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Dr John T Macdonald Foundation Inc at a glance

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Dr John T Macdonald Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
56
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$750k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$5.2MEducation$2.9MHuman Services$575kHousing & Shelter$158kPhilanthropy$85kPublic Benefit$61kArts & Culture$48kFood & Nutrition$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $699k
  • $250k+1 grant · $750k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$750,000
OPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER$25,000
OPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER$25,000
CARING FOR MIAMI$20,000
FIU SCHOOL OF NURSING$20,000
UM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$20,000
BARRY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING$20,000
UM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$20,000
STU SCHOOL OF NURSING$20,000
UM SCHOOL OF NURSING$20,000
CARING FOR MIAMI$20,000
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE SCH OF NURSING$20,000
UNIVERSAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE$17,500
UNIVERSAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE$17,500
CARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $547k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $11k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $10k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANNINE ASSISTED THERAPY: $10k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $10k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $10k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $10k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $9k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $9k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%BIT-BY-BIT RIDING CENTER: $10k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%BIT-BY-BIT RIDING CENTER: $10k → 13%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $13k → 11%BIT-BY-BIT RIDING CENTER: $8k → 13%BIT-BY-BIT RIDING CENTER: $8k → 13%BIT-BY-BIT RIDING CENTER: $5k → 13%BIT-BY-BIT RIDING CENTER: $5k → 13%BIT-BY-BIT RIDING CENTER: $5k → 13%MIAMI DIAPER BANK: $6k → 15%MIAMI DIAPER BANK: $6k → 15%SOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CENTER: $15k → 15%SOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CENTER: $15k → 15%SOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CENTER: $15k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND: $13k → 15%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI: $13k → 15%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI: $13k → 15%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI: $13k → 15%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI: $13k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 50 repeat orgs$298k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
7

Total granted

$6.6M
$225k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+12%

Still filing today

62%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    University of Miami
    5× · 2020–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +66%
  • CB
    CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $158k · revenue +88%
  • WV
    WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • MM
    MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +12%
  • TC
    Treasure Cay Community Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -97%
  • MD
    MIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -19%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Miami
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2
Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center Inc

To promote the optimal health and wellbeing of children and youth with special health care needs by providing family centered, comprehensive prevention, intervention and treatment services within a medical home environment. our vision is…

Health
3
Jessie Trice Community Health System Inc

The mission of jessie trice community health system, inc. (the orgainzation) is to improve health equality for our diverse south florida community by providing and increasing access to quality comprehensive primary care services. please…

Health
4
Hearing & Speech Center of Florida Inc

The organization was incorporated in 1937 and reincorporated in 1961 to provide diagnosis and treatment for individuals of all ages with speech, language and hearing disabilities through its centers in South Florida needing speech,…

Health
5
South Miami Childrens Clinic Inc

Pediatric medical clinic for uninsured and underinsured children

Health
6
Miami Jewish Health Systems Inc

Miami jewish health systems, inc. was incorporated to provide shelter for the elderly and develop social & health programs relating to their care. in addition, research & educational programs are conducted for the elderly to enhance their…

Human Services
7
Miami Cancer Institute At Baptist Health Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of miami cancer institute at baptist health, inc. is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve.…

Health
8
Miami Cerebral Palsy Residential Services Inc

The organization's mission is to affect positively the quality of life for persons with cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities, to meet their multiple needs and those of their families, and to prevent developmental…

—
9
Baptist Hospital of Miami Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of baptist hospital of miami is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
10
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
11
The Arc of South Florida Inc

To provide advocacy for the human rights and welfare for persons with developmental disabilities where such services are unavailable or are in short supply.

