California · Private foundation
McDonald-Wright 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.
- $23k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $269k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations McDonald-Wright Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $54k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $6k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bravo Colorado Music Festival Endowment Foundation | $14,174 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lgbtq Community Center of the D | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Lgbt Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coachella Valley Repertory | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Opera Guild of the Desert | $2,440 | 2 | 0% |
| DAP Health Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gamma Mu Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About McDonald-Wright Foundation
- How much does McDonald-Wright Foundation give?
- McDonald-Wright Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $22,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does McDonald-Wright Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (58%), Arts & Culture (15%), Education (15%).
- Who are McDonald-Wright Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bravo Colorado Music Festival Endowment Foundation ($14k), The Lgbtq Community Center of the D ($10k), Los Angeles Lgbt Center ($6k).
- Does McDonald-Wright Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McDonald-Wright 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 McDonald-Wright Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is McDonald-Wright Foundation based?
- McDonald-Wright Foundation is based in CA.
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