Indiana · Private foundation
The Mackenzie Foundation
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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $298k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations The Mackenzie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 14 | $20k | 93% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $22k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $14k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $15k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $15k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Foundation Inc | $63,206 | 6 | n/a |
| Inside Out Reentry Inc | $6,393 | 3 | 1% |
| Oweesta Corporation | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fcnl Education Fund | $5,310 | 2 | 0% |
| James Gang | $4,052 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Crisis Services and Food Bank | $3,872 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $3,181 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana Legal Services Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stepping Stone Shelter for Women Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $2,750 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Foundation Inc | $63,206 | 6 | n/a |
| Inside Out Reentry Inc | $6,393 | 3 | 1% |
| Oweesta Corporation | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fcnl Education Fund | $5,310 | 2 | 0% |
| James Gang | $4,052 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Crisis Services and Food Bank | $3,872 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $3,181 | 2 | 0% |
| Indiana Legal Services Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stepping Stone Shelter for Women Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $2,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Womens Health Project Inc | $2,341 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana Civil Liberties Union of Indiana Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rivertown Film Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hangout One Happy Place Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Values United | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mackenzie 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: Community Foundation of Johnson County · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Mackenzie Foundation
- How much does The Mackenzie Foundation give?
- The Mackenzie Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $20,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Mackenzie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Community Improvement (10%), Crime & Legal (7%).
- Who are The Mackenzie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Unity Foundation Inc ($63k), Inside Out Reentry Inc ($6k), Oweesta Corporation ($6k).
- Does The Mackenzie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mackenzie 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 Mackenzie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Johnson County, Impactassetsinc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Mackenzie Foundation based?
- The Mackenzie Foundation is based in IN.
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