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Diane J and Robert 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.

$886k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$14M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationReligionPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$886k4%
FY202427$1.6M19%
FY202328$459k43%
FY202228$645k43%
FY202121$191k24%
FY202017$220k12%
FY201921$195k38%
FY201820$80kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$1.5MReligion$637kHuman Services$132kPublic Benefit$80kPhilanthropy$67kCommunity Improvement$65kRecreation & Sports$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CT
UT
KY
VA
AZ
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra$1,332,50081%
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy$331,00040%
Horizon Community Church$315,0008n/a
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc$214,00060%
Crossline Community Church Inc$120,00063%
Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc$90,00040%
The Prayer Covenant Inc$71,00079%
Partnership for Public Service Inc$70,00080%
Caring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation$60,00030%
Main Street Ventures$55,00052%
Disabled Veterans Life Memorial Foundation Inc$52,0003n/a
White House Historical Association$50,00020%
Cincinnati Museum Center$50,00040%
Army West Point Athletic Association inc$44,5008n/a
Duke University$30,00080%
Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope$20,00010%
Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard$17,25040%
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park$16,00030%
University of Utah$15,0003n/a
Cincinnati Parks Foundation$15,00020%
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc$12,50020%
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$10,50060%
Bunker Labs Nfp Inc$10,0001n/a
The Barack Obama Foundation$10,00010%
Prescribe It Forward Inc$6,0002n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$4,00040%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$3,00020%
Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference$2,0002n/a
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc$2,00010%
Heavenly Hoofs Inc$2,00020%
University of Arizona Foundation$1,00010%
Beechwood Home$1,00010%
Aruna Project$1,00010%
Stepping Stones Inc$1,00010%
Friends of Fisher House Orlando Inc$1,00011%
The Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCincinnati Symphony Orchestra: $1,332,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetAssociation of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy: $331,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHoratio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc: $214,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCrossline Community Church Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetDr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Prayer Covenant Inc: $71,000 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetPartnership for Public Service Inc: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCaring for Military Families the Elizabeth Dole Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMain Street Ventures: $55,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetWhite House Historical Association: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Museum Center: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDuke University: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard: $17,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeavenly Hoofs Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeechwood Home: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAruna Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStepping Stones Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Fisher House Orlando Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Hcs FoundationOH22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hcs Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation

How much does Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation give?
Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $886,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Education (35%), Religion (15%).
Who are Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ($1.3M), Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy ($331k), Horizon Community Church ($315k).
Does Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Diane J and Robert 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 Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hcs Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation based?
Diane J and Robert a McDonald Family Foundation is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 65 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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