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McDonald Agape 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $439k
- $50k–250k32 grants · $3.7M
- $250k+7 grants · $2.8M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE LAMBETH TRUST | $585,282 |
| INTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION | $583,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY - DIVINITY SCHOOL | $400,000 |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - VAGELOS MEDICAL COLLEGE | $400,000 |
| EMORY UNIVERSITY - CHANDLER DIVINITY SCHOOL | $300,000 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | $298,000 |
| ST MELLITUS COLLEGE TRUST | $255,113 |
| EMORY UNIVERSITY - LAW SCHOOL | $200,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY - DIVINITY SCHOOL | $200,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG | $200,000 |
| SAGAMORE INSTITUTE | $175,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN | $169,611 |
| KINGS COLLEGE LONDON | $151,472 |
| YALE UNIVERSITY - DIVINTY SCHOOL | $150,000 |
| WISCONSIN CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN STUDIES | $145,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 76% of grant dollars ($19M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 24% that went abroad ($5.8M) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its 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
Beyond the US: 24% of all-years giving ($5.8M)
4 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
39 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 7 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, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $571k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IDINTERNATIONAL DOMINICAN FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +585%
- EUEmory University7× · 2017–2023 · $1.5M · revenue +80%
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY6× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +47%
Funded once
- YUYALE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $575k
- EUEMORY UNIVERSITY - CHANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGYone grant, 2023 · $300k
- HLHARVARD LAW SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $160k
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.
The mission of the university of cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. organizationally, we achieve this through two divisions…
The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…
Provide education in theology, divinity, religious education, ministerial training, business and organizational leadership.
Jerusalem University College creates opportunities for students to deepen their knowledge of God and His Word through immersive study of the ancient and modern contexts of Israel and the surrounding regions, equipping them for academia,…
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
Claremont Graduate University prepares individuals to be leaders for positive change in the world. Unique in its transdisciplinary approach, the University is dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and application of new knowledge and…
The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."
Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 73 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.
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- Who funds Rose Castle Foundation (USA) Ltd ↗
- Who funds TRINITY FORUM INC ↗
- Who funds HIPPOCRATIC SOCIETY ↗
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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: John Templeton Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · International Generosity Foundation Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Servant Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McDonald Agape Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McDonald Agape Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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