So, how much does your undergraduate institution matter in grad admissions?

Depends very much on the field, and the competitiveness of the graduate admissions process at the particular program being applied to.

Here is a quote from the PhD admissions FAQ at a program consistently rated #1 in the world in it’s field with an acceptance rate of around 3%:

“Coming from a lesser-known school is not much of a handicap, if other parts of the application are strong.”

“Not much of a handicap” is still a handicap when acceptance rates are in the single digits.