California · Private foundation
Macdonald Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2020
- 31
- Grants FY2020
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
75% of Macdonald Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Santa Barbara Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 45 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Macdonald Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 25 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $28,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $1,500,000
- States reached, FY2020
- 8
- Total assets, FY2020
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Education Council Inc | $1,500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse | $114,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Harbor Day School | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Laguna Blanca School | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women for Women International | $87,000 | 2 | 0% |
| River City Inclusive Gymnastics Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Services of Richmond Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($288k), 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.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Kim and Andrew D Busch Family Foundation · Www Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Macdonald Family Foundation
- How much does Macdonald Family Foundation give?
- Macdonald Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $2,350,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
- What does Macdonald Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (56%), Education (23%), Animals (5%).
- Who are Macdonald Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Wine Education Council Inc ($1.5M), Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse ($114k), Harbor Day School ($100k).
- 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 Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Ann Jackson Family Foundation.
- Where is Macdonald Family Foundation based?
- Macdonald Family Foundation is based in CA.
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