Minnesota · Public charity
Macalester College
Macalester is committed to being a preeminent liberal arts college with an educational program known for its high standards for scholarship and its special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society.
- $78M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $129k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,203
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Macalester College funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $129k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $277k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $563k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $119k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $104k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $134k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $168k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester-Groveland Community Council | $311,275 | 9 | 34% |
| University of Wisconsin | $206,811 | 5 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $152,652 | 3 | n/a |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $149,992 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington University | $149,499 | 2 | 0% |
| Honor the Earth | $114,810 | 1 | 2% |
| Union College | $93,757 | 2 | 0% |
| District Council 13 Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Augsburg University | $60,265 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $48,711 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester-Groveland Community Council | $311,275 | 9 | 34% |
| University of Wisconsin | $206,811 | 5 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $152,652 | 3 | n/a |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $149,992 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington University | $149,499 | 2 | 0% |
| Honor the Earth | $114,810 | 1 | 2% |
| Union College | $93,757 | 2 | 0% |
| District Council 13 Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 12% |
| Augsburg University | $60,265 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $48,711 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethel University | $37,657 | 1 | 0% |
| The College of Wooster | $32,252 | 1 | 0% |
| Oberlin College | $27,521 | 1 | 0% |
| Adelphi University | $19,165 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $17,201 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Washington University | $16,535 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithsonian Institution | $14,032 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $12,662 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Trustees of Whitman College | $11,080 | 1 | 0% |
| Modern Language Association of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Macalester College supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Macalester College
- How much does Macalester College give?
- Macalester College reported 4 itemized grants totaling $128,653, out of $77,702,345 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Macalester College fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (49%), Community Improvement (23%), Education (21%).
- Who are Macalester College's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Macalester-Groveland Community Council ($311k), University of Wisconsin ($207k), Southern Illinois University- Carbondale ($153k).
- Does Macalester College fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Macalester College?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Macalester College based?
- Macalester College is based in MN.
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