California · Private foundation
John and Linda Macdonald 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $265,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations John and Linda Macdonald Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 18 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $745k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $740k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $830k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $800k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $710k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $695k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $700,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $700,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Seeds of Peace Inc | $650,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $300,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $290,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $265,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| US Foundation for Queen's University at Kingston | $230,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Engineers Without Borders-Usainc | $225,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John and Linda Macdonald 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare John and Linda Macdonald Foundation with peer funders
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About John and Linda Macdonald Foundation
- How much does John and Linda Macdonald Foundation give?
- John and Linda Macdonald Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,125,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does John and Linda Macdonald Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (52%), International (24%), Education (10%).
- Who are John and Linda Macdonald Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($700k), The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($700k), Seeds of Peace Inc ($650k).
- Does John and Linda Macdonald Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Linda Macdonald 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 John and Linda Macdonald Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is John and Linda Macdonald Foundation based?
- John and Linda Macdonald Foundation is based in CA.
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