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The McInerney Family Foundation at a glance

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The McInerney Family Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6.1M
Granted FY2026still arriving
40
Grants FY2026still arriving
10
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.2MFood & Nutrition$1.9MYouth Development$1.9MHousing & Shelter$438kArts & Culture$360kHuman Services$320kHealth$226kPublic Benefit$150kOther$0
02FY2026 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k8 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $261k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+6 grants · $4.6M
$50,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOMUS$1,390,000
FOUNDATION IN EDUCATION$1,215,100
INVEST IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$750,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$500,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER$500,000
ST JOHN'S BREAD & LIFE PROGRAM$260,000
ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM$200,000
FRIENDS OF AMANI USA$150,000
NEW YORK POPS INC$150,000
LSA FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE$125,000
CAMM$100,000
Individual grant recipient$65,000
BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION$60,000
YANKEE INSTITUTE$50,000
HUDSON INSTITUTE$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–26, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SERAPHIC FIRE: $10k → 15%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%THE CARVER (CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $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

VT
NH
NY
MA
NJ
CT
VA
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 28 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2026, 5 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
22

Total granted

$14M
$947k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

82%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FI
    Foundations in Education Inc
    6× · 2020–2026 · $3.9M · revenue +198%
  • DK
    DOMUS KIDS INC
    5× · 2018–2026 · $3.1M · revenue +2%
  • SJ
    St Johns Bread & Life Program Inc
    4× · 2019–2026 · $1.8M · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • FI
    FUTURES IN EDUCATION
    one grant, 2025 · $182k · revenue +7%
  • SP
    ST PETER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $175k
  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · 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
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
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
3
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
6
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

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

Health
8
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
9
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
10
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
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Futures in Education; the most unlike its peers is Westport Rotary Club. 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

48 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. 48 of the 68 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/48
Grantees still filing
23/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOMUS KIDS INC: $3,064,000 · OtherDOMUS KIDS INCST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $575,000 · OtherST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITALMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $500,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTERLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $425,000 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH…+36 more: $1,963,311 · Other+36 moreFoundations in Education Inc: $3,935,940 · PhilanthropyFoundations in Education Inc+2 more: $102,000 · PhilanthropySt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $1,801,000 · Food & NutritionSt Johns Bread…CITY HARVEST INC: $200,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST I…+2 more: $55,000 · Food & NutritionINVEST IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · EducationINVEST IN EDUC…READ TO GROW INC: $257,500 · EducationREAD TO GROW I…ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $235,000 · EducationST JOHN'S UNIV…FUTURES IN EDUCATION: $181,500 · EducationFUTURES IN EDU…THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $150,000 · EducationTHE GILDER LEH…+6 more: $142,000 · Education+6 moreBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $432,940 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK POPS INC: $325,000 · Arts & CultureWNET: $30,000 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical Society: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF AMANI US INC: $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentEXPERIENCE CAMPS: $40,000 · Youth Development
Other$6,527,311Philanthropy$4,037,940Food & Nutrition$2,056,000Education$1,966,000Human Services$467,940Arts & Culture$382,000Youth Development$340,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFoundations in Education Inc: $3,935,940 over 6y, 20% of budgetDOMUS KIDS INC: $3,064,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $1,801,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetINVEST IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $432,940 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE INC: $425,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetNEW YORK POPS INC: $325,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF AMANI US INC: $300,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetREAD TO GROW INC: $257,500 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $235,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $210,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYANKEE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $200,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTPORT ROTARY CLUB: $45,800 over 3y, 27% of budgetEXPERIENCE CAMPS: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWESTPORT WESTON COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN EMERGING LEADERS ACADEMY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSERAPHIC FIRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHORIZONS BRIDGEPORT: $8,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL D-DAY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TINY MIRACLES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART LOVE & SOUL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY'S COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $1,000 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.

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.

Fairfield County's Co…The Scripps Family Fu…Newman's Own Foundati…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Inner-City Founda…Ernest and Joan Trefz…The John and Ethel Ka…The Near and Far Asso…Peoples United Commun…Mother Cabrini Health…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bessemer Giving F…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts · Newman's Own Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · Ernest and Joan Trefz Foundation · The John and Ethel Kashulon Foundation · The Near and Far Association Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bessemer Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The McInerney Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McInerney Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Seraphic Fire Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 68 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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