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The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
165
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 165 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $33k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $4.7M
  • $250k+123 grants · $61M
$395,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$1.5B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)$1,500,000
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$1,500,000
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE$1,500,000
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC$1,250,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$1,100,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$1,100,000
THE BOSTON FOUNDATION$1,100,000
BREAKTIME$1,000,000
PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGY (PIT) INFRASTRUCTURE FUND$1,000,000
TRUST AND SAFETY TOOLING HUB$1,000,000
BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC$1,000,000
THE AMERICAN AI FORUM$750,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$750,000
GENERATION - YOU EMPLOYED INC$750,000
OPEN CLIMATE FIX LTD$750,000
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 (FY18–24, $9.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPI TUTSKWA PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE INC: $100k → 26%RURAL UTAH PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $100k → 8%ANNIECANNONS INC: $100k → 14%KNOWLEDGE FUTURES INC: $1.0M → 8%INDIASPORA: $100k → 10%ANNIECANNONS INC: $100k → 14%KNOWLEDGE FUTURES INC: $750k → 8%KNOWLEDGE FUTURES: $350k → 8%ALLIES AGAINST SLAVERY: $200k → 10%PINE STREET INN: $500k → 16%THRIVE CHICAGO: $120k → 14%PINE STREET INN: $250k → 16%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION: $200 → 8%THORN: $350k → 14%BENETECH: $500k → 8%THORN: $345k → 14%BENETECH: $500k → 8%THORN: $150k → 17%BENEFICENT TECHNOLOGY INC: $200k → 8%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $1k → 14%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $250k → 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SAN FRANCISCO: $200k → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER LONG BEACH: $524 → 14%FIRST STAR INC: $100k → 14%ANNIECANNONS INC: $200k → 10%TARJIMLY: $250k → 8%RES-PUBLICA US INC: $250k → 17%COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC: $100k → 16%VICTIM RIGHTS LAW CENTER INC: $600 → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1.0M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1.0M → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 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

VT
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 50% of The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154M · 155 repeat orgs$75M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

155 repeat relationships: 78 still active in FY2024, 77 since wound down; 72 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

155
182

Total granted

$154M
$51M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+11%

Still filing today

76%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24M 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
EducationInternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +34%
  • CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $5.3M · revenue +64%
  • WC
    WATTTIME CORPORATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $4.2M · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M · revenue -7%
  • QF
    QUAD FELLOWSHIP LLC WHOLLY OWNED BY THE ERIC AND WENDY SCHMIDT FUND FOR ST
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
4
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
5
Orcid Inc

Orcid provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. we provide open tools that enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their…

Education
6
Global Impact Investing Network Inc

The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…

Philanthropy
7
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
8
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
9
Finreglab Inc

Finreglab is a d.c.-based research organization working at the intersection of financial innovation and public policy. our mission is to advance technology and data use to help people and small businesses manage their financial lives,…

Science & Tech
10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Peak Grantmaking Inc; the most unlike its peers is Medtronic Global Health Foundation. 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

322 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. 322 of the 430 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.

38
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
320/322
Grantees still filing
182/322
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $224,990,381 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology+28 more: $29,525,056 · Education+28 moreUNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO): $3,954,850 · Other+112 more: $108,072,257 · Other+112 moreWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $5,600,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,700,000 · InternationalCARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: $2,000,000 · InternationalPATH: $1,630,823 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,600,200 · InternationalDTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital: $1,500,000 · InternationalOPEN SUPPLY HUB INC: $1,100,000 · InternationalPOLARIS PROJECT: $1,050,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC: $950,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INCUBATOR INC: $948,579 · International+14 more: $8,799,893 · InternationalFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $21,668,610 · Community ImprovementTHE MARSHALL PROJECT INC: $1,700,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $975,000 · Community ImprovementNEW VENTURE FUND: $6,578,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,250,000 · EnvironmentCarbonPlan: $925,000 · EnvironmentTHE EARTH GENOME: $900,000 · EnvironmentSTAND: $850,000 · EnvironmentBERKELEY EARTH INC: $700,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE ARC INC: $690,000 · Environment+5 more: $2,485,000 · EnvironmentWATTTIME CORPORATION: $4,175,000 · Science & TechTHE AMERICAN AI FORUM: $2,950,000 · Science & TechTECHNOVATION: $2,000,000 · Science & TechINSTITUTE FOR SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY: $1,100,000 · Science & TechMeedan Inc: $1,000,000 · Science & TechCENTER FOR AI AND DIGITAL POLICY: $850,000 · Science & TechRAINFOREST CONNECTION: $800,000 · Science & TechOPEN EARTH FOUNDATION: $700,000 · Science & TechCenter for Humane Technology: $700,000 · Science & TechNEW PUBLIC INC: $600,000 · Science & TechBoston Foundation Inc: $3,875,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $3,300,000 · PhilanthropyMeridian Institute: $1,250,000 · PhilanthropyOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $850,000 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL FUND: $600,000 · PhilanthropyMALARIA NO MORE FUND: $600,000 · PhilanthropyCHAPEL & YORK US FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Philanthropy
Education$254,515,437Other$112,027,107International$27,879,495Community Improvement$24,343,610Environment$18,378,000Science & Tech$14,875,000Philanthropy$11,975,000

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 budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $224,990,381 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $21,668,610 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $6,578,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: $5,600,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,250,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $4,350,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWATTTIME CORPORATION: $4,175,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $3,875,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $3,650,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $3,300,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WATTTIME CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTIME UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE STAR FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN AI FORUM ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROOM TO READ ↗
  • Who funds KNOWLEDGE FUTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds JA WORLDWIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE ↗
  • Who funds HIDDEN GENIUS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TECHNOVATION ↗
  • Who funds NEXLEAF ANALYTICS ↗
  • Who funds COMMON SENSE MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds THE MARSHALL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JHPIEGO CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PATH ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital ↗
  • Who funds THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds IDENTITY2020 SYSTEMS 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.

Gates FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…The Rockefeller Found…FfwdJohn S and James L Kn…Foundation to Promote…Skoll FundThe William & Flora H…John D and Catherine …Tides FoundationThe Ford FoundationNew Venture Fund
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Community Care Cooperative Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Jhpiego Corporation: 65% of income from government
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • HomeStart Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Kids in Tech Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Digital Medicine Society Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Tech Goes Home Incorporated: 10% of income from government
  • Root Capital Inc: 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Breaktime United Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
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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.

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 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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