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The McGee Foundation Inc at a glance

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The McGee Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$42M
Granted FY2026still arriving
15
Grants FY2026still arriving
8
States reached
$13M
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, FY2021 to 2026.

Philanthropy$28MEnvironment$14MHealth$3.8MEducation$895kHuman Services$540kArts & Culture$442kAnimals$342kScience & Tech$245kOther$0
02FY2026 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $50k–250k8 grants · $550k
  • $250k+7 grants · $42M
$200,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADAPTIVE ENERGY FOUNDATION CO FOUNDATION SOURCE ID 33-2742532$13,437,130
THE LONE OAK FOUNDATION ID 99-4323643$13,437,130
THE ANNDEAN FOUNDATION CO FOUNDATION SOURCE ID 33-2023563$13,437,129
OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$450,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS$330,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES$330,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE$330,000
HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS$200,000
HARLEM LACROSSE$50,000
LYRIC THEATRE$50,000
PEW CHARITABLE TRUST$50,000
SAN JUAN COMMUNITY THEATER$50,000
PEPPERS RANCH$50,000
UCSC INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES$50,000
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VIPASSANA CENTER$50,000
02The need
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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 (FY22–26, $395k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $200k → 14%PEPPERS RANCH: $50k → 15%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $40k → 14%PEPPERS RANCH: $30k → 15%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $30k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $20k → 14%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $25k → 17%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

WA
NY
MA
NV
WY
PA
CA
CO
KY
DE
AZ
KS
DC
OK
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.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 27 repeat orgs$41M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2026, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
28

Total granted

$6.0M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
0%

Still filing today

70%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
AnimalsEnvironmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & 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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC
    5× · 2022–2026 · $1.3M · revenue +25%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
    6× · 2021–2026 · $1.3M · revenue +29%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS
    6× · 2021–2026 · $1.2M · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • VP
    VIEW POINT SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • AS
    ASTEME SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2025 · $160k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2025 · $90k · 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
Parks California

As california state parks' statutory non-profit partner, we have a clear mission - to help strengthen parks and inspire all people to experience these extraordinary places.

Environment
2
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
3
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
4
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
5
The Peregrine Fund Inc

To change the future for nature and humanity by conserving birds of prey worldwide.

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6
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
7
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

To improve our communities' sexual and reproductive health outcomes through health care, education, and advocacy.

Health
8
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
9
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
10
Ocean Conservancy

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

Environment
11
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
12
Rainforest Trust

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

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Happy Trails for Kids; the most unlike its peers is National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 63 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE LONE OAK FOUNDATION ID 99-4323643: $13,437,130 · OtherTHE LONE OAK FOUNDATION ID 99-4323643ADAPTIVE ENERGY FOUNDATION CO FOUNDATION SOURCE ID 33-2742532: $13,437,130 · OtherADAPTIVE ENERGY FOUNDATION CO FOUNDATION SOURCE ID 33-2742532THE ANNDEAN FOUNDATION CO FOUNDATION SOURCE ID 33-2023563: $13,437,129 · OtherTHE ANNDEAN FOUNDATION CO FOUNDATION SOURCE ID 33-2023563+35 more: $2,060,320 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $1,310,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $1,300,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $1,200,000 · HealthOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $721,000 · PhilanthropyThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $110,000 · PhilanthropyHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $290,000 · Human ServicesPEPPERS RANCH INC: $195,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationPALISADES ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationTHOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE FOUNDATI DBA THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE: $80,000 · AnimalsMARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES: $60,000 · AnimalsWags and Walks: $50,000 · AnimalsCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $30,000 · Animals+3 more: $15,000 · AnimalsNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $81,000 · EnvironmentMYRIAD GARDENS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EnvironmentThe Wildlands Conservancy: $40,000 · EnvironmentAntarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition: $20,000 · EnvironmentHEAL THE BAY: $20,000 · Environment
Other$42,371,709Health$3,810,000Philanthropy$831,000Human Services$510,000Education$352,000Animals$235,000Environment$201,000

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 budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $1,310,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $1,300,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $1,200,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetOKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $721,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $290,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetPEPPERS RANCH INC: $195,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $145,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSAN JUAN COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $122,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetUC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $110,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPALISADES ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS: $100,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $81,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE FOUNDATI DBA THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE: $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWags and Walks: $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMYRIAD GARDENS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Wildlands Conservancy: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $39,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CHILDREN'S CHORUS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAntarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVIOLENCE POLICY CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rightway Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREE TO LIVE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND HAVEN ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds PEPPERS RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN JUAN COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Pew Charitable Trusts ↗
  • Who funds PALISADES ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE FOUNDATI DBA THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Wags and Walks ↗
  • Who funds MYRIAD GARDENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Wildlands Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds POSITIVE TOMORROWS INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Fred Jones Family Fou…California Community …National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…
Fred Jones Family FoundationOK13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fred Jones Family Foundation · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 McGee Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McGee Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 McGee Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The McGee Foundation Inc 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 63 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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