· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $721k
- $250k+1 grant · $265k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION | $265,000 |
| MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | $100,000 |
| SEEDS OF PEACE | $100,000 |
| US FOUNDATION - QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY | $80,000 |
| CF FOUNDATION | $80,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN | $60,600 |
| ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $50,000 |
| FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC | $50,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $50,000 |
| TEAM RUBICON | $50,000 |
| BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| STJUDE'S CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 57% of John and Linda Macdonald Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 18% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 10%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $326k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC7× · 2018–2024 · $700k · revenue +50%
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH7× · 2018–2024 · $700k · revenue +479%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC7× · 2018–2024 · $300k · revenue +89%
Funded once
- EMEisenhower Medical Centerone grant, 2024 · $265k · revenue +6%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $61k · revenue +88%
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.
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.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Chief executives for corporate purpose (cecp) is the only business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. we promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee…
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds SEEDS OF PEACE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds US Foundation for Queen's University at Kingston ↗
- Who funds ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
- Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
- Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY ↗
- Who funds EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds MARINES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Linda Macdonald Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Linda Macdonald Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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