Mckay Family Foundation
Eugene, OR · EIN 93-0935036. Reported 111 grants totalling $1,275,100 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mckay Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $40,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Relief Nursery | Eugene, OR | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Every Child Lane County | Eugene, OR | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Square One Villages | Eugene, OR | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pearl Buck Center | Eugene, OR | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eugene Mission Inc | Eugene, OR | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Eugene, OR | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hosea Youth Services | Eugene, OR | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| CASA of Lane County | Springfield, OR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Community Counseling | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Garten Services Inc | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Hope Network | Eugene, OR | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christians As Family Advocates | Eugene, OR | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Volunteers in Medicine | Springfield, OR | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwest Youth Corps | Eugene, OR | $25,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Looking Glass | Eugene, OR | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bags of Love | Eugene, OR | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Child Center | Eugene, OR | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Circle of Friends School | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Parenting Now | Eugene, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Community Services | Springfield, OR | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Family for Every Child | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chifin Native Youth Center | Springfield, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Children-Lane County | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Arc of Lane County | Springfield, OR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Relief Nursery | Cottage Grove, OR | $14,900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oslc Developments Inc | Eugene, OR | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Daisy Chain | Eugene, OR | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Burrito Brigade | Eugene, OR | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Smart Reading | Portland, OR | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Positive Community Kitchen | Eugene, OR | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sponsors Inc | Eugene, OR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Assistance League | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assistance League of Eugene | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Assistance Leauge of Eugene | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Culture Initiative | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridgeway House | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Supported Shelters | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Connected Lane County | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Child Advocacy Center | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope & Safety Alliance | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kids First | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lane County Diaper Bank | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nightingale Hosted Shelters | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ophelia's Place | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Community Birth Center | Springfield, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Serenity Lane | Coburg, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Willamette Family Inc | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wheel to Walk Foundation | Portland, OR | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children | Eugene, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dove Medical | Eugene, OR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| #instaballet | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Als Northwest | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Emerald Valley | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eugene Young Life | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marist Catholic High School | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wellmama Inc | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creswell Clubhouse | Eugene, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wordcrafters of Eugene | Eugene, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls on the Run Greater Oregon | Portland, OR | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
31 of 62 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 82 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $200,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $363,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $361,400 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $349,700 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Mckay Family Foundation has 25 of them, worth $324,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Relief Nursery | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
| Relief Nursery | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
| Relief Nursery | Eugene, OR | $25,000 |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | $20,000 |
| Square One Villages | Eugene, OR | $20,000 |
| Every Child Lane County | Eugene, OR | $15,000 |
| Looking Glass | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Parenting Now | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Center for Community Counseling | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Community Supported Shelters | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Hope & Safety Alliance | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Hosea Youth Services | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Serenity Lane | Coburg, OR | $10,000 |
| Willamette Family Inc | Eugene, OR | $10,000 |
| Oslc Developments Inc | Eugene, OR | $8,000 |
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oregon.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mckay Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 76 Centennial Loop Ste D, Eugene, OR, 97401. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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