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The Patrick J McGovern 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.

$66M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
165
Grants FY2024
153
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$395,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 153
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
19
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving150$61M48%
FY2023153$58M46%
FY2022139$57M60%
FY202193$26M80%
FY202072$17M85%
FY201924$5.8M75%
FY201823$4.1M96%
FY20178$90kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$255MPhilanthropy$38MEnvironment$36MInternational$34MScience & Tech$30MHealth$23MSocial Science$12MEmployment$11MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
World Resources Institute$5,600,00061%
Conservation International Foundation$5,250,00041%
Watttime Corporation$4,175,000323%
The Aspen Institute Inc$3,650,00051%
Breaktime United Inc$3,250,000422%
Blue Star Families Inc$3,250,00045%
The American Ai Forum$2,950,000455%
United Nations Foundation Inc$2,700,00032%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$2,575,00040%
Room to Read$2,125,00041%
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All grantees of The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
World Resources Institute$5,600,00061%
Conservation International Foundation$5,250,00041%
Watttime Corporation$4,175,000323%
The Aspen Institute Inc$3,650,00051%
Breaktime United Inc$3,250,000422%
Blue Star Families Inc$3,250,00045%
The American Ai Forum$2,950,000455%
United Nations Foundation Inc$2,700,00032%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$2,575,00040%
Room to Read$2,125,00041%
Knowledge Futures Inc$2,100,000382%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,100,00020%
Ja Worldwide Inc$2,000,00035%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$2,000,00022%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$2,000,0001n/a
Hidden Genius Project$2,000,00036%
New America Foundation$2,000,00015%
Technovation$2,000,000612%
Nexleaf Analytics$1,830,000313%
Common Sense Media$1,735,00051%
The Marshall Project Inc$1,700,00044%
Jhpiego Corporation$1,695,00020%
Path$1,630,82350%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,600,20020%
Creative Commons Corporation$1,500,000221%
DTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital$1,500,000338%
The Brookings Institution$1,500,00031%
Identity2020 Systems Inc$1,500,000172%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$1,500,00030%
Audere$1,338,520244%
Refed Inc$1,260,50025%
The Tech Interactive$1,250,10052%
Meridian Institute$1,250,00023%
Team Rubicon Inc$1,250,00022%
Georgetown University$1,250,00030%
D-Tree International Inc$1,227,324311%
Beneficent Technology Inc$1,200,00035%
Access Now$1,200,00033%
Open Supply Hub Inc$1,100,000318%
Institute for Security and Technology$1,100,000311%
Polaris Project$1,050,00034%
American Journalism Project Inc$1,000,00022%
The Coleridge Initiative Inc$1,000,000110%
Foundation for Learning Equality Inc$1,000,000217%
Opencollective Foundation$1,000,00014%
Meedan Inc$1,000,00027%
Coding It Forward Inc$1,000,000345%
Reach University$1,000,00023%
News Revenue Hub Inc$950,000215%
Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team United States Inc$950,000212%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$950,00041%
The Global Development Incubator Inc$948,57942%
CarbonPlan$925,000212%
The Earth Genome$900,000412%
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc$878,74220%
Northeastern University$850,00020%
Center for Democracy and Technology$850,00034%
Stand$850,00026%
Center for Ai and Digital Policy$850,000354%
Thorn$845,00032%
Refugepoint Inc$825,00035%
Rainforest Connection$800,000214%
Native Biodata Consortium$800,000212%
Tech Goes Home Incorporated$800,00037%
Cambridge in America$795,00013%
Education Design Lab$750,00017%
Ai4all$750,000210%
Pine Street Inn Inc$750,00021%
Generation You Employed Inc$750,00012%
Techequity Collaborative$750,000311%
Code for America Labs Inc$750,00033%
Intelehealth Inc$700,500225%
Open Earth Foundation$700,000233%
Center for Humane Technology$700,000217%
Nethope Inc$700,00023%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$700,00032%
Berkeley Earth Inc$700,000349%
Climate Arc Inc$690,00012%
The Sand County Foundation Inc$650,00025%
Year Up Inc$650,00020%
Per Scholas Inc$650,00030%
Brac USA Inc$650,00014%
Girls Inc$650,00031%
Khushi Baby Inc$643,000226%
Computer History Museum$625,00042%
Equitech Futures Foundation$600,000280%
New Public Inc$600,00017%
Opportunitywork Inc$600,00012%
The Tiny News Collective Inc$600,000213%
The Fund for Peace Inc$600,000257%
University of California San Francisco$600,0003n/a
Malaria No More Fund$600,000119%
Amref Health Africa Inc Inc (Amref)$588,59515%
Duke University$555,05610%
Kqed Inc$555,00030%
Americans for Oxford Inc$550,00011%
Oxfam-America Inc$550,00040%
Transfair USA$550,00021%
Spectrum Biobank Inc$550,0002100%
The Global Digital Health Network$550,0004100%
Population Services International$545,62310%
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Inc$535,000332%
Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine - Sirum$500,00012%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$500,00021%
Medtronic Global Health Foundation$500,00015%
Open Contracting Partnership$500,00035%
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Inc$500,00018%
Noora Health$500,00016%
Dxtera Institute Inc$500,0001n/a
Benefits Data Trust$500,00012%
Cascade Climate Inc$500,00019%
HomeStart Inc$500,00014%
Recidiviz Inc$500,00012%
Ameelio Inc$500,00017%
Digital Medicine Society Inc$500,00019%
American Forests$500,00022%
The George Washington University$500,00010%
Community Care Cooperative Inc$500,00011%
Civic Hall Labs Inc$475,00017%
National Conference on Citizenship$450,00016%
Pecan Street Inc$450,000316%
Victory Programs Inc$450,00031%
Crisis Text Line Inc$450,00021%
Upturn Inc$450,000146%
New York University$450,00020%
Curious Learning a Global Literacy Project Inc$420,000119%
Johns Hopkins University$400,00010%
Caremessage$400,00013%
Ras Ai Foundation$400,0001100%
Kode With Klossy Inc$400,00015%
Digital Green Foundation$400,00013%
Friends of King's College London Association Inc$400,000111%
The Scripps Research Institute$400,00010%
Gigafact Foundation$400,0001n/a
AnnieCannons Inc$400,000311%
Maisha Meds Inc$400,00017%
Journalism Funding Partners$400,000112%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$400,00010%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$395,00031%
Amrita Institute of Advanced Research$390,000286%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc$375,00022%
Ona Systems Inc$369,4441n/a
Clear Global Inc$364,00019%
Natives in Tech Inc$350,000245%
Environmental Law Institute$350,00015%
Climate Collective Inc$350,000129%
Camelback Ventures$350,00023%
Climate Change Ai$350,000131%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$350,00032%
Refugees United Foundation USA$350,000158%
Rainforest Foundation Inc$325,00014%
Outlier Media$300,000110%
Dimagi Inc$300,0001n/a
The Hack Foundation D/B/A Hack Club$300,00011%
Unlocked Labs$300,000112%
News Product Alliance Corporation$300,000135%
Stop the Traffik USA Inc$300,000193%
Black in Ai$300,000124%
Global Fishing Watch Inc$300,00010%
National Fair Housing Alliance$300,00013%
Kids in Tech Inc$300,000345%
Villagereach$300,00011%
Chapman University$300,00030%
The Conversation US Inc$250,00013%
Fii - National$250,00010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$250,00010%
Public Health Watch Inc$250,000118%
WGBH Educational Foundation$250,00010%
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute$250,00012%
Global Health Media Project Limited$250,000146%
Western States Arts Federation$250,00013%
Tarjimly Inc$250,000111%
Equalai Charitable Foundation$250,000183%
Smithsonian Institution$250,00010%
Rocky Mountain Institute$250,00010%
Online News Association$250,00017%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$250,00010%
Resolve Inc$250,00014%
Project Drawdown$250,00013%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$250,00010%
Tipping Point Community$250,00010%
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc$250,00012%
Build Change$250,00015%
Social Science Research Council$250,00012%
Codeorg$250,00011%
Digital Harbor Foundation$250,00014%
National Center for Women and Information Technology$250,00015%
Planet Reimagined Inc$250,0001n/a
Res Publica US Inc$250,00018%
Electronic Privacy Information Center$250,00018%
Climate Cabinet Education$250,000110%
Wild Me$250,000125%
Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning$250,00013%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$250,00011%
Operation Fistula$230,000146%
Codepathorg$230,00011%
Burundi Friends International$225,000227%
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$220,00010%
Panorama Global$200,93310%
Allies Against Slavery$200,000126%
The Carter Center Inc$200,00010%
Institute for Nonprofit News$200,00012%
Healthy Gulf$200,000116%
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco$200,00010%
Plant-For-The-Planet US$200,000118%
The Virtue Foundation$200,000122%
Root Capital Inc$200,00020%
Seattle International Foundation$200,00015%
Homeboy Industries$200,00020%
Physicians for Human Rights Inc$200,00012%
Sustainable Ocean Alliance Inc$200,00012%
Trusting News Inc$200,000134%
TIP Global Health$200,000112%
National Academy of Sciences$200,00020%
Gdi-Solutions Inc$200,000111%
Museum of Science$150,00010%
Center for Science and Law$150,0001n/a
The Urban Institute$150,00010%
Child's Play$150,00014%
Aimpower$150,000170%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$150,00010%
Npower Inc$150,00011%
Pepup Tech Inc$150,000153%
Groundwork Lawrence Inc$145,00015%
The Food Project Inc$140,00014%
Conservation X Labs Inc$131,66711%
Team4tech Foundation$125,00017%
Epicenter Foundation Inc$125,000150%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$120,6001n/a
Thrive Chicago Nfp$120,00016%
Sierra Club Foundation$120,00010%
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture Institute$100,000118%
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$100,00011%
Reboot Inc$100,00015%
Indiaspora$100,00013%
Data For Black Lives Inc$100,00016%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$100,00010%
Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement Inc$100,000110%
Girl Effect Inc$100,00021%
African Center for Economic Transformation$100,00012%
Sustainable Fishery Advocates$100,00022%
Stewardship Utah Foundation$100,00011%
Nest Inc$100,00021%
Tidepool Project$100,00012%
Partnership on Ai to Benefit People and Society$100,00012%
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc$100,00010%
Data & Society Research Institute Inc$100,00012%
Grants Central Station$100,00012%
Enovant$100,000167%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$100,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$100,00020%
Follow Your Dream Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Community Initiatives$100,00010%
Community Servings Inc$100,00011%
Open Imagery Network Inc$100,00014%
Commonwealth Kitchen Inc$100,00012%
First Star Inc$100,00015%
Vital Strategies Inc$100,00020%
Greenroots Inc$75,00013%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$75,00010%
Urban Tilth$75,00013%
Planting Justice$75,00012%
Institute for International Urban Development$60,000192%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$60,00010%
Safespace Center Inc$50,0001n/a
Washington University$50,00010%
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of the San Francisco Bay Area$45,0001n/a
University of Illinois Foundation$25,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$10,00010%
Women's World Banking Inc$10,00010%
Invisible Institute$10,00010%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$10,0001n/a
Earth Island Institute Inc$10,00010%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$7,50010%
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society at Strybing Arboretum$7,50010%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$6,10010%
San Francisco Film Society$5,00010%
McGovern Foundation Inc$5,000140%
Boston Center for the Arts Inc$3,00030%
Path Home$3,00030%
Brazil Foundation$2,00020%
Averroes High School$2,00020%
Groove With Me Inc$1,65020%
