Maccarthy Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The filing says the foundation gives only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the route in; approach it only through an existing connection or introduction.
- Its recorded grants are mainly in Missouri and New York, with many around St Louis, but no geographic focus is stated, so that record describes past giving rather than a rule on who may apply.
- Half of its 29 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less, and the median was $15,000, so a request near that amount fits its record, though about 8 in 10 grants fall between $5,000 and $3,000,000 and its largest was about $5,200,000.
- Its work covers healthcare, parks, the arts, education, youth and children's services, heritage and religious institutions, and the filing describes the purposes as annual fund support, so a request framed that way matches what it has funded.
- Repeat recipients received 63% of its grant dollars in its latest filing, so a new applicant should expect to be an outsider to a largely established pattern of giving.
Overview
Maccarthy Foundation is a US private foundation based in ST Louis, MO.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) 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 recorded grants are concentrated in Missouri, principally around St Louis, and have gone to organisations including a hospital, a park conservancy, symphony and opera organisations, schools, a technical college, youth organisations, a child centre, a children's museum, a cemetery-support group, a church body and a national scouting organisation. All listed purposes are described as annual fund support. The record spans healthcare, parks, the arts, education, youth and children's services, heritage and religious institutions. These are the kinds of organisations that have received support; the filings do not name a narrower funding theme or further eligibility criteria.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Missouri and New York.
How to apply
Only preselected charitable organisations receive contributions; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 63% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 29 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 29% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 63% of grant dollars went to organisations Maccarthy Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 9 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $15,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Saint Luke's Hospital · Annual fund - support$5,010,0002025 tax year
- Forest Park Forever · Annual fund - support$3,000,0002025 tax year
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra · Annual fund - support$100,0002025 tax year
- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis · Annual fund - support$20,0002025 tax year
- City Academy · Annual fund - support$15,0002025 tax year
- Ranken Technical College · Annual fund - support$15,0002025 tax year
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Saint Louis · Annual fund - support$10,0002025 tax year
- Marygrove Child Center · Annual fund - support$5,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Alison Hogan — Trustee
- Carolyn Kindle — Trustee
- Jo Ann T Kindle — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $2,617,176 | $2,256,000 | $129,812,826 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,634,545 | $8,255,000 | $138,396,568 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $8,628,236 | $8,180,000 | $148,641,017 | Filing for 2025 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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- ST Louis, MO