Colorado · Private foundation
McDonnell Family 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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations McDonnell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k 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 | 5 | $170k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $424k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $455k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $511k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $500k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $403k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $319k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $418k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Justice Mission | $1,000,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mama's House Ministries Fka Heartbeat at 22 | $310,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Million Kids | $305,000 | 5 | 31% |
| All In Empowering Futures Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 54% |
| Together for Good | $150,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Raise the Future | $123,451 | 4 | 1% |
| Limb Preservation Foundation | $101,500 | 2 | 18% |
| Childhelp Inc | $56,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Healthy Me Project | $50,000 | 2 | 26% |
| The Wellspring Church Cv | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Justice Mission | $1,000,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mama's House Ministries Fka Heartbeat at 22 | $310,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Million Kids | $305,000 | 5 | 31% |
| All In Empowering Futures Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 54% |
| Together for Good | $150,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Raise the Future | $123,451 | 4 | 1% |
| Limb Preservation Foundation | $101,500 | 2 | 18% |
| Childhelp Inc | $56,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Healthy Me Project | $50,000 | 2 | 26% |
| The Wellspring Church Cv | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Global Down Syndrome Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| River Valley Church | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Lakes Church | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americas Kids Belong | $13,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kingdom Conversations | $10,000 | 1 | 50% |
| Save Our Youth Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Potter's Wheel Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Narrow Door | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Activ8 Sports Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Morning Star Boys Ranch | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Treeline Pass Inc | $1,515 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($727k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
McDonnell Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About McDonnell Family Foundation
- How much does McDonnell Family Foundation give?
- McDonnell Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $170,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does McDonnell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (32%), Human Services (28%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are McDonnell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: International Justice Mission ($1.0M), Mama's House Ministries Fka Heartbeat at 22 ($310k), Million Kids ($305k).
- Does McDonnell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McDonnell 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 McDonnell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is McDonnell Family Foundation based?
- McDonnell Family Foundation is based in CO.
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