APPLICATION IS BY INVITATION ONLY.
The Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
MISSION:
To relieve the misfortune and promote the well being of mankind.
GRANTMAKING PRIORITIES:
Grants are made in the following five functional areas:
- Cultural arts
- Education
- Human services
- Medical research
- Public benefit
Grants are made to organizations having the following attributes:
- Mission compatibility
- Effective management
- Sound financial practices
- Board-led fundraising
- Sustainability
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
Sustainability of programs and services through increased fundraising capacity.
"The matching challenge grant funds from the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Foundation have been instrumental for Community Warehouse as a springboard to increasing our own capacity to fundraise. The matching grant funds have been a valuable lesson in the type of appeals we make to both foundations and private donors. We are now using the matching funds model in two new projects. In both cases, we have asked private donors and foundations for an initial donation and then created fundraising goals to match the amount."
--Kristy Wood, Executive Director, Community Warehouse
