The McDonnell Family Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations, so a cold proposal is unlikely to be considered, and the filing gives no further application steps.
• Your best first move is to find a route to someone who can put your organisation forward, rather than sending a request.
• About 8 in 10 of its 29 grants to organisations fall between $8,100 and $975,000, and half are $25,000 or less, so a request near the $25,000 median is a realistic size, though its largest grant was about $1,150,000.
• Repeat funding was 1% of grant dollars in its most recent filing, so not having received an earlier grant should not put you off.
• No geographic focus is stated, and although most of its recorded grants have gone to Tennessee and Memphis organisations, you should not assume that place limits who may be considered.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Community Foundation of Greater Memphis · Program Services
  $955,2102024 tax year
• Hospitality Hub · Program Services
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Porter Leath · Program Services
  $100,0002024 tax year
• A Step Ahead Foundation · Program Services
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Slingshot Memphis · Program Services
  $25,0002024 tax year
• Semmes Murphey Foundation · Program Services
  $25,0002024 tax year
• Mid-South Food Bank · Program Services
  $25,0002024 tax year
• Urban Arts Memphis · Program Services
  $25,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.