· Private foundation
The M & D Foundation
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k2 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCRIPPS COLLEGE | $45,000 |
| BOWERS MUSEUM | $30,000 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGE | $15,000 |
| ASIAN AMER LEGAL DEFENSE EDUCATION | $10,000 |
| MINORITY CORPORATE COUNSEL ASSOC | $10,000 |
| THE NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIF IRVINE FOUNDATI | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
5 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. 5 of the 7 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The M & D Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The M & D Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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