Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $242k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 15 | $242k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $235k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $220k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $235k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $220k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Maria Catherdral Preparatory Catholic School System | $280,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sarah a Reed Children's Center | $205,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hamot Health Foundation | $190,000 | 6 | 1% |
| St Martin Center | $177,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Erie Philharmonic Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Erie Civic Theatre Association | $57,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Booker T Washington Center Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Bayfront Nato Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Early Connections Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Shelter Services Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Maria Catherdral Preparatory Catholic School System | $280,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sarah a Reed Children's Center | $205,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hamot Health Foundation | $190,000 | 6 | 1% |
| St Martin Center | $177,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Erie Philharmonic Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Erie Civic Theatre Association | $57,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Booker T Washington Center Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Bayfront Nato Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Early Connections Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Shelter Services Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Build Better Fields Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Community Blood Bank of Erie County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Achievement Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Erie Art Museum | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald 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: Erie Community Foundation · M J Surgala Tr · The Britton Family Foundation · Wabtec Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Merwin Foundation · United Way of Erie County · Northwest Charitable Foundation · McBrier Foundation · Kern Family Foundation Inc · Vorsheck Family Foundation Inc · Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc
How this is measured
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About The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation
- How much does The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation give?
- The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $242,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Education (24%), Health (19%).
- Who are The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Villa Maria Catherdral Preparatory Catholic School System ($280k), Sarah a Reed Children's Center ($205k), Hamot Health Foundation ($190k).
- Does The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erie Community Foundation, M J Surgala Tr, The Britton Family Foundation.
- Where is The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation based?
- The Henry A and Mary J MacDonald Foundation is based in PA.
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