· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $85k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Newberry Opera House | $20,000 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church | $8,500 |
| ETV Endowment of S Carolina | $8,000 |
| Univ of Georgia Foundation | $8,000 |
| St Nicholas Orthodox Academy | $8,000 |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $8,000 |
| Newberry County Family YMCA | $6,000 |
| Sistercare | $6,000 |
| Living Hope Foundation | $6,000 |
| Lutheran Services Carolinas | $6,000 |
| Central SC Habitat for Humanity | $5,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Newberry County Literary Council | $5,000 |
| Create Newberry Inc | $5,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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.
19 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 5 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 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
Backed again, and grew
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2024 · $38k · revenue +62%
- NCNewberry County Family YMCA6× · 2019–2024 · $36k · revenue +39%
- SISISTERCARE INC6× · 2019–2024 · $29k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $15k
- EWELCA World Hungerone grant, 2018 · $10k
- NCNewberry City Literary Councilone grant, 2019 · $8k
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.
Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.
The mission of the lowcountry food bank endowment fund is to support the lowcountry food bank.
The mission of the food bank of greenwood county is to reduce hunger through community cooperation, effectively distributing donated grocery products and perishable foods, and making the best possible use of all available resources.
Habitat for Humanity of Berkeley County (HFHBC) is a community-level Habitat for Humanity organization that acts in partnership with and on behalf of Habitat for Humanity International. HFHBC seeks to put Gods love into action by brings…
To provide a faith based community where life will be rich and full as god intends it to be, holding to our values, serving one another with dedication and promoting health and wellness for all.
Our mission is to rescue and transport surplus food to qualified non profit agencies and churches. these agencies fulfill a priority need by distributing food to needy and disadvantaged families in three counties of sc.
To support the University of South Carolina in its academic, research and charitable endeavors by promoting a culture of philanthropy, managing and stewarding donor gifts, and providing financial resources to support students and faculty…
To support the ministry of lutheran homes of south carolina by enabling donors, who care about older adults and hospice patients, to achieve their philanthropic goals and by being a faithful steward of their gifts.
Presbyterian communities of south carolina operates six not-for-profit continuing care retirement communities and is associated with the presbyterian church (usa) and offers a variety of lifestyle choices to meet the diverse and changing…
The foundation is committed to assisting newberry county memorial hospital in providing quality healthcare to the community through awareness and financial support.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 28 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 HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Newberry County Family YMCA ↗
- Who funds Newberry County Literacy Council ↗
- Who funds LIVING HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SISTERCARE INC ↗
- Who funds NEWBERRY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL SC HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc ↗
- Who funds CREATE Newberry Inc ↗
- Who funds BUILDING THRIVING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Boys Farm Inc ↗
- Who funds Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas ↗
- Who funds LIVING WATER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Oliver Gospel Mission ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Grant McDonald Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Grant McDonald Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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