California · Private foundation
The Mc Daniel Family 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.
- $242k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations The Mc Daniel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 | 27% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $261k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $200k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $169k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $121k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $71k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $137k | 23% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Wheelchair Mission | $573,600 | 9 | 1% |
| Operation Open Water | $270,000 | 5 | 32% |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bugle Boy Foundation | $71,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Operation Surf | $31,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Project Hope Alliance | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Serving People In Need Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mikey's Way Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Dance 4 Joy Ministries | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Soldier Songs and Voices | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Wheelchair Mission | $573,600 | 9 | 1% |
| Operation Open Water | $270,000 | 5 | 32% |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bugle Boy Foundation | $71,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Operation Surf | $31,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Project Hope Alliance | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Serving People In Need Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mikey's Way Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Dance 4 Joy Ministries | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Soldier Songs and Voices | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heroes and Horses Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Share Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ripple Effect Images | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Texas Old Time Fiddlers Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Festival Ballet Theater | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Canine Adoption and Rescue League | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Family Services Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Daedalian Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Aerial Recovery | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Tahoe Waterman Association Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Jessie Rees Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Waldorf School of Orange County | $1,875 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Travis Fisher House | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpha Canine Sanctuary | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($246k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mc Daniel Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Devto Support Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Mc Daniel Family Foundation
- How much does The Mc Daniel Family Foundation give?
- The Mc Daniel Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $242,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Mc Daniel Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Arts & Culture (19%), Public Safety & Disaster (19%).
- Who are The Mc Daniel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Free Wheelchair Mission ($574k), Operation Open Water ($270k), Berklee College of Music Inc ($100k).
- Does The Mc Daniel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mc Daniel Family 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 Mc Daniel Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Devto Support Foundation, Argyros Family Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation.
- Where is The Mc Daniel Family Foundation based?
- The Mc Daniel Family Foundation is based in CA.
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