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The McNaughton Family Foundation at a glance

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The McNaughton 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.

$67k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$107kHuman Services$60kFood & Nutrition$42kEducation$39kHealth$29kYouth Development$16kCrime & Legal$12kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAKE JUNALUSKA ASSEMBLY INC$10,000
COMMUNITY CHURCH AT LAKE WYLIE$10,000
EPWORTH CHILDRENS HOME$7,500
SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE$7,500
WELL OF MERCY$5,000
CHILDRENS CANCER PARTNERS OF THE$5,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$5,000
STELLIE J JACKSON ENRICHMENT CENTER$3,500
DOROTHY DAY SOUP KITCHEN OF ROCK$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,500
SAINT JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$2,500
HATCHER GARDEN$2,500
SUTISANA$1,000
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 (FY21–22, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARLOTTE: $5k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARLOTTE: $4k → 10%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$268k · 15 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$268k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+39%

Still filing today

47%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesReligionEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +106%
  • SM
    SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +35%
  • EC
    EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME
    5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE CENTER FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +43%
  • CC
    CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +76%
  • MM
    MOBILE MEALS
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
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
South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers

Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse

Youth Development
2
South Carolina United Methodist Camps and Retreat Ministries

To serve all people for Christian birth, growth and renewal. We offer summer camp experiences for children and youth, and retreat events for children, youth, adults and families throughout the year serving churches, non-profit…

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3
Children's Trust of South Carolina

To strengthen families, organizations, and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Human Services
4
Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries

A Baptist ministry for children and families of South Carolina that provides residential care for children in need along with counseling, educational, and referral services while developing and strengthening positive relationships in a…

Human Services
5
South Carolina Episcopal Home at Still Hopes

To provide a faith based community where life will be rich and full as god intends it to be, holding to our values, serving one another with dedication and promoting health and wellness for all.

Health
6
Food for Little Rascals Inc

Food for Little Rascals Inc (FFLR) is operated exclusively to improve the health, welfare, and care of children in the State of South Carolina.

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7
Carolina Childrens Home

The mission of Carolina Children's Home is to meet the under-served mental and physical health needs of children, young adults, and their families

Human Services
8
Scotland County Partnership for Children and Families Inc

To prepare children for success by providing resources to families and the community

Education
9
Southmountain Children and Family Services

To provide pathways to children, families and the community.

Human Services
10
Carolina Teen Center

Carolina Teen Center is a prevention and education year-round after-school and summer program that services youth and their families. Literacy programs, tutoring, life skills, mentoring, positive peer groups, conflict resolution skills,…

Health
11
Caswell County Partnership for Children Inc

The caswell county partnership for children unites the community to provide families with resources and services to enable all children to reach their fullest potential.

Education
12
Church of God Children's Home of North Carolina Inc

To provide a positive and safe living environment for hurting, abused, neglected and at-risk children placed privately and by the north carolina department of social services

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stellie J Jackson Enrichment Center. 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

18 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. 18 of the 30 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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $26,500 · OtherSAINT JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCHWELL OF MERCY INC: $25,000 · OtherWELL OF MERCY INCHATCHER GARDEN: $22,500 · OtherHATCHER GARDENRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSECOMMUNITY CHURCH AT LAKE WYLIE: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY CHURCH AT LAKE WYLIEIndividual grant recipient: $9,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYOU CAN DISCOVER CHANGE: $8,500 · OtherYOU CAN DISCOVER CHANGEDOROTHY DAY SOUP KITCHEN OF ROCK: $6,500 · OtherDOROTHY DAY SOUP KITCHEN OF ROCK HILL: $5,500 · Other+9 more: $30,000 · Other+9 moreEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $35,000 · Human ServicesEPWORTH CHILDREN…Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $8,500 · Human ServicesRonald McDonald …MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesMIRACLE HILL MIN…CHILDREN'S CANCER PARTNERS OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $20,500 · Youth DevelopmentCHILDREN'S CA…STELLIE J JACKSON ENRICHMENT CENTER: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTELLIE J JAC…CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF SC INC: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentCHILD EVANGEL…KIDS UPSTATE: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS UPSTATELake Junaluska Assembly Inc: $38,500 · ReligionLake Junalusk…SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $35,000 · EducationSPARTANBURG …CHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SPARTANBURG CHEROKEE - UNION INC: $3,500 · Crime & LegalTHE SPARTANBURG SOUP KITCHEN INC: $3,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$154,000Human Services$47,000Youth Development$39,500Religion$38,500Education$35,000Arts & Culture$5,000Crime & Legal$3,500Food & Nutrition$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLake Junaluska Assembly Inc: $38,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWELL OF MERCY INC: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER PARTNERS OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $20,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSTELLIE J JACKSON ENRICHMENT CENTER: $12,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPMAN CULTURAL CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP OF SC INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS UPSTATE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSCSDB FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTOTAL MINISTRIES OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SPARTANBURG CHEROKEE - UNION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SPARTANBURG SOUP KITCHEN INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClover Area Assistance Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

J M Smith FoundationSpartanburg County Fo…Foundation for the Ca…South Carolina Christ…Duke Energy FoundationHarry H Gibson Family…Betty & James K Stone…Anna M Black Charitab…Black & Phillips Foun…Arkwright FoundationUnited Way of the Pie…Mary Black Foundation…
J M Smith FoundationSC28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J M Smith Foundation · Spartanburg County Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Harry H Gibson Family Foundation · Betty & James K Stone Foundation · Anna M Black Charitable Foundation · Black & Phillips Foundation Inc · Arkwright Foundation · United Way of the Piedmont Inc · Mary Black 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 McNaughton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McNaughton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 30 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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