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The Donna J Macmillan and Cargill Macmillan Jr Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Donna J Macmillan and Cargill Macmillan Jr Charitable Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.2M
Granted FY2023
27
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$5.5MHealth$3.3MEducation$537kHuman Services$481kFood & Nutrition$321kPhilanthropy$275kPublic Safety & Disaster$175kYouth Development$93kOther$0
02FY2023 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $365k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.7M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EISENHOWER HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,225,957
PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM$500,000
FIND FOOD BANK$75,000
COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION$50,000
ANGEL VIEW$25,000
RIVERSIDE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND$25,000
MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN$25,000
UNITED WAY OF THE DESERT$25,000
PALM SPRINGS PLAZA THEATER FOUNDATION$25,000
CHAPEL HILL ACADEMY$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
MCCALLUM THEATRE$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY$25,000
TOOLS FOR TOMORROW INC$25,000
OLIVE CREST$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $600k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 11%CORAL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 11%ANGEL VIEW: $25k → 11%ANGEL VIEW: $25k → 11%ANGEL VIEW: $25k → 11%ANGEL VIEW: $15k → 11%RIVERSIDE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $50k → 11%RIVERSIDE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $50k → 11%RIVERSIDE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $50k → 11%RIVERSIDE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $25k → 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 11%MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN: $50k → 11%COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $50k → 11%MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN: $50k → 11%CORAL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION INC: $55k → 11%MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN: $25k → 11%CORAL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION INC: $35k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
MA
PA
CA
MO
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10.0M · 24 repeat orgs$854k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
15

Total granted

$10.0M
$786k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+18%

Still filing today

79%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PS
    PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM
    5× · 2017–2023 · $4.0M · revenue +14%
  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    5× · 2017–2023 · $3.1M · revenue +94%
  • FI
    FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $310k · revenue +183%

Funded once

  • CO
    College of the Desert Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +71%
  • WA
    WALKER ART CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $126k · revenue +87%
  • CT
    Children's Theatre Company and School
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +15%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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2
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
3
Barlow Respiratory Hospital

A not-for-profit, long-term acute care specialty healthcare organization is to improve the quality of life for patients with respiratory and other diseases that may require prolonged acute hospitalization of specialized treatment.

Health
4
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
5
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

To provide comprehensive, family-centered social, educational and behavioral health services that encourage children, adolescents and their families to lead self reliant, stable and productive lives.

Human Services
6
Valle Del Sol Inc

Valle del sol inspires positive change by investing in health and human services to strengthen families with tools and skills for self-sufficiency and by building the next generation of latino and diverse leaders.

Health
7
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

To improve our communities' sexual and reproductive health outcomes through health care, education, and advocacy.

Health
8
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert

The children's discovery museum of the desert is a valuable community resource for children and families to experience the joy of learning about themselves and the world around them. the museum inspires personal growth by engaging…

Arts & Culture
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
Adventist Health SystemWest

Living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.

Health
11
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
12
Wayfinder Family Services

The mission of Wayfinder Family Services is to ensure that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn. Founded in 1953 as the Foundation for the Junior Blind, the organization initially enabled visually…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Pleroma Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 46 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
30/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $3,969,238 · Arts & CulturePALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM+4 more: $336,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreEisenhower Medical Center: $3,073,957 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center+4 more: $101,000 · HealthMCCALLUM THEATRE: $1,175,000 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATREUnited Way of the Desert: $145,000 · OtherUnited Way of the …CHAPEL HILL ACADEMY: $96,500 · OtherCHAPEL HILL ACADEM…THE SALVATION ARMY: $75,000 · Other+17 more: $317,500 · Other+17 moreRIVERSIDE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $175,000 · Human ServicesCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $150,000 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesCoral Mountain Foundation Inc: $110,000 · Human ServicesAngel View Inc: $90,000 · Human ServicesMAMA'S HOUSE MINISTRIES FKA HEARTBEAT AT 22: $30,000 · Human ServicesCollege of the Desert Foundation: $250,000 · EducationMINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $100,000 · EducationTOOLS FOR TOMORROW INC: $75,000 · EducationDESERT AUTISM FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $15,000 · EducationFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $310,000 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE REEL HOPE PROJECT: $8,000 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$4,305,238Health$3,174,957Other$1,809,000Human Services$680,000Education$465,000Food & Nutrition$310,000Youth Development$83,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $3,969,238 over 5y, 17% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $3,073,957 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC: $310,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCollege of the Desert Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetRIVERSIDE COUNTY PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS BENEVOLENT FUND: $175,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of the Desert: $145,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $126,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCoral Mountain Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 60% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHAPEL HILL ACADEMY: $96,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAngel View Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTOOLS FOR TOMORROW INC: $75,000 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetByfield Community Arts Center Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetTHE DESERT BIENNIAL DBA DESERT X: $50,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMidland Ministries Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE BLUEFIN COLLABORATIVE: $40,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMAMA'S HOUSE MINISTRIES FKA HEARTBEAT AT 22: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDESERT AUTISM FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetDAP Health Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLEROMA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthside Youth Outreach: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetRUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeasure Austin: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMedical Care Development Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REEL HOPE PROJECT: $8,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRead With Me Volunteer Programs: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Inland Empire Communi…Bighorn Golf Club Cha…HN and Frances C Berg…The Auen FoundationThe Grace Helen Spear…Anderson Childrens Fo…Houston Family Founda…The Champions Volunte…Desert Community Foun…The Coeta and Donald …The Galen Family Foun…Charity Works
Inland Empire Community FoundationCA26.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Inland Empire Community Foundation · Bighorn Golf Club Charities Inc · HN and Frances C Berger Foundation · The Auen Foundation · The Grace Helen Spearman Foundation · Anderson Childrens Foundation · Houston Family Foundation · The Champions Volunteer Foundation · Desert Community Foundation · The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation · The Galen Family Foundation · Charity Works

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Donna J Macmillan and Cargill Macmillan Jr Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Donna J Macmillan and Cargill Macmillan Jr Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 46 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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