Louisiana · Private foundation
Paul and Betty McDonald 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.
- $49k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,225
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $721k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $47k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $24k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $43k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $34k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $34k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $36k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $34k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimp Haven Inc | $41,725 | 9 | 0% |
| Southfield School Inc | $35,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Glen Retirement System | $31,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Pet Savers Inc | $16,750 | 9 | 2% |
| Girl Scouts of Alaska | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shreveport Opera | $10,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Red River Film Society Inc | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shreve Memorial Library Foundation | $9,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Centenary College of Louisiana | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Providence House | $9,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimp Haven Inc | $41,725 | 9 | 0% |
| Southfield School Inc | $35,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Glen Retirement System | $31,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Pet Savers Inc | $16,750 | 9 | 2% |
| Girl Scouts of Alaska | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shreveport Opera | $10,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Red River Film Society Inc | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shreve Memorial Library Foundation | $9,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Centenary College of Louisiana | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Providence House | $9,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shreveport Green | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Volunteers of America Inc | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Delta Delta Delta Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Falmouth Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Caddo Council on Aging | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of La-Pines to the Gulf (Formerly Bayou Girl Scout Councilinc) | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Louisiana · Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation · The Crow Foundation · The Powers Foundation Inc · Grayson Foundation Inc · J B Atkins Foundation · The Nelson Foundation · Zadeck Family Foundation · Noel Foundation Inc · The Alta and John Franks Foundation · United Way of Northwest Louisiana · Willis-Knighton Medical Center
How this is measured
Compare Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation with peer funders
About Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation
- How much does Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation give?
- Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $49,225 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Animals (16%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chimp Haven Inc ($42k), Southfield School Inc ($35k), The Glen Retirement System ($31k).
- Does Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul and Betty McDonald 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 Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Louisiana, Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family Foundation, The Crow Foundation.
- Where is Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation based?
- Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation is based in LA.
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