· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHIMP HAVEN | $11,225 |
| SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL | $7,500 |
| YMCA OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA - BHP BILLITON | $5,000 |
| SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN | $3,500 |
| SHREVEPORT GREEN | $3,000 |
| ROBINSON FILM CENTER | $3,000 |
| SHREVE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| THE GLEN RETIREMENT SYSTEM | $2,000 |
| PET SAVERS INC | $2,000 |
| THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| SHREVEPORT OPERA | $1,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF ALASKA | $1,000 |
| CENTENARY COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA | $1,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF LOUISIANA | $1,000 |
| USS KIDD VETERANS MEMORIAL | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against -41% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
CHIMP HAVEN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $42k · revenue +189%- SSSOUTHFIELD SCHOOL INC9× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +11%
- TGThe Glen Retirement System9× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- GSGIRL SCOUTS OF LA-PINES TO THE GULF (FORMERLY BAYOU GIRL SCOUT COUNCILINC)one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue -41%
- VOVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICAN NORTH LOUISIANAone grant, 2018 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission is to protect, promote, and foster the welfare of louisiana state university and to create and nurture mutually beneficial relationships between the university and its alumni and friends. the association, using the talents and…
Dedicated to the elimination of animal suffering by providing care and basic medical services for homeless and unwanted animals with the mission to promote, protect, and advance the well-being of louisiana's companion animals.
Deep south today is a nonprofit network of local newsrooms comprising mississippi today and verite news. with its regional scale and scope, deep south today is providing critical journalism in underserved areas and ensuring its long-term…
The mission of the humane society is to save and enhance the lives of pets through cooperative and innovative approaches to adoption, spay/neuter, sheltering and community engagement.
Louisiana realtors (lr) is a member-based trade association established to assist its members in the business of real estate in louisiana. lr represents its membership on important real estate-related issues to state and federal…
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
The mission of the shreveport symphony, inc. is to provide classical music to northwest louisiana communities.the symphony offers diverse programs representing the community it serves in a series of 8 subscription concerts and 4 chamber…
Providing standards, guidelines, and procedures to those members engaged in practice of the real estate profession
To be operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform functions of and to carry out the purposes of the louisiana society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, which operates to prevent cruelty to animals.
Shreveport chamber of commerce provides various projects thoughout the year for chamber members.
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve
To provide sound analysis of state fiscal issues to promote economic prosperity, a rising standard of living, and the opportunity for all citizens to reach their highest potential.
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH LOUISIANA ↗
- Who funds CHIMP HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds The Glen Retirement System ↗
- Who funds PET SAVERS INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF ALASKA ↗
- Who funds SHREVEPORT OPERA ↗
- Who funds Red River Film Society Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTENARY COLLEGE OF LOUISIANA ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE ↗
- Who funds SHREVEPORT GREEN ↗
- Who funds BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA ↗
- Who funds DELTA DELTA DELTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD FALMOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds CADDO COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF LA-PINES TO THE GULF (FORMERLY BAYOU GIRL SCOUT COUNCILINC) ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Betty McDonald Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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