William & Lisa Mcgahan Family Foundation
Dorado, PR · EIN 90-0771779. Reported 127 grants totalling $718,771 to 87 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. William & Lisa Mcgahan 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $400 and $5,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $72,207. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $145,561 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Georgia Works | Atlanta, GA | $78,173 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Camp Twin Lakes | Atlanta, GA | $76,207 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Housing Tonight Inc | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Howard School | Atlanta, GA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westminister | Atlanta, GA | $53,640 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $47,291 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| From Houses to Homes | Mt Tabor, NJ | $25,507 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering | New York, NY | $20,100 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wesley Woods Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $16,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fhth | Mt Tabor, NJ | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rain and Rose | Dorado, PR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greenhouse Scholars | Boulder, CO | $5,950 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westminster | Atlanta, GA | $5,030 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cambiando Vidas | Mttabor, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Speech Language Hearing Foundation | Buford, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Impulso Borica | San Juan, PR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewbelong | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solomon's Temple | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Alternatives for Children | New York, NY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Core Community School | Woodstock, GA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlanta Youth Academy | Atlanta, GA | $3,830 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cornell Women | Ithaca, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gateway Center | Atlanta, GA | $2,460 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way - Erica Favors | Atlanta, GA | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gshf Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pope Touchdown LLC | Matirtta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Benedicts | Newark, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yale Alumni Fund | New Haven, CT | $1,675 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Changing Lives in Guatemala | Dorado, PR | $1,522 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| His Hands Youth Sports Program | Woodstock, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jdrf | Boone, IA | $1,302 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adoptando En Pr Inc | Quebradillas, PR | $1,147 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| My Face | New York, NY | $1,040 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Good Sports for Jack Egan | Braintree, MA | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summit Volunteer First Aid | Summit, NJ | $1,025 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Broadway Cares | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cambiando Vidas | Pastores, Pastores | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edify | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Lake Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia Speech Language Hearing Association | Buford, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ga Center for Opportunitu | Peachtree Corners, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judges Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert | New York Ny, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lend a Hand | Springfield, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Light From Light | Mt Pleasant, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mayo Clinic | Minn, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Power Up Scholarship Fund | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puerto Rican Children's Shelter | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Virginia | Charlotteville, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute Psicopedagogico De Puerto Rico | San Juan, PR | $906 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Tribute Store | Phoenix, AZ | $615 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aaron Leavitt Memorial Golf Tour | Dorado, PR | $557 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camp Kesem | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jane Stern Library | Dorado, PR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Light for Light | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Races for Faces | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stermo - Levi Lassiter | Conway, AR | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Type 1 Diabetes Penn and Ann Mcclatchey Fund | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yale - Daniel Ren | New Haven, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Giving | Washington, DC | $490 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlanta Ballet | Atlanta, GA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Oakland Ca | Oakland, CA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Yale | New Haven, CT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alemeda County Food Bank | Oakland, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers Association | Atlanta, GA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Back on My Feet | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poland National Lax Team | Chattanooga, TN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saginaw University | Saginaw, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pan Mass Challenge Dana Farber Cancer Center | Needhan, MA | $210 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South American Mission | Fort Mill, SC | $204 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Duke University | Durhan, NC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Strongest Hearts Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westminister - College Fund | Atlanta, GA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nyc Marathon Run for Cancer | New York, NY | $159 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agape Center | Atlanta, GA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Stratham, NH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Miracle Network | Salt Lake, UT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mike's Angels | Dunwoody, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| NAMI Walks Charity | Atlanta, GA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Susan Koman | Dallas, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lekotek | Tucker, GA | $65 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Classic Spinal Cord Injuries | Charlestown, MA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
16 of 87 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 34%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Tribute Store
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | $150,362 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $127,972 | $906 |
| 2023 | 27 | $136,624 | $575 |
| 2024 | 24 | $135,982 | $1,015 |
| 2025 | 26 | $167,831 | $1,000 |
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. William & Lisa Mcgahan Family Foundation has 1 of them, worth $428,571. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $428,571 |
Where its money goes
63% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from William & Lisa Mcgahan Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 200 Dorado Beach Drive 3622WB, Dorado, PR, 00646. 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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