—
12
Doctors Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of doctors hospital, inc is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is a…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Haitian Studies Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 63 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
23/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Miami: $3,175,000 · EducationUniversity of MiamiCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $157,500 · Education+5 more: $216,500 · Education+5 moreCARING FOR MIAMI INC: $191,500 · OtherCARING FOR MIAMI INCCORAL GABLES WOMEN'S CLUB: $162,500 · OtherCORAL GABLES WOMEN'S CLUBHEARING RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $150,000 · OtherHEARING RESEARCH INSTITUTEBARRY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING: $110,000 · OtherBARRY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NU…UM SCHOOL OF NURSING: $100,000 · OtherUM SCHOOL OF NURSINGUM SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $100,000 · OtherUM SCHOOL OF MEDICINEWHISPERING MANES THERAP RIDING CTR: $85,320 · OtherFIU SCHOOL OF NURSING: $80,000 · OtherI AM ABLE INC: $80,000 · OtherEPILEPSY FLORIDA INC: $72,500 · OtherUCP CHARTER SCHOOL: $65,000 · OtherVET INFO INC: $63,500 · Other+22 more: $544,375 · Other+22 moreWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $79,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesBit-By-Bit Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI INC: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $17,500 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER INC: $300,000 · Health305 Pink Pack Inc: $80,000 · HealthTHELMA GIBSON HEALTH INITIATIVE INC: $37,500 · HealthADOM HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthPEDIATRIC ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT CARE HOUSING & EVALU SERVICES INC: $24,250 · HealthGILDA'S CLUB OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $23,630 · Health+2 more: $31,500 · HealthA CHANCE FOR THERAPY Inc: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTreasure Cay Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · Housing & ShelterCASA VALENTINA INC: $37,500 · Housing & ShelterCASA FAMILIA INC: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterUNIVERSAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE I: $87,500 · Religion
Education$3,549,000Other$1,804,695Human Services$546,500Health$526,880Philanthropy$235,000Housing & Shelter$190,000Religion$87,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Miami: $3,175,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER INC: $300,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC: $157,500 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetA CHANCE FOR THERAPY Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $150,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetMIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHEARING RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $150,000 over 6y, 68% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE I: $87,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budget305 Pink Pack Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetCANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC: $79,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FLORIDA INC: $72,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC: $64,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetVET INFO INC: $63,500 over 4y, 26% of budgetTreasure Cay Community Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CENTER INC: $50,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetBit-By-Bit Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetMIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM: $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCASA VALENTINA INC: $37,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHELMA GIBSON HEALTH INITIATIVE INC: $37,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGOOD HOPE EQUESTRIAN & REGENERATIVE FARM INC: $37,500 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADOM HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetCENTER FOR HAITIAN STUDIES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPEDIATRIC ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT CARE HOUSING & EVALU SERVICES INC: $24,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $23,630 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE VICTORY CENTER INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMIAMI DADE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI DIAPER BANK INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWELLSPRING COUNSELING INC: $16,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetICU Baby Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetZETA BLUE NETWORK INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetTHE LUCY PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGOLD COAST RAILROAD MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds University of Miami ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds A CHANCE FOR THERAPY Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARING RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSAL HERITAGE INSTITUTE I ↗
  • Who funds 305 Pink Pack Inc ↗
  • Who funds CANINE ASSISTED THERAPY INC ↗
  • Who funds EPILEPSY FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds CARE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds VET INFO INC ↗
  • Who funds Treasure Cay Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA AUTISM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Bit-By-Bit Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC FKA MIAMI YOUTH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA VALENTINA INC ↗
  • Who funds THELMA GIBSON HEALTH INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD HOPE EQUESTRIAN & REGENERATIVE FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds ADOM HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

The Miami Foundation …Mightycause Charitabl…Dunspaugh Dalton Foun…The Batchelor Foundat…Peacock Foundation IncAllegany Franciscan M…Ocean Reef Community …The Kirk FoundationBaptist Health South …Td Charitable Foundat…Greater Miami Jewish …United Way Miami Inc
The Miami Foundation IncFL39.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Peacock Foundation Inc · Allegany Franciscan Ministries Inc · Ocean Reef Community Foundation Inc · The Kirk Foundation · Baptist Health South Florida Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Greater Miami Jewish Federation Inc · United Way Miami Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dr John T Macdonald Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dr John T Macdonald Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 160%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Care Elementary School Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Florida Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Icu Baby Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
16get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Dr John T Macdonald Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 63 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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