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Macdonald Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2026still arriving
18
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$80kHuman Services$60kAnimals$52kHealth$42kFood & Nutrition$32kHousing & Shelter$30kCrime & Legal$9kEducation$8kOther$0
02FY2026 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LYDIA'S HOUSE OF HOPE$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
PORTSMOUTH MUSIC & ARTS CENTER$5,000
GATHER FOR A HUNGER FREE COMMUNITY$5,000
SEACOAST MENTAL HEALTH$3,000
POPE MEMORIAL HUMANE SOCIETY$3,000
CASA OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$3,000
PRESCOTT ARTS FESTIVAL$2,000
CROSS ROADS HOUSE INC$2,000
FARMSTEADS OF NEW ENGLAND$2,000
WOMENADE OF GREATER SQUAMSCOTT$2,000
END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER$2,000
SEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE$2,000
HOPE ON HAVEN HILL$2,000
WAYPOINT$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–26, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%ASCENTRIA CARE ALLIANCE: $5k → 11%Womenade Of Greater Squamscott: $2k → 5%Womenade Of Greater Squamscott: $2k → 5%Womenade Of Greater Squamscott: $2k → 5%Womenade Of Greater Squamscott: $2k → 5%Womenade Of Greater Squamscott: $2k → 5%WOMENADE OF GREATER SQUAMSCOTT: $2k → 5%Womenade Of Greater Squamscott: $2k → 5%WOMENADE OF GREATER SQUAMSCOTT: $2k → 5%Gather For A Hunger Free Community: $5k → 5%Gather For A Hunger Free Community: $5k → 5%Gather For A Hunger Free Community: $5k → 5%Gather For A Hunger Free Community: $5k → 5%GATHER FOR A HUNGER FREE COMMUNITY: $5k → 5%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$366k · 29 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2026, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
9

Total granted

$366k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+26%

Still filing today

69%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • W
    WAYPOINT
    5× · 2022–2026 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • G
    Gather
    5× · 2021–2026 · $25k · revenue +75%
  • SR
    SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $23k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • AC
    ASCENTRIA CARE ALLIANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +35%
  • GA
    GONVERNOR'S ACADEMY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • QU
    QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +25%
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
Southern New Hampshire Health System Inc

Southern New Hampshire Health is dedicated to providing exceptional care that improves the health and well-being of individuals and communities we serve.

Health
2
Portsmouth Reads
Education
3
Seacoast Arts and Cultural Alliance

WSCA Radio (106.1 FM) is a volunteer-driven, listener-supported community radio station based in Portsmouth, NH. We broadcast eclectic, locally produced content reflecting the diversity and character of the Seacoast region. WSCA provides a…

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4
Harbor Homes Inc

Harbor Care's mission is to provide vital services, including housing and healthcare to all in our communities needing assistance. Our vision is one where everyone gets to live safe, stable, and healthy lives, filled with purpose, respect…

Housing & Shelter
5
Portsmouth General Hospital Foundation
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6
Wentworth-Gardner Historic House Association

The preservation of the Wentworth-Gardner historic house and warehouse which is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Wentworth-Gardner historic house is a classic example of Georgian architecture from the 1700s and is listed on the…

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7
Bank of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Seacoast Mental Health Center Inc

The mission of seacoast mental health center is to provide a broad comprehensive array of high quality, effective and accessible mental health services to residents of the eastern half of rockingham county.

Health
9
Portsmouth Historical Society

The Portsmouth Historical Society's museums and programs connect the community to our past, present and future through collections, interpretation, education and preservation.

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10
Fair Tide

Fair Tide's mission is to reduce homelessness by providing Housing and support services to individuals and families in the seacoast. Through Fair Tide's permanent housing program, homeless households benefit from intensive case management…

Housing & Shelter
11
New Hampshire Historical Society

To educate a diverse public about the significance of New Hampshire's past and its relationship to our lives today. To this end, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets material pertaining to New Hampshire history.

