South Carolina · Private foundation
The Grant McDonald 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.
- $105k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Grant McDonald Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 14 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $96k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $103k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $98k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $103k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $95k | 79% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $72k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $107k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $48,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Newberry County Family YMCA | $36,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Newberry County Literacy Council | $33,000 | 5 | 26% |
| Living Hope Foundation Inc | $28,750 | 6 | 9% |
| Sistercare Inc | $28,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Newberry College | $28,245 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Sc Habitat for Humanity | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| CREATE Newberry Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 11% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $48,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $38,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Newberry County Family YMCA | $36,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Newberry County Literacy Council | $33,000 | 5 | 26% |
| Living Hope Foundation Inc | $28,750 | 6 | 9% |
| Sistercare Inc | $28,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Newberry College | $28,245 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Sc Habitat for Humanity | $28,000 | 5 | 0% |
| ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc | $20,500 | 3 | 0% |
| CREATE Newberry Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Building Thriving Communities Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys Farm Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bitsy Grant Tennis Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Water Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oliver Gospel Mission | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($426k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Grant McDonald Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Taylor Foundation of Newberry Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Grant McDonald Foundation
- How much does The Grant McDonald Foundation give?
- The Grant McDonald Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $105,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Grant McDonald Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Education (17%), Recreation & Sports (15%).
- Who are The Grant McDonald Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Harvest Hope Food Bank ($48k), The University of Georgia Foundation ($38k), Newberry County Family YMCA ($36k).
- Does The Grant McDonald Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Grant 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 The Grant McDonald Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, United Way of the Midlands, Taylor Foundation of Newberry Inc.
- Where is The Grant McDonald Foundation based?
- The Grant McDonald Foundation is based in SC.
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