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The McNeely Foundation at a glance

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The McNeely Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
117
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Youth Development$1.7MEducation$1.2MArts & Culture$932kCommunity Improvement$886kEnvironment$862kHuman Services$706kPhilanthropy$684kEmployment$635kOther$0
02FY2024 · 117 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k71 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $905k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $620k
$2,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION (EAST SIDE FUNDERS GROUP)$125,000
WAKAN TIPI AWANYANKAPI$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$65,000
WAKAN TIPI AWANYANKAPI$55,000
30000 FEET$50,000
EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY$50,000
SAINT PAUL PARKS AND RECREATION CONSERVANCY$50,000
URBAN ROOTS$50,000
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION (EAST SIDE FUNDERS GROUP)$50,000
SAINT PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM$50,000
EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL$45,000
TREE TRUST$40,000
COOKIE CART$40,000
BREAKTHROUGH TWIN CITIES$35,000
GENESYS WORKS-TWIN CITIES$35,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $759k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COLLABRIA CARE: $10k → 9%CORE COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $4k → 11%COLLABRIA CARE: $10k → 9%COLLABRIA CARE: $10k → 9%GAHANA RESIDENTS IN NEED: $450 → 15%CORE COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 11%PREPARE PROSPER: $20k → 14%PREPARE PROSPER: $20k → 14%PREPARE PROSPER: $15k → 14%PREPARE PROSPER: $15k → 14%PREPARE PROSPER: $15k → 14%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $2k → 11%REDEEMER CENTER FOR LIFE: $200 → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $50k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $25k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $25k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $25k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $25k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $25k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $20k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING: $35k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $35k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING: $33k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING: $31k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING: $30k → 14%URBAN VILLAGE INC: $30k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING: $26k → 14%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $25k → 14%URBAN VILLAGE: $25k → 14%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $25k → 14%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $23k → 14%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $23k → 14%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $23k → 14%MERRICK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 14%LISTENING HOUSE OF ST PAUL INC: $3k → 14%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING: $1k → 14%UJAAMA PLACE: $2k → 14%AIN DAH YUNG CENTER: $1k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $300 → 14%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

AK
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The McNeely Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 91%.

The McNeely Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 131 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

131 repeat relationships: 69 still active in FY2024, 62 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

131
130

Total granted

$7.5M
$599k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+12%

Still filing today

65%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $410k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LP
    LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT
    6× · 2019–2024 · $576k · revenue +98%
  • UO
    University of St Thomas
    3× · 2022–2024 · $425k · revenue +17%
  • UR
    URBAN ROOTS MN
    6× · 2019–2024 · $317k · revenue +173%

Funded once

  • NL
    NEW LENS URBAN MENTORING SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • MS
    METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • AI
    AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +231%
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
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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2
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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3
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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4
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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5
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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6
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
7
Conservation Minnesota

Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.

Environment
8
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
9
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
10
Community Shares of Minnesota

The mission of community shares of minnesota is to create a fair, just and equitable minnesota. community shares of minnesota accomplishes its mission by: supporting collective action to eliminate root causes of inequality and injustice;…

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11
Mill City Farmers Market Inc

Mission: to inspire and nurture a healthy community by building a local, sustainable, and organic food economy in a vibrant experiential marketplace.vision: to be a nationally recognized marketplace model that connects, educates, and…

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12
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hmong American Partnership; the most unlike its peers is California Cleft Pup Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

