Oregon · Nonprofit
MACDONALD CENTER
MACDONALD CENTER (Oregon) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,191,614 to it, the largest being OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation ($537,500). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.7M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Macdonald Center does
Mission
Maybelle center is the community health organization working together with neighbors in downtown portland to reverse the root causes of social isolation. We promote social health by helping create a sense of belonging with adults facing the stigmas of mental health and financial poverty through our neighborhood programs in affordable housing and assisted living services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We promote social health by helping create a sense of belonging with adults facing the stigmas of mental health and financial poverty across the housing spectrum.affordable apartments: macdonald west offers 42 affordable studios in old town for people earning 60% or less of the area median income. On-site support services help residents stay housed, connect with resources, and engage in maybelle center programs that enhance quality of life.assisted living: macdonald residence is a 54-unit assisted living facility in old town providing 24-hour care that cultivates belonging while meeting complex behavioral health needs. It's one of a handful of assisted living facilities in the country that exclusively serves medicaid-eligible adults. Social health outreach: neighborhood programs bridge social health gaps by building spaces and opportunities for belonging that prioritize neighbors facing stigmas of mental health and financial poverty. Our partnerships with residents in 35+ affordable housing buildings are a key part of wrap-around services that improve well-being and housing stability.
$9,438,211 spent$8,341,107 earned by the program100% of program spendingAdditional programs fostering community- support services: this work complements volunteer visits and connects members to services within the community, addressing a variety of needs that may include everything from healthcare and housing issues to veterinarian care for pets. Support services works alongside members to help build problem-solving skills and personal agency.-spiritual support: to enrich and benefit the lives of members, maybelle center practices spirituality by honoring the worth and dignity of each person, devoting presence, attention, and respectful assistance without aligning with any specific faith tradition. Spiritual support is broadly defined and includes activities that create outlets for creativity and healing, including affinity groups, art classes, choir, meditation, nature outings, and memorial services. Members participate in the planning and delivery of many of the services.-community room: this warm and inviting space serves as a safe and welcoming place to gather and interact.-student education: in partnership with local colleges and universities, nursing student interns visit maybelle center's members, and observe first-hand the complex health…
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,438,211.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $16M to $13M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 2% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of MACDONALD CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Michelle Meyer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 13 funders, grant income rose $179k → $257k.
6 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MACDONALD CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MACDONALD CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MACDONALD CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 33% · 2019 24% · 2020 23% · 2021 52% · 2022 26% · 2023 31% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
32% of MACDONALD CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of MACDONALD CENTER's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $610k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MACDONALD CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 611 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 611 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MACDONALD CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Macdonald West Manager LLC · disregarded
- Macdonald Residence II LLC · disregarded
- Macdonald West Limited Partnership · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MACDONALD CENTER?
- MACDONALD CENTER (Oregon) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,191,614 to it, the largest being OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation ($537,500). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MACDONALD CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $2,191,614 in grants to MACDONALD CENTER, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MACDONALD CENTER?
- OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $537,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MACDONALD CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 36 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing