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Mgdc Apgar 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.

$280k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 46
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$3.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Mgdc Apgar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving30$280k13%
FY202428$244k36%
FY20236$58k50%
FY20225$124k40%
FY202129$195k21%
FY202046$495k80%
FY201929$201k38%
FY201827$207k93%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$608kArts & Culture$525kEnvironment$187kInternational$140kScience & Tech$81kPublic Benefit$73kCivil Rights$66kHuman Services$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 72 grantees
All grantees of Mgdc Apgar Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Free Press$407,00073%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$210,00060%
Mission Msa$100,000116%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$70,00040%
The Clear Fund$65,00020%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$60,00040%
Resource Equity$50,00043%
Waxfactory Inc$28,29457%
Oxfam-America Inc$27,50020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$22,50040%
World Resources Institute$20,00030%
Fight for the Future Inc$20,00021%
Northwest Montana Historical Society Inc$18,12935%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$15,00020%
Direct Relief$15,00020%
Center for Democracy and Technology$15,00020%
Grace Science Foundation$12,50020%
Helen Keller International$12,50030%
American Kidney Fund Inc$12,00030%
Grist Magazine Inc$10,80050%
Knowledge Ecology International$10,00011%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$10,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10,00020%
Fight for the Future Education Fund$10,00011%
Action Against Hunger - USA$10,00020%
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Internet Archive$9,25050%
Charity Global Inc$8,00030%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$8,00020%
Healthwell Foundation$7,50020%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$6,50020%
The Carter Center Inc$6,00020%
Step Up for Students - Florida Inc$6,00020%
Free Flight$6,00061%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$5,5001n/a
Flathead Library Foundation$5,00021%
Institute for Justice$5,00020%
Our Children's Trust$5,00010%
Metropolitan Family Services$5,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$3,50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,50020%
Habitat for Humanity International of the Flathead Valley$3,00030%
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc$2,75030%
Sheltering Arms Corporation$2,50010%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$2,50020%
National Urban League Inc$2,50010%
Puget Sound Community School$2,50020%
The Institute for Sexual Medicine Inc$2,50015%
Starkey Hearing Foundation$2,50010%
Property of the People Inc$2,00014%
Nate Chute Foundation Inc$2,00011%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,50020%
Henry Street Settlement$1,50010%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$1,50040%
Petsmart Charities Inc$1,50010%
Solutions Project Inc$1,50010%
American Heart Association Inc$1,50010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,50010%
Glacier National Park Conservancy$1,00010%
Community Solutions International Inc$1,00010%
Center for Restorative Youth Justice$1,00010%
The Actors' Fund of America$1,00010%
National Free Flight Society$1,0001n/a
Samaritan House Inc$60020%
Humane Society of Nw Montana$60020%
Adopt-A-Native Elder$53610%
Discovery Developmental Center Inc$50010%
International Rescue Committee INC$50010%
Kalispell Public Schools$5001n/a
McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences Inc$25010%
West Shore Food Bank$10010%
Stumptown Art Studio$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($424k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mgdc Apgar Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFree Press: $407,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $210,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMission Msa: $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Alliance for Climate Protection: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetResource Equity: $50,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetWaxfactory Inc: $28,294 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFight for the Future Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNorthwest Montana Historical Society Inc: $18,129 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Democracy and Technology: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGrace Science Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHelen Keller International: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $10,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKnowledge Ecology International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFight for the Future Education Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAction Against Hunger - USA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternet Archive: $9,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Global Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealthwell Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStep Up for Students - Florida Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFree Flight: $6,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFlathead Library Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOur Children's Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International of the Flathead Valley: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSheltering Arms Corporation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPuget Sound Community School: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Institute for Sexual Medicine Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetStarkey Hearing Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

Whitefish Community Foundation IncMT28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner · Oro y Plata Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Angora Ridge Foundation · Roundup for Safety Inc · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Democracy Fund Inc · The Ford Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Mgdc Apgar Foundation

How much does Mgdc Apgar Foundation give?
Mgdc Apgar Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mgdc Apgar Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Arts & Culture (29%), Environment (10%).
Who are Mgdc Apgar Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Free Press ($407k), Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation ($210k), Mission Msa ($100k).
Does Mgdc Apgar Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mgdc Apgar 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 Mgdc Apgar Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whitefish Community Foundation Inc, James & Wanda Hollensteiner Fdn Lisa Mary Hollensteiner, Oro y Plata Foundation.
Where is Mgdc Apgar Foundation based?
Mgdc Apgar Foundation is based in MT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 100 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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