190 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. 190 of the 297 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)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
184/190
Grantees still filing
126/190
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN ROOTS MN: $316,500 · OtherURBAN ROOTS MNDream of Wild Health: $191,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $181,000 · OtherSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION (EAST SIDE FUNDERS GROUP): $175,000 · OtherKeystone Community Services: $160,000 · OtherTree Trust: $160,000 · OtherGENISYS WORKS-TWIN CITIES: $150,250 · OtherEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INC: $245,000 · OtherEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INCLatino Economic Development Center: $215,500 · OtherST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM: $249,750 · OtherST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAMHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $155,000 · Other+126 more: $2,111,230 · Other+126 moreUniversity of St Thomas: $425,000 · EducationUniversity…Breakthrough Twin Cities: $210,500 · EducationBreakthrou…ATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS: $95,000 · EducationATHLETES C…CHARTWELL SCHOOL: $75,000 · EducationCHARTWELL …ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL: $33,000 · Education+4 more: $37,150 · EducationEAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL: $251,000 · Arts & CultureEAST SIDE …FRIENDS OF THE MINNESOTA SINFONIA: $140,250 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF…TWIN CITIES CATALYST MUSIC INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIE…EAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY: $105,500 · Arts & CultureEAST SIDE …Indigenous Roots: $65,500 · Arts & CultureIndigenous…HEART OF DANCE: $65,000 · Arts & CultureHEART OF D…MINNESOTA CHINA FRIENDSHIP GARDEN SOCIETY MCFGS: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUSICATION: $28,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $19,200 · Arts & CultureLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT: $576,250 · EnvironmentLOWER PHAL…THE SAINT PAUL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $133,350 · EnvironmentTHE SAINT …WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS…+10 more: $42,750 · EnvironmentSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $585,000 · PhilanthropySAINT PAU…NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $136,500 · PhilanthropyNEXUS COM…GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $34,920 · Philanthropy+2 more: $13,100 · PhilanthropyFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $190,750 · Human ServicesFace to F…PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $170,300 · Human ServicesPROJECT F…FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $117,800 · Human ServicesFAMILY VA…Prepare and Prosper: $85,000 · Human ServicesPrepare a…THE URBAN VILLAGE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE URBAN…LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $55,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN …INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Human ServicesCOLLABRIA CARE: $30,000 · Human Services+6 more: $19,000 · Human Services30000 Feet: $250,250 · Youth Development30000 Fee…The Cookie Cart: $238,600 · Youth DevelopmentThe Cooki…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $86,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTH…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND …THE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SANNE…World Youth Connect: $35,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $23,500 · Youth Development
Other$4,310,230Education$875,650Arts & Culture$824,450Environment$807,350Philanthropy$769,520Human Services$757,850Youth Development$723,350

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $585,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT: $576,250 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $425,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN ROOTS MN: $316,500 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetEAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL: $251,000 over 6y, 23% of budget30000 Feet: $250,250 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM: $249,750 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INC: $245,000 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetThe Cookie Cart: $238,600 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetLatino Economic Development Center: $215,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetBreakthrough Twin Cities: $210,500 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetDream of Wild Health: $191,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $190,750 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $181,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $170,300 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $160,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTree Trust: $160,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $155,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MINNESOTA SINFONIA: $140,250 over 6y, 11% of budgetNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $136,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SAINT PAUL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $133,350 over 5y, 11% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION: $131,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD: $125,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetFAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $117,800 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetTWIN CITIES CATALYST MUSIC INC: $110,000 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetEAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY: $105,500 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS: $95,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $86,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPrepare and Prosper: $85,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCHARTWELL SCHOOL: $75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetIndigenous Roots: $65,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetHEART OF DANCE: $65,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNIDADES LATINAS UNIDAS EN SERVICO INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE URBAN VILLAGE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMINNESOTA CHINA FRIENDSHIP GARDEN SOCIETY MCFGS: $40,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetINDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $34,920 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL: $33,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLABRIA CARE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUSICATION: $28,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $26,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT RIVER GREENING: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $24,250 over 5y, 0.2% 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 SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds URBAN ROOTS MN ↗
  • Who funds EAST SIDE ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds 30000 Feet ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Cookie Cart ↗
  • Who funds Latino Economic Development Center ↗
  • Who funds Breakthrough Twin Cities ↗
  • Who funds Dream of Wild Health ↗
  • Who funds Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE SAINT PAUL PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Keystone Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Tree Trust ↗
  • Who funds HMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MINNESOTA SINFONIA ↗
  • Who funds NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds THE SAINT PAUL PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES CATALYST MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds ATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds Prepare and Prosper ↗
  • Who funds CHARTWELL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Indigenous Roots ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF DANCE ↗

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Fr Bigelow FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Hardenbergh FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Otto Bremer TrustGreater Twin Cities U…The McKnight Foundati…Mortenson Family Foun…Xcel Energy FoundationMardag FoundationTarget Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN97.7× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The McKnight Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Target 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 McNeely Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McNeely Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    55report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 McNeely Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The McNeely Foundation 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 297 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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