Colorado · Private foundation
The Rod N McDonald 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.
- $53k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $629k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | $51k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $40k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $22k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $42k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $38k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $35k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meals on Wheels | $42,473 | 4 | n/a |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $35,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Nourish Meals on Wheels | $31,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $31,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Polar Bears International | $24,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $6,500 | 9 | 0% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Soldiers Organized Services | $5,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meals on Wheels | $42,473 | 4 | n/a |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $35,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Nourish Meals on Wheels | $31,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $31,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Polar Bears International | $24,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $6,500 | 9 | 0% |
| High Line Canal Conservancy | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Soldiers Organized Services | $5,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Challenged Athletes Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| United Service Organizations Inc | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Denver Zoological Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Living Desert The | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monarch School Project | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Haywood Street Congregation | $400 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rod N McDonald Family 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation
- How much does The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation give?
- The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $52,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (30%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Health (22%).
- Who are The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Meals on Wheels ($42k), Canine Companions for Independence Inc ($36k), Nourish Meals on Wheels ($32k).
- Does The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rod N McDonald 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 Rod N McDonald Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation based?
- The Rod N McDonald Family Foundation is based in CO.
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