Iowa · Private foundation
Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $879k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 60
- Grants FY2024
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 44 to 59
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 59 | $850k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $495k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 52 | $429k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $317k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $547k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Catholic Schools | $470,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Miracle League of Dubuque | $125,235 | 3 | 15% |
| Dubuque County Historical Society | $125,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Dubuque | $94,416 | 4 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Family Services Inc | $92,440 | 5 | 0% |
| Dubuque Museum of Art | $80,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Friends of St Mary's | $69,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa | $67,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Iowa College Foundation | $45,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Loras College | $41,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 67 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Heartland Charitable Trust · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Sirk Family Foundation · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · Flynn Family Foundation · The Butler Family Foundation · The Klauer Foundation Trust Xxxxx5009 · Gantz Foundation Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation
- How much does Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation give?
- Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation reported 60 grants totaling $878,618 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 59 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Public Benefit (12%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Holy Family Catholic Schools ($471k), Miracle League of Dubuque ($125k), Dubuque County Historical Society ($125k).
- Does Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dubuque Racing Association Ltd, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn.
- Where is Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation based?
- Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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