Texas · Private foundation
C and a McDonald Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $615k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 91% of the organizations C and a McDonald Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $615k | 82% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $524k | 91% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $510k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock Christian University | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lubbock Arts Alliance Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Hope Network Ministries Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 24% |
| High Point Village Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Young Life | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All Saints Episcopal School | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Windmill Museum Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 91% |
| Ranching Heritage Association | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock Christian University | $300,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lubbock Arts Alliance Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Hope Network Ministries Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 24% |
| High Point Village Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Young Life | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Tech Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All Saints Episcopal School | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Windmill Museum Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 91% |
| Ranching Heritage Association | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Texas Girls and Boys Ranch | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Science Spectrum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($349k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
C and a McDonald Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Helen Jones Foundation Inc · Diekemper Family Foundation Inc · Ch Foundation Inc · South Plains Foundation · Terry & Kelly Crofoot Foundation · HDS Foundation · Community Foundation of West Texas · Texas Instruments Foundation · SS Foundation · Welborn-Payne Endowment Trust · Civic Lubbock Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare C and a McDonald Family Foundation with peer funders
About C and a McDonald Family Foundation
- How much does C and a McDonald Family Foundation give?
- C and a McDonald Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $614,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does C and a McDonald Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (28%), Religion (14%).
- Who are C and a McDonald Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Lubbock Christian University ($300k), Lubbock Arts Alliance Inc ($250k), Hope Network Ministries Inc ($225k).
- Does C and a McDonald Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does C and a McDonald Family 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 C and a McDonald Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen Jones Foundation Inc, Diekemper Family Foundation Inc, Ch Foundation Inc.
- Where is C and a McDonald Family Foundation based?
- C and a McDonald Family Foundation is based in TX.
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