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Macdonald-Peterson 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k31 grants · $508k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | $35,000 |
| STANISLAUS FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER | $30,000 |
| INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE FOR BEING HOMELESS | $30,000 |
| SOUTH CHICO COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER | $27,500 |
| DRUSILLA HUFFMASTER ANDERSON PRIZE IN MUSIC | $25,000 |
| REDWOOD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | $25,000 |
| ST MARTIN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $20,000 |
| BILLY DEFRANK LESBIAN & GAY COMMUNITY CENTER | $20,000 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO | $20,000 |
| BAKERRIPELEY | $20,000 |
| ENLOE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $15,000 |
| REACHING OUR COMMUNITY | $15,000 |
| STANFORD FUND GHGVG | $15,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 8 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, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TNThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations3× · 2022–2024 · $115k · revenue +63%
- EHENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +67%
- TCTexas Children's Hospital5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- HCHOUR CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMone grant, 2022 · $20k
- HAHouston Area Women's Centergraduatedone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +44%
- LBLA BREA TAR PITSone grant, 2021 · $10k
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.
United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.
We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…
To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.
Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.
To provide food to all in need through community partnerships and hunger relief programs. Our vision is a hunger-free Larimer County.
As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Second harvest heartland's mission is to end hunger together. in partnership with more than 1,000 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in minnesota and western wisconsin, we provided 145 million meals to neighbors last year.
To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.
To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…
The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.
To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.
How this is measured
40 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. 40 of the 68 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 The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
- Who funds ENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Texas Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
- Who funds SOUTH CHICO COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds JOE'S PLACE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds Theatre Under the Stars Inc ↗
- Who funds BakerRipley ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds American Whitewater ↗
- Who funds WEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE ↗
- Who funds BILLY DEFRANK LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Reaching Our Community ROC Food Pantry ↗
- Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds THE REASON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JO CO SPAY AND NEUTER FUND ↗
- Who funds Barnstormers Theatre ↗
- Who funds Bread for the World Institute ↗
- Who funds Murphy Outback Youth Ministries ↗
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: The Carpenter Foundation · Four Way Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Macdonald-Peterson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Macdonald-Peterson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance: 100% of income from government
- College Dreams Inc: 23% of income from government
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- Barnstormers Theatre: 8% of income from government
- American Whitewater: 5% of income from government
- Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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