Macgillivray Family Foundation
Laguna Beach, CA · EIN 27-1553241. Reported 134 grants totalling $502,451 to 60 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. Macgillivray Family 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $25,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Playhouse | Laguna Beach, CA | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach | Laguna Beach, CA | $39,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Laguna Art Museum | Laguna Beach, CA | $27,801 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nbpl Foundationbeyond | Newport Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friendship Shelter | Laguna Beach, CA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oceana | Washington, DC | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Ecology Center | San Juan Capistrano, CA | $20,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Discovery Cube Orange County | Santa Ana, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Laguna Canyon Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Newport Beach Public Library Found | Newport Beach, CA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Whale Trust | Makawao, HI | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | Newport Beach, CA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pacific Marine Mammal Institute | Laguna Beach, CA | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The My Hero Project | Laguna Beach, CA | $12,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Laguna Beach Community Clinic | Laguna Beach, CA | $12,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coast Film Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| No Square Theatre | Laguna Beach, CA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Laguna Dance Festival | Laguna Beach, CA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oceana | Irvine, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Laguna Beach Hs Scholarship Found | Laguna Beach, CA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Laguna Beach Seniors Inc | Laguna Beach, CA | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Surfrider Foundation | San Clemente, CA | $6,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Get Inspired | Garden Grove, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Newport Beach Public Library Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pacific Marine Mammal Center | Laguna Beach, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Orange San Bernardino Counties | Anaheim, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arms of Love | Costa Mesa, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philharmonic Society of Orange Coun | Irvine, CA | $3,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Osbc | Anaheim, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Frontier Campaign | Richmond, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Laguna Beach Community Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Laguna Food Pantry | Laguna Beach, CA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Artomya | Irvine, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Collaborative Courts Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Laguna Beach High School Scholarship Foundation (lbhssf) | Laguna Beach, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laguna Ocean Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lanna Foundation | Fresno, CA | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Loca Arts Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mission Preservation Foundation | San Juan Capistrano, CA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Collaborative Courts Foun | Laguna Beach, CA | $1,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sherman Foundation | Newport Beach, CA | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | Washinton, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Laguna Beach Music Festival Philharmonic Society of Orange County | Irvine, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aquarium of the Pacific | Long Beach, CA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | Irvine, CA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arbor Day Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arms of Love International | Costa Mesa, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kx Fm | Laguna Beach, CA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kxfm Radio | Laguna Beach, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laguna Beach Ocean Lifeguard Found