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William & Lisa McGahan Family Foundation at a glance

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William & Lisa McGahan Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$168k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$339kHousing & Shelter$288kRecreation & Sports$115kInternational$113kReligion$64kHealth$49kHuman Services$36kPhilanthropy$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $66k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $72k
$1,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$72,207
UNITED WAY OF ATLANTA$20,000
CAMP TWIN LAKES$15,850
WESTMINISTER$15,300
GEORGIA WORKS$15,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
FROM HOUSES TO HOMES$6,858
NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN$2,500
POPE TOUCHDOWN LLC$2,000
ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMY$1,800
HIS HANDS YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM$1,500
GEORGIA SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION$1,000
LEND A HAND$1,000
MAYO CLINIC$1,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Camp Kesem: $270 → 14%Georgia Works: $5k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $52k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $15k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $10k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $2k → 13%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

NH
MN
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$955k · 23 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
55

Total granted

$955k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+15%

Still filing today

65%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • Cornell University
    6× · 2020–2025 · $237k · revenue +46%
  • GW
    Georgia Works Inc
    5× · 2020–2025 · $83k · revenue +85%
  • COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $72k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • MS
    MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • F
    FHTH
    one grant, 2021 · $11k
  • GS
    GEORGIA SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $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
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
2
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
3
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
4
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
5
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
6
Qlarant Inc

Qlarant inc's, mission is to improve health in the communities we serve.

Health
7
Keralink International Inc

Keralink international works to end avoidable blindness by developing, delivering, and scaling affordable solutions for all, powered by innovative technology and partnerships.

Health
8
Search for Change Inc

Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. this is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to…

Human Services
9
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
10
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
11
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
12
Kidspeace National Centers of Georgia

Kidspeace, founded in 1882, is a healthcare nonprofit that is dedicated to providing hope, help, and healing to children, adults, and those who love them.continued on schedule o.with 40 offices and facilities across seven states, this…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Miracle Network; the most unlike its peers is The Agape Center 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

40 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. 40 of the 95 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
23/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOUSING TONIGHT INC: $200,000 · OtherHOUSING TONIGHT INCWESTMINISTER: $53,640 · OtherWESTMINISTERFROM HOUSES TO HOMES - GUATEMALA INC: $37,307 · OtherFROM HOUSES TO HOMES - GUATEMALA INCWestminster: $20,180 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $20,100 · Other+67 more: $107,791 · Other+67 moreCornell University: $237,034 · EducationCornell UniversityThe Howard School Inc: $85,000 · EducationThe Howard School Inc+3 more: $7,650 · EducationCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $109,627 · Recreation & SportsCAMP TWIN L…+2 more: $288 · Recreation & SportsGeorgia Works Inc: $83,173 · Human Services+3 more: $1,667 · Human ServicesCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $72,291 · International+3 more: $2,490 · InternationalFOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC: $16,250 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $3,302 · HealthSummit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc: $2,025 · HealthINSTITUTO PSICOPEDAGOGICO DE PUERTO RICO: $906 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$439,018Education$329,684Recreation & Sports$109,915Human Services$84,840International$74,781Health$22,583Philanthropy$21,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $237,034 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING TONIGHT INC: $200,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $109,627 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Howard School Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGeorgia Works Inc: $83,173 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $72,291 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFROM HOUSES TO HOMES - GUATEMALA INC: $37,307 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC: $16,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREENHOUSE SCHOLARS: $6,450 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEWBELONG INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLOMON'S TEMPLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $3,302 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEY WOODS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE GATEWAY CENTER INC: $2,460 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC: $2,040 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc: $2,025 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJudges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION INC: $1,314 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetADOPTANDO EN PR INC: $1,147 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdify: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER UP SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT FROM LIGHT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTO PSICOPEDAGOGICO DE PUERTO RICO: $906 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $490 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA BALLET INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM LACROSSE AND LEADERSHIP CORPORATION: $263 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACK ON MY FEET: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AGAPE CENTER INC: $150 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Braves Foundation: $25 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.

  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING TONIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TWIN LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Howard School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Works Inc ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds FROM HOUSES TO HOMES - GUATEMALA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENHOUSE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds JEWBELONG INC ↗
  • Who funds SOLOMON'S TEMPLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY WOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GATEWAY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC ↗
  • Who funds Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad Inc ↗
  • Who funds Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADOPTANDO EN PR 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.

The Imlay Foundation …The Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…The Vasser Woolley Fo…United Way of Greater…William Josef Foundat…Fraser-Parker Foundat…Tuw Thomas H PittsTull Charitable Found…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainTHDF II Inc DBA The H…
The Imlay Foundation IncGA19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Imlay Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Vasser Woolley Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · William Josef Foundation Inc · Fraser-Parker Foundation · Tuw Thomas H Pitts · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer 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 William & Lisa McGahan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William & Lisa McGahan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 William & Lisa McGahan Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to William & Lisa McGahan Family Foundation 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 95 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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