Arts & Culture
12
The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association

Vision: to preserve, share and continue the american story mission: to be a welcoming, thriving, historic site and community resource that engages people of all backgrounds in our inclusive american story. values: - we value caroline…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Portsmouth Music & Arts Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is End 68 Hours of Hunger. 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

23 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. 23 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSEACOAST MENTAL HEALTH: $15,000 · OtherSEACOAST MENTAL HEALTHLYDIA'S HOUSE OF HOPE: $12,000 · OtherLYDIA'S HOUSE OF HOPEPRESCOTT ARTS FESTIVAL: $10,000 · OtherPRESCOTT ARTS FESTIVALIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $8,500 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCGONVERNOR'S ACADEMY: $5,000 · OtherFAMILIES FIRST: $4,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $10,000 · OtherCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES …FRIENDS IN ACTION: $8,500 · OtherFRIENDS IN ACTION+9 more: $12,800 · Other+9 moreSEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE: $22,500 · Arts & CultureSEACOAST REPERTORY THE…Friends of The Music Hall: $15,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of The Music H…PORTSMOUTH MUSIC & ARTS CENTER INC: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePORTSMOUTH MUSIC & ART…STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM: $7,500 · Arts & CultureSTRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUMOGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION: $6,700 · Arts & CultureOGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE FOU…PRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePRESCOTT PARK ARTS FES…AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE CENTER: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN INDEPENDENCE …WAYPOINT: $25,000 · Human ServicesWAYPOINTGather: $25,000 · Human ServicesGatherWOMENADE OF GREATER SQUAMSCOTT: $16,000 · Human ServicesWOMENADE OF GREATER …ASCENTRIA CARE ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesASCENTRIA CARE ALLIA…NEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $39,000 · AnimalsNEW HAMPSHIRE SO…POPE MEMORIAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $16,000 · AnimalsPOPE MEMORIAL HU…Cross Roads House Inc: $16,000 · Housing & ShelterCross Roa…SEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE: $16,000 · Housing & ShelterSEACOAST …Farmsteads of New England Inc: $12,000 · HealthGreater Seacoast Community Health: $6,000 · HealthHOPE ON HAVEN HILL INC: $4,000 · HealthEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $13,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$115,800Arts & Culture$76,700Human Services$71,000Animals$55,000Housing & Shelter$32,000Health$22,000Food & Nutrition$13,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $39,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWAYPOINT: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGather: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE: $22,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCross Roads House Inc: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPOPE MEMORIAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $16,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE: $16,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWOMENADE OF GREATER SQUAMSCOTT: $16,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetFriends of The Music Hall: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPORTSMOUTH MUSIC & ARTS CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $13,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFarmsteads of New England Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS IN ACTION: $8,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetSTRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION: $6,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Seacoast Community Health: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASCENTRIA CARE ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN INDEPENDENCE CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOPE ON HAVEN HILL INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST NH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 NEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds WAYPOINT ↗
  • Who funds Gather ↗
  • Who funds SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Cross Roads House Inc ↗
  • Who funds POPE MEMORIAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds WOMENADE OF GREATER SQUAMSCOTT ↗
  • Who funds Friends of The Music Hall ↗
  • Who funds PORTSMOUTH MUSIC & ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds Farmsteads of New England Inc ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS IN ACTION ↗
  • Who funds STRAWBERY BANKE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Greater Seacoast Community Health ↗
  • Who funds ASCENTRIA CARE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ON HAVEN HILL INC ↗
  • Who funds QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST NH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗

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.

New Hampshire Charita…A Caring Community IncEastern Bank Foundati…Cogswell Benevolent T…The Provident Communi…Foundation for Seacoa…Madelaine G Vonweber …Eastern Cambridge Fou…Agnes M Lindsay TrustBartko Family Charita…Lighthouse Credit Uni…Bangor Savings Bank F…
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH44.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Macdonald Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Macdonald Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 38 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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