Open Foundations · Delaware

J M Mcdonald Foundation Inc

Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 471431059. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.7M across 203 grants in 2025, a median of $5K each.

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$1.7M
paid in 2025
203
grants paid
$5K
median grant
39%
to first-time recipients
$35.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
JM MCDONALD FOUNDATION
Address
PO BOX 3219, EVERGREEN, CO, 80437
Phone
3036749300
Form the request should take
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED ONLINE AT JMMcDonaldfoundation.org
Submission deadline
Two cycles: Deadlines are April 15th and September 15th with responses in May and October
Restrictions on awards
Grants are considered, primarily, from applicants in the upstate New York area

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641219349102004. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

youth

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 203 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Young Mens Christian Association CortlandNY$75,000Cortland YMCA Pool Project
2Young Womens Christian AssociationNY$75,000YWCA Preservation Grant
3Cortland Repertory Theatre IncNY$60,000Cortland Repertory Theatres 2025 Full Year Season
4Cortland Memorial Foundation Ind C O Cortland MemoNY$50,000Here. For Good. - The Campaign for Cortland Memorial Foundation in support of Guthrie Cortland Medical Center
5Lime Hollow Nature Center IncNY$50,000Lime Hollow Nature Center's Visitor Center Capital Improvements
6Skaneateles Recreational Charitable TrNY$30,000Fitness Floor Upgrades
7Cortlandville Fire Department IncorporatedNY$25,000Funds for Firefighter Overhaul Equipment
8North London Mill Preservation IncCO$25,000General & Unrestricted
9Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencesNY$25,000Paul Smiths' College Culinary Demonstration Garden
10River Hospital IncNY$25,000Funds for Electrocardiogram (EKG) Equipment Upgrade
11The Wild CenterNY$25,000Turning Twenty: A Wild Center Anniversary Celebration
12University of RochesterNY$25,000University of Rochester School of Nursing Technology Fund
13Essex Food Hub IncNY$20,000Match funds for Local Emergency Food Relief Equipment
14Operation Warm IncPA$20,000New Coats or Shoes for Upstate New York Children in Need
15Sciencenter Discovery MuseumNY$20,000Ocean Gallery Renewal: Enhancing STEM Education Opportunities in the Finger Lakes

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020146$1.6M
2021170$1.5M
2022191$1.4M
2023169$1.5M
2024187$1.5M
2025 (partial year)203$1.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
New York94%
Colorado3%
Pennsylvania1%
Illinois1%
New Jersey1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Christine ClagettDir · 2025
Dana AmundsonDir, Sec · 2025
Debbie DavidDir · 2025
Donald R McjunkinPres, Dir · 2025
Garrett E McjunkinDir · 2025
Justin KlinkDir · 2025
Nancy J PalmerVP, Dir · 2025
Pamela CriswellDir, Treas · 2025
Scott M PalmerDir · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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