Florida · Private foundation
McDonald Family Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 23
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $710k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations McDonald Family Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $89k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $89k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $83k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $80k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Hartford Stage Company Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| House of Bread Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hartford Interval House Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| South Park Inn Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Eversight | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Immacare Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Plainville Community Food Pantry Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Hartford Stage Company Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| House of Bread Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hartford Interval House Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| South Park Inn Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Eversight | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Immacare Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Plainville Community Food Pantry Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Manchester Area Conference of Churches Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Housing & Shelter Corporation | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Noah Webster House Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hands on Hartford Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Manes and Motions Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lawyers for Children America Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Vision Health International | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Prudence Crandall Center Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hospital For Special Care | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McDonald Family Trust 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: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Aetna Foundation Inc · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · Journey Home Inc · Clsj Foundation Inc · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Sandra & Arnold Chase Family Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation
How this is measured
About McDonald Family Trust
- How much does McDonald Family Trust give?
- McDonald Family Trust reported 24 grants totaling $89,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 23 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does McDonald Family Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Human Services (24%), Religion (12%).
- Who are McDonald Family Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Franciscan Center for Urban Ministry Inc ($50k), Hartford Stage Company Inc ($25k), Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation ($25k).
- Does McDonald Family Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McDonald Family Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as McDonald Family Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Aetna Foundation Inc, J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc.
- Where is McDonald Family Trust based?
- McDonald Family Trust is based in FL.
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