California · Private foundation
The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation)
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $410k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthAnimalsEducationInternationalCivil RightsHuman 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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $410k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $443k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $140k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $287k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $366k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $178k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $180k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $156k | 75% |
98% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Health$1.4MAnimals$683kEducation$150kInternational$25kCivil Rights$15kReligion$5kPhilanthropy$2kHuman Services$1kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
NY
OH
CA
KY
VA
TN
DC
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $629,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $600,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $407,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $275,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $29,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Clean the World Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $11,275 | 4 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $629,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $600,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $407,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $275,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $29,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Clean the World Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $11,275 | 4 | 0% |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University Synagogue | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 13.
About The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation)
- How much does The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) give?
- The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) reported 5 grants totaling $410,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (61%), Animals (30%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation)'s largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Canine Companions for Independence Inc ($630k), Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($600k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($407k).
- Does The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) 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.
- Where is The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) based?
- The Shirley McKernan Courage Foundation (Fka Mc Kernan & Ruby Family Foundation) is based in CA.
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