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The Michael M & Pamela D McCarthy Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Michael M & Pamela D McCarthy Family Foundation Inc

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.

$29k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$153kFood & Nutrition$114kEducation$30kHuman Services$14kReligion$11kRecreation & Sports$5kYouth Development$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$1,474
Median grant
3
States reached
$346k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SOUP KITCHEN$13,000
THE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC$10,000
KEEN GREATER DC$2,000
BETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,474
MD COLLEGE INVESTMENT PLAN$1,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON$1,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PALM BEACH$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 (FY17–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%ST ANN'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILY: $2k → 11%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE: $2k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $2k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE: $1k → 8%MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $500 → 8%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $1k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $7k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $1k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $1k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $500 → 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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$289k · 13 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$289k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+11%

Still filing today

54%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionReligionEducationYouth 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

  • TS
    The Soup Kitchen Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +447%
  • BH
    Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc
    5× · 2018–2024 · $54k · revenue +72%
  • TF
    THE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $13k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • BH
    BETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
  • SO
    SHRINE OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • BH
    BAPTIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Sacred Heart Home

44-Bed licensed nursing home in Hyattsville, Maryland that provides nursing care services to its residents

Health
2
Mercy Medical Center

Like the Sisters of Mercy before us, we witness God's healing love for all people by providing excellent clinical services within a community of compassionate care. As an independent Catholic hospital, we pledge to enhance the health of…

Health
3
St Paul Place Specialists Inc

To provide specialty physician services to patients of mercy medical center.

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4
Saint Mary Home Incorporated

We, mercy community health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming presence within our communities. saint mary home is a member of mercy community health and trinity health.

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5
St Mary's Sacred Heart Hospital Inc

We, trinity health georgia and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. mary's sacred heart hospital is a member of trinity health georgia…

Health
6
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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7
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
8
Holy Cross Health Inc

We, holy cross health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. we carry out this mission in our communities through our commitment to be the…

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9
St Francis Hospital Inc

We, saint francis hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. francis hospital is a member of trinity health of the mid-atlantic…

Health
10
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

Health
11
St Mary's Hospital Inc

We, trinity health georgia and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. mary's hospital is a member of trinity health georgia and trinity…

Health
12
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc

St. Mary's Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women, children, and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness.Grounded in social justice,…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington; the most unlike its peers is Women's Circle Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 39 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $54,124 · OtherBethesda Hospital Foundation IncBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $45,500 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $21,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIBLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $16,500 · OtherSIBLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONBETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $11,500 · OtherBETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONSHRINE OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT: $10,000 · OtherSHRINE OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT+19 more: $21,745 · Other+19 moreThe Soup Kitchen Inc: $100,800 · Food & NutritionThe Soup Kitchen IncTHE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC: $12,500 · Food & NutritionTHE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,500 · HealthHAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $5,000 · HealthSTROKE COMEBACK CENTER: $2,270 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $9,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSt Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: $2,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesKEEN GREATER DC LLC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentMATER DEI SCHOOL INC: $1,000 · EducationWOMEN'S CIRCLE INC: $500 · Religion
Other$181,069Food & Nutrition$114,300Health$18,270Human Services$17,000Youth Development$2,000Education$1,000Religion$500

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 Soup Kitchen Inc: $100,800 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $54,124 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTROKE COMEBACK CENTER: $2,270 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSt Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEEN GREATER DC LLC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPoor Roberts Mission: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATER DEI SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CIRCLE 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 Soup Kitchen Inc ↗
  • Who funds Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FATHER MCKENNA CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds HAYMAKERS FOR HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds STROKE COMEBACK CENTER ↗
  • Who funds St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families ↗
  • Who funds KEEN GREATER DC LLC ↗
  • Who funds Poor Roberts Mission ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF WASHINGTON DC INC ↗
  • Who funds MATER DEI SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CIRCLE 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.

Clark-Winchcole Found…Greater Washington Co…Redskin Foundation In…Clark Charitable Foun…The Ayco Charitable F…The US Charitable Gif…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…
Clark-Winchcole FoundationMD19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Michael M & Pamela D McCarthy Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael M & Pamela D McCarthy Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • St Anns Center for Children Youth and Families: 6% of income from government
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Michael M & Pamela D McCarthy Family 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 39 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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