Illinois · Private foundation
McDougal Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2023
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $2.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2023
- $39M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations McDougal Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 19 | $2.9M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $1.3M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $2.6M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $4.2M | 93% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $1.7M | 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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $570,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | $175,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Newroot Learning Institute F/K/A Umoja Student Development Corp | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Comer Youth Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $134,808 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Renewal Society | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forefront | $77,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The 5 Gyres Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $50,017 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $570,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brighton Park Neighborhood Council | $175,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Newroot Learning Institute F/K/A Umoja Student Development Corp | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gary Comer Youth Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Alliance for the Great Lakes | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation | $134,808 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Renewal Society | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forefront | $77,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The 5 Gyres Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 9% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $50,017 | 1 | n/a |
| The Krenov Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About McDougal Family Foundation
- How much does McDougal Family Foundation give?
- McDougal Family Foundation reported 19 itemized grants totaling $2,944,000, out of $3,669,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does McDougal Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (16%), Environment (8%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are McDougal Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: University of Chicago ($570k), Brighton Park Neighborhood Council ($175k), Newroot Learning Institute F/K/A Umoja Student Development Corp ($175k).
- Does McDougal Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McDougal Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as McDougal Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is McDougal Family Foundation based?
- McDougal Family Foundation is based in IL.
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