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The Jim & Paula McDonald Charitable Trus at a glance

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The Jim & Paula McDonald Charitable Trus

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$875k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$5.9MEducation$1.2MReligion$560kScience & Tech$500kRecreation & Sports$135kYouth Development$50kHuman Services$2kPhilanthropy$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $400k
  • $250k+1 grant · $875k
$200,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TRUST$875,000
ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL$200,000
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPARD HOSPITAL TRUST$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$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 (FY20–21, $700) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%ANGEL FLIGHT: $500 → 15%ANGEL FLIGHT: $200 → 15%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

VT
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
MO
KY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 24 repeat orgs$341k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
25

Total granted

$7.2M
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+49%

Still filing today

33%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.3M · revenue +76%
  • GA
    GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $88k · revenue +58%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $7k · revenue ×12

Funded once

  • BS
    BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • EU
    EMORY UNIVERSITY(BYRON WILLIAMS FELLOWSHIP FUND)
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • AG
    ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHARD HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
7
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
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
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
11
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
12
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Legion Post 251 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

19 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. 19 of the 51 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE: $1,550,000 · OtherHARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTENEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH: $558,332 · OtherNEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCHST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL INC: $490,000 · OtherST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL INCADVOCATE GOOD SHEPARD HOSPITAL: $400,000 · OtherADVOCATE GOOD SHEPARD HOSPITALADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL: $400,000 · OtherADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITALADVOCATE GOOD SHEPARD HOSPITAL TRUST: $200,000 · Other+29 more: $391,800 · Other+29 moreChildren's Hospital Corporation: $3,332,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corporation+8 more: $20,725 · HealthPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $900,000 · EducationPresident and …GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $88,210 · EducationGREATER ATLANT…National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation Inc: $75,000 · EducationNational Assoc…+1 more: $6,750 · EducationThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $1,000 · ReligionANGEL FLIGHT INC: $700 · Human ServicesBARRINGTON AREA COMM FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$3,990,132Health$3,352,725Education$1,069,960Religion$1,000Human Services$700Philanthropy$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $3,332,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $900,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $88,210 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNational Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFITMS NEUROBALANCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,775 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Legion Post 251 Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation): $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT INC: $700 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBARRINGTON AREA COMM FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 100 CLUB OF ILLINOIS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 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.

  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FITMS NEUROBALANCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Legion Post 251 Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL FLIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds BARRINGTON AREA COMM FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH10.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Jim & Paula McDonald Charitable Trus funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jim & Paula McDonald Charitable Trus. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

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 51 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
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