Massachusetts · Private foundation
William J McKee Jr Charitable 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.
- $345k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $345k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $353k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $302k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $336k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $303k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $217k | 37% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $234k | 37% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $223k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard House & Clock Museum Inc | $263,000 | 6 | 12% |
| Trustees of Clark University | $233,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Worcester Animal Rescue League Inc | $225,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Boothbay Railway Village | $155,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Compassionate Care ALS Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Worcester Academy | $100,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Three Bays Preservation Inc | $46,000 | 8 | 1% |
| William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Heritage Museums and Gardens Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($809k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Fletcher Foundation · Stoddard Charitable Trust · Bradley C Higgins Foundation · Ruth H & Warren a Ellsworth Foundation · Mildred H McEvoy Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The George I Alden Trust · Wyman Gordon · Webster Five Foundation Inc · Schwartz Charitable Foundation · J Irving & Jane L England Charitable Trusta Molloy & F Russellco-Trustees
How this is measured
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About William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation
- How much does William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation give?
- William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $345,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (19%), Health (19%), Education (15%).
- Who are William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Willard House & Clock Museum Inc ($263k), Trustees of Clark University ($233k), Worcester Animal Rescue League Inc ($225k).
- Does William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William J McKee Jr Charitable 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Fletcher Foundation, Stoddard Charitable Trust, Bradley C Higgins Foundation.
- Where is William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation based?
- William J McKee Jr Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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