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Long Beach$1,52420%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$1,33010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1,30030%
Sakamoto Parent Teacher Organization Inc$1,10020%
Freshfarm Markets$1,00010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$1,00010%
Rehabilitation Through the Arts Inc$1,00010%
Girls on the Run Greater Boston$60020%
Victim Rights Law Center Inc$60010%
Khan Academy Inc$50010%
Givedirectly Inc$50010%
American Near East Refugee Aid$50010%
Code the Dream Inc$50010%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$38310%
National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction Inc$35010%
Food Bank for New York City$26010%
Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc$20010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$12010%
Elevated Access Inc$10310%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
Wilderness Medical Society$10010%
Panthera Corporation$9010%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$5510%
Fowler School PTO$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 101 recipients with no EIN on record ($57M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 38 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWorld Resources Institute: $5,600,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $5,250,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWatttime Corporation: $4,175,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $3,650,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBreaktime United Inc: $3,250,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetBlue Star Families Inc: $3,250,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetThe American Ai Forum: $2,950,000 over 4y, 55% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $2,700,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $2,575,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRoom to Read: $2,125,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetKnowledge Futures Inc: $2,100,000 over 3y, 82% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJa Worldwide Inc: $2,000,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCarnegie Endowment for International Peace: $2,000,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHidden Genius Project: $2,000,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetNew America Foundation: $2,000,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTechnovation: $2,000,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetNexleaf Analytics: $1,830,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $1,735,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe Marshall Project Inc: $1,700,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetJhpiego Corporation: $1,695,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPath: $1,630,823 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,600,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCreative Commons Corporation: $1,500,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetDTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital: $1,500,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetIdentity2020 Systems Inc: $1,500,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAudere: $1,338,520 over 2y, 44% of budgetRefed Inc: $1,260,500 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetThe Tech Interactive: $1,250,100 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMeridian Institute: $1,250,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $1,250,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetGeorgetown University: $1,250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetD-Tree International Inc: $1,227,324 over 3y, 11% of budgetBeneficent Technology Inc: $1,200,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetAccess Now: $1,200,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetOpen Supply Hub Inc: $1,100,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetInstitute for Security and Technology: $1,100,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetPolaris Project: $1,050,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetAmerican Journalism Project Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThe Coleridge Initiative Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetFoundation for Learning Equality Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetOpencollective Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMeedan Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetCoding It Forward Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetReach University: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetNews Revenue Hub Inc: $950,000 over 2y, 15% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Gates FoundationWA48.9× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Rockefeller Foundation · Ffwd · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Skoll Fund · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · New Venture 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.

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How do I get to The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Patrick J McGovern 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.

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About The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc

How much does The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc give?
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc reported 165 grants totaling $66,153,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 153 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Philanthropy (8%), Environment (7%).
Who are The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: World Resources Institute ($5.6M), Conservation International Foundation ($5.3M), Watttime Corporation ($4.2M).
Does The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation.
Where is The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc based?
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 430 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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