New Jersey · Private foundation
Macdonald Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $48k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2026
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 24% of the organizations Macdonald Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 18 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 17 | $59k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $53k | 12% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $53k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $50k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $45k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $39k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $39k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $39,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Waypoint | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gather | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Seacoast Repertory Theatre | $22,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Cross Roads House Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pope Memorial Humane Society | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Seacoast Family Promise | $16,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Womenade of Greater Squamscott | $16,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Friends of The Music Hall | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Portsmouth Music & Arts Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $39,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Waypoint | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gather | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Seacoast Repertory Theatre | $22,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Cross Roads House Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pope Memorial Humane Society | $16,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Seacoast Family Promise | $16,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Womenade of Greater Squamscott | $16,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Friends of The Music Hall | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Portsmouth Music & Arts Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| End 68 Hours of Hunger | $13,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Farmsteads of New England Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends in Action | $8,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Strawbery Banke Museum | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation | $6,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Seacoast Community Health | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascentria Care Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prescott Park Arts Festival Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Independence Center | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hope on Haven Hill Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Quinnipiac University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeast Nh Habitat for Humanity | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Macdonald Family 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: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · A Caring Community Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · The Provident Community Charitable Organization Inc · Foundation for Seacoast Health · Madelaine G Vonweber Trust Todd Fahey & William Tucker Co-Trustees · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Bartko Family Charitable Foundation · Lighthouse Credit Union Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation
How this is measured
About Macdonald Family Foundation
- How much does Macdonald Family Foundation give?
- Macdonald Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $48,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Macdonald Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Human Services (18%), Animals (15%).
- Who are Macdonald Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2026: New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($39k), Waypoint ($25k), Gather ($25k).
- Does Macdonald Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Macdonald 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 Macdonald Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, A Caring Community Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Macdonald Family Foundation based?
- Macdonald Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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