Texas · Private foundation
MJD Starfish 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.
- $500k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 70% of the organizations MJD Starfish 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; $270k 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 | 16 | $460k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $492k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $321k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $263k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelton Landmark Foundation | $118,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lift for Life Academy Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 3% |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Parks and Recreation Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kid Net Foundation Jonathans Place | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope's Door New Beginning Center | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelton Landmark Foundation | $118,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lift for Life Academy Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 3% |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grant Halliburton Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Colorado Parks and Recreation Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kid Net Foundation Jonathans Place | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope's Door New Beginning Center | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fit and Food Connection | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mi Escuelita Preschool Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Food Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thistle Farms Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| June Shelton School and Evaluation Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shiloh Place McKinney | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Armed Services YMCA of the USA | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 22kill | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Merging Vets and Players | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| A Sisters Legacy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget MJD Starfish Foundation supplied at peak.
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.
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How this is measured
About MJD Starfish Foundation
- How much does MJD Starfish Foundation give?
- MJD Starfish Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $500,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does MJD Starfish Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Philanthropy (23%), International (14%).
- Who are MJD Starfish Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Shelton Landmark Foundation ($118k), Lift for Life Academy Foundation Inc ($100k), American Friends of Natal Inc ($50k).
- Does MJD Starfish Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does MJD Starfish 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 MJD Starfish Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is MJD Starfish Foundation based?
- MJD Starfish Foundation is based in TX.
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