Mackinnon Family Charitable Foundation
Williston, VT · EIN 04-6925848. Reported 129 grants totalling $212,000 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mackinnon Family Charitable Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $25,300. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State University | University Park, PA | $50,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | University Park, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Jersey Audubon Society | Cape May, NJ | $15,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Vermont Medical Center | Burlington, VT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Essex Alliance Church | Essex Jct, VT | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Penn State University Libraries | University Park, PA | $7,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brookside Community Church | Brookside, NJ | $6,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Earth Angels | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey | Hillside, NJ | $4,950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation | New York, NY | $4,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New Community School | Richmond, VA | $4,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Methodist Committee | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Peter's United Methodist Church | Ocean City, NY | $3,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thon Zta Sorority | University Park, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Carver Project | Saint Louis, MO | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Third Presbyterian Church | Richmond, VA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Foundation for Suicide | New York, NY | $2,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Cape May Courthouse, NJ | $2,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic City Rescue Mission | Atlantic City, NJ | $2,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Portland Trails | Portland, ME | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Durango Trails | Durango, CO | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Lawrence University | Canton, NY | $1,950 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dark Horse Allies | Middletown, DE | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Island Conservation Long Marine Lab Center for Ocean Health | Santa Cruz, CA | $1,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $1,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cru | Orlando, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oak Tree Youth Resources | Durango, CO | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Parks Conservation Assoc | Washington, DC | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Newtown Action Alliance | Newtown, CT | $1,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | $1,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Cherry Hill, NJ | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chapel of the Snows | Manchester Center, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harrison Maine Food Bank | Harrison, ME | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hudson Community Food Pantry | Hudson, MA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Newtown Foundation Inc | Newtown, CT | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charity Water | Hagerstown, MD | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Food Cupboard Inc | Manchester Center, VT | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| La Plata County Search & Rescue | Durango, CO | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maine Community Foundation | Ellsworth, ME | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bucks County Public Library | Doylestown, PA | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Food Pantry Inc | Morris Plains, NJ | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Society of Church History | Minneapolis, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bucks County Housing Group Inc | Warminster, PA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Compassion Outreach Inc | Durango, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Angels | Lee, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Southern Nh | Nashua, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Rivers Environmental Law Center | Saint Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| March of Dimes | Trenton, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter | Nashua, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Action Fund | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Renew Therapeutic Riding Center | Holland, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shore Memorial Health Foundation | Somers Point, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stratton Community Foundation | Stratton Mountain, VT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USA Cares | Louisville, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center Inc | Morristown, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blink Now | Mendham, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oceanities Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Community Food Cupboard of Rochester Inc | Rochester, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
32 of 62 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 66%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $40,000 | $550 |
| 2022 | 35 | $67,000 | $750 |
| 2023 | 31 | $50,000 | $500 |
| 2024 | 31 | $55,000 | $500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 41% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mackinnon Family Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 192 Overlake View, Williston, VT, 05495. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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