The McCance Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The McCance Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organisations, with no public application route described, so there is no route in for a charity that has not already been invited.
- It has no stated thematic field of giving; its 470 recorded grants are all general support to a varied mix of organisations, including environmental organisations, schools and education initiatives, hospitals and medical research charities, social-service organisations, museums, libraries, churches and local community groups, and civic and justice organisations.
- No geographic focus is stated, though recorded giving is concentrated in New York and Massachusetts, with additional support in California and the District of Columbia, and recipients spanning 28 states.
- If a request were ever possible, a modest size would fit the pattern: about 8 in 10 of its 470 grants fall between $1,000 and $100,000, the median grant is $5,000, and half of its 470 grants across its recent filings were $5,000 or less, though the largest grant recorded was about $1,000,000.
- The pattern looks strongly relationship-led rather than open to new applicants: 98% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in its two previous filings, and, as stated, it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Overview
The McCance Foundation is a US private foundation based in North Scituate, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Foundation has no stated thematic field of giving in the available filing information: all 470 recorded grants are described as general support. Its grants went to a varied group of organisations, including environmental organisations, schools and education initiatives, hospitals and medical research charities, social-service organisations, museums, libraries, churches and local community groups, as well as civic and justice organisations. Recorded giving was concentrated in New York and Massachusetts, with additional support in California and the District of Columbia, and recipients spanned 28 states. The Foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; no public application route is described.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Massachusetts, California and District of Columbia.
How to apply
The Foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. The filing gives no application steps for organisations.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 470 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 8%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 98% of grant dollars went to organisations The McCance Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 7% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 156 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Environmental Defense Fund · General Support$1,000,5002024 tax year
- Massachusetts General Hospital · General Support$502,8052024 tax year
- National Educational Equity Lab · General Support$501,9032024 tax year
- Ceres · General Support$250,0002024 tax year
- Fishers Island School · General Support$250,0002024 tax year
- LIFT · General Support$200,0002024 tax year
- Lighthouse Works · General Support$180,0002024 tax year
- Henry L Ferguson Museum · General Support$170,7002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Charles Thomas Foley II — Trustee
- Patrick Pinschmidt — Trustee
- Ellen McCance Pinschmidt — Trustee
- Elizabeth McCance — Trustee
- Henry F McCance — Trustee
- Katie Cutler — Executive Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $7,319,984 | $6,642,037 | $74,446,152 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $6,087,474 | $5,439,878 | $81,596,919 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,083,230 | $7,142,208 | $91,345,961 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- North Scituate, MA