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The Robert R Macdonald Jr Foundation at a glance

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The Robert R Macdonald Jr Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$285k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $124k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $162k
$7,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEBSTER CHILD CARE CENTER$26,500
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
NOTRE DAME$25,000
MT SINAI HOSPITAL$25,000
ST LOUIS PRIORY SCHOOL$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
TCU$10,000
INTERNALTIONAL VOLUNTEERS IN UROLOGY$10,000
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC$7,500
SAG HARBOR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP$7,500
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC$7,500
WQXRORG$7,500
SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$7,500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NY$7,500
THIRTEENORG$7,500
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%YOUTH IN NEED: $1k → 5%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $5k → 11%WEBSTER CHILD CARE CENTER: $27k → 11%MARCY'S PROJECT: $1k → 5%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

MI
NY
MA
IN
CA
MO
NC
TX
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 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
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

Health
3
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Operation Food Search Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NOTRE DAME: $25,000 · OtherNOTRE DAMESAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherSAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITYMT SINAI HOSPITAL: $25,000 · OtherMT SINAI HOSPITALST LOUIS PRIORY SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherST LOUIS PRIORY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTCU: $10,000 · OtherINTERNALTIONAL VOLUNTEERS IN UROLOGY: $10,000 · OtherTHIRTEENORG: $7,500 · OtherWQXRORG: $7,500 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF NY: $7,500 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $7,500 · OtherSAG HARBOR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORP: $7,500 · Other+9 more: $27,500 · Other+9 moreWEBSTER CHILD CARE CENTER: $26,500 · Human ServicesWEBSTER CHILD…NURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $5,000 · Human ServicesNURSES FOR NE…+2 more: $2,000 · Human Services+2 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $7,500 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $7,500 · AnimalsTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 · HealthDUKE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,000 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,500 · InternationalSAG HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $7,500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$200,000Human Services$33,500Animals$15,000Health$12,500Education$9,000International$7,500Public Safety & Disaster$7,500

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 budgetWEBSTER CHILD CARE CENTER: $26,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAG HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCYS PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ST CHARLES COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH IN NEED: $1,000 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.

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.

Edward Jones Foundati…The Robert R Macdonal…United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Edward Jones FoundationMO14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward Jones Foundation · The Robert R Macdonald Jr Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Robert R Macdonald Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert R Macdonald Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Robert R Macdonald Jr Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Robert R Macdonald Jr Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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