Massachusetts · Nonprofit
DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC
DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,508 to it, the largest being GivenGain Foundation USA ($154,331). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $438k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $277k
- Net assets
- $430k
What Dave McGillivray Finish Strong Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation inspires and empowers youth across new england and beyond to increase physical activity, expand literacy and build community and self- esteem though running, reading, and performing acts of kindness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During 2024, the dave mcgillivray finish strong foundation (dmfsf) made over 20 grants to different organizations that align with the mission of the dave mcgillivray finish strong foundation. Dmfsf continued their campaign to endow the dave mcgillivray athletic scholarship at merrimack college that will financially assist students whose passion is athletics and, in particular, running,
$53,730 spentof which $53,730 as grants22% of program spendingDuring 2022 dmfsf rolled out the running is a right program, which seeks to provide young people living with limb loss the access they need to recreational prosthetics. Dmfsf strategizes with shriners hospital for children to provide special events across the country., in 2024, special events were held in salt lake city, utah and boston, massachusetts. The events allow patients to be fitted with free running blades, trained in using them to run and enjoy the sports they love, and will be given the opportuninity to meet and engage with other children just like them during 2024, 28 child amputees were fitted with running blades, empowering them to move more, and unlock a future that includes sports, fitness and acts of kindness.
$54,996 spent$65,500 earned by the program23% of program spendingRun medford which promotes the three pillars of the foundation; exercise, reading and acts of kindness, over 700 runners took part in either, exercise - a kid's fun run, para/adaptive mile, celebrity mile. 5 mile run, 2 mile walk and the run for all ages. The foundation is giving back to the community (acts of kindness) that helped raise the founder/president by giving net proceeds to the pto and to parks and recreation. Runners received copies of one of dave mcgillivray's childrens books - dream big, finish storng or running across america. The organizaton also had 50 runners raising 270,000 and awareness at 5 major event. Other ongoing event is the dream big marathon and future events are the fenway park marathon and 776 - 7 marathons, 7 days in 6 states. Get ready.
$135,610 spent$372,043 earned by the program56% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $244,336.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $73k to $246k (+234%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $86k → $85k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
66% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 58% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC?
- DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $276,508 to it, the largest being GivenGain Foundation USA ($154,331). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $276,508 in grants to DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC?
- GivenGain Foundation USA is the largest funder on record, with $154,331 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAVE MCGILLIVRAY FINISH STRONG FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing