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The William and Lorraine McCune Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The William and Lorraine McCune Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Human Services$68kAnimals$61kHousing & Shelter$41kCrime & Legal$20kPhilanthropy$10kEducation$7kEnvironment$6kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WISEPLACE$10,000
OLIVE CREST$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WISEPLACE: $10k → 10%WISEPLACE: $1k → 10%WELLS OF LIFE INC: $3k → 10%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$173k · 6 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +126% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$173k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+126%
+28%

Still filing today

83%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
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

  • OC
    OLIVE CREST
    6× · 2017–2023 · $65k · revenue +158%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
    4× · 2017–2022 · $31k · revenue +51%
  • HW
    Humane World for Animals Inc
    4× · 2017–2023 · $30k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • W
    WAYMAKERSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +26%
  • O
    OCLAF
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • BC
    BOLSA CHICA LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -15%
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
Friends of the Osa

To promote land stewardship, to enhance the scientific understanding of tropical ecosystems and apply learning to conservation, to provide education and training for future generations and to enhance the quality of life for local…

Environment
2
Orca Conservancy

Orca conservancy is working on behalf of orcinus orca, the killer whale, and protecting the wild places on which it depends.

Animals
3
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
4
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
5
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
6
Cuenca Los Ojos

Cuenca los ojos works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the us/mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.

Environment
7
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
8
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
9
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
10
Santa Lucia Conservancy

To protect and steward in perpetuity the unique natural, cultural, and asthetic resources of the preserve and serve as a model of ecologically sustainable development to committees outside the preserve.

Environment
11
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
12
National Marine Mammal Foundation Inc

The nmmf's mission is to improve and protect life for marine mammals, humans, and our shared oceans through science, service, and education. our vision is to be the leading laboratory in marine mammal science, where critical questions…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

13 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. 13 of the 16 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLIVE CREST: $65,000 · HealthOLIVE CRESTFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $31,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA…Humane World for Animals Inc: $30,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsCSP HUNTINGTON BEACH YOUTH SHELTER: $30,000 · OtherCSP HUNTINGTON BEACH YO…OCLAF: $10,000 · OtherOCLAFLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $3,500 · OtherLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONI…+3 more: $2,600 · Other+3 moreWAYMAKERS: $20,000 · Crime & LegalWAYMAKERSWISEPLACE: $11,000 · Human ServicesWELLS OF LIFE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FDN: $1,000 · EducationBOLSA CHICA LAND TRUST: $5,000 · Environment
Health$65,000Animals$62,000Other$46,100Crime & Legal$20,000Human Services$13,500Education$7,000Environment$5,000

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 budgetOLIVE CREST: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $31,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYMAKERS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWISEPLACE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOLSA CHICA LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLS OF LIFE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWetlands and Wildlife Care Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE FDN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Orange County Communi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 William and Lorraine McCune Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William and Lorraine McCune Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.

    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 16 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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