGE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterATHENS AREA HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $3,000 · Environment
Other$94,500Arts & Culture$85,000Health$42,201Education$19,000Public Benefit$9,000Human Services$4,500Housing & Shelter$3,500Environment$3,000

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 ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA: $75,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetPHOEBE FOUNDATION INC: $41,701 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFLINT RIVERQUARIUM INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAlbany State University Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE ALBANY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDARTON HEALTH PROFESSIONS FOUNDATIO: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION CHANGE INC: $2,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetATHENS AREA HOMELESS SHELTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOODSHARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATHFEST INC dba ATHFEST EDUCATES: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOUR CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATHENS WELLNESS CLINIC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA ↗
  • Who funds PHOEBE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FLINT RIVERQUARIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Albany State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE ALBANY ↗
  • Who funds Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance ↗
  • Who funds DARTON HEALTH PROFESSIONS FOUNDATIO ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY HOUSE OF ALBANY INC ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds MISSION CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds ATHENS AREA HOMELESS SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FOODSHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds ATHFEST INC dba ATHFEST EDUCATES ↗
  • Who funds OUR CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ATHENS WELLNESS CLINIC INC ↗

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.

Fisher-Crum FoundationW B Haley Foundation …Carlton FoundationAthens Area Community…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fisher-Crum FoundationGA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fisher-Crum Foundation · W B Haley Foundation 4655000132 · Carlton Foundation · Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 McCormack Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McCormack Foundation. 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 →median 51%
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated: 51% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 36 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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