Texas · Private foundation
MCS Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5.4M
- Granted FY2023
- 44
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $4.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $71,127
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 73% of the organizations MCS Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.7M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 44 | $4.8M | 73% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $989k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $968k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $780k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $524k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $777k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Arizona Animal Welfare League | $830,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Have a Great Spay | $669,000 | 6 | 100% |
| Beaver County Christian School Association | $630,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Halo Helping Animals Live on Inc | $505,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Packages From Home | $460,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Texas A&M Foundation | $450,000 | 5 | 0% |
| 100 Club of Arizona | $425,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Hope Academy | $350,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $275,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
MCS Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Petco Love · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Louis J & Millie Matcek Kocurek Charitable · Cb and Anita Branch Trust James L Drought Trustee · Mc Companies - Sharing the Good Life Foundation · John F Long Foundation Inc · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About MCS Charitable Foundation
- How much does MCS Charitable Foundation give?
- MCS Charitable Foundation reported 44 itemized grants totaling $4,847,050, out of $5,401,050 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does MCS Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Animals (18%), Human Services (9%), Education (8%).
- Who are MCS Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Arizona Animal Welfare League ($830k), Have a Great Spay ($669k), Beaver County Christian School Association ($630k).
- Does MCS Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does MCS Charitable 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 MCS Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, American Express Foundation, Petsmart Charities Inc.
- Where is MCS Charitable Foundation based?
- MCS Charitable Foundation is based in TX.
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