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William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation at a glance

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William J & Maryann P McGrath 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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

88% of William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The American Ireland Fund (Dba The Ireland Funds America / The Ireland Funds), not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

12
’21
7
’22
8
’23
10
’24
4
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

International$91kHuman Services$33kEducation$12kPhilanthropy$11kArts & Culture$6kEnvironment$5kHealth$4kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$50
Median grant
5
States reached
$49k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE IRELAND FUNDS$15,000
TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY$1,000
FRANKIE V POLLETTA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$500
SAINTS JFX SCHOOL$100
ST RAPHAEL SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND$100
EVANSTON-NORTH SHORE ALUMNAE CHAPTER$50
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$50
CJE SENIORLIFE$50
MARYVILLE FOUNDATION$50
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$50
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$50
02The need
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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 (FY23–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TIMOTHY'S MINISTRY: $1k → 7%MISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $400 → 14%MARYVILLE ACADEMY: $100 → 14%CJE SENIORLIFE: $50 → 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

WA
IL
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
VA
MD
SC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51k · 9 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
30

Total granted

$51k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+11%

Still filing today

56%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • MP
    Maris Place
    3× · 2021–2023 · $5k · revenue +42%
  • CN
    CONSERVATION NW
    2× · 2022–2023 · $4k · revenue +31%
  • FV
    FRANKIE V POLLETTA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • UL
    UNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -16%
  • HL
    HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • GC
    GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -9%
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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
9
Concordia University Chicago

Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…

Education
10
University of Chicago

The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evanston Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Henry and Laura Huth Charitable Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 50 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $90,583 · OtherTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS)CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $31,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC+30 more: $19,150 · Other+30 moreEvanston Community Foundation: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $50 · PhilanthropyMaris Place: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentCONSERVATION NW: $4,100 · EnvironmentLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $1,150 · EducationCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $1,000 · EducationJohn Carroll University: $1,000 · Education+2 more: $200 · EducationFRANKIE V POLLETTA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $500 · Health+2 more: $100 · HealthTIMOTHY'S MINISTRY: $1,000 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $400 · Human ServicesMaryville Academy: $100 · Human Services+1 more: $50 · Human Services
Other$140,733Philanthropy$10,050Youth Development$8,000Environment$4,100Education$3,350Health$3,100Human Services$1,550

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 budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $90,583 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEvanston Community Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaris Place: $5,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCONSERVATION NW: $4,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNION LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKIE V POLLETTA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNORTHWEST HARVEST EMM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwood Elementary School PTA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNorthwestern University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE FORTNIGHTLY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUMINARTS CULTURAL FOUNDATION THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB OF CHICAGO: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISERICORDIA FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaryville Academy: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACORN SCHOOL OF CHARLESTON: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenry and Laura Huth Charitable Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50 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.

The Chicago Community…John D and Catherine …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL14.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William J & Maryann P McGrath Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 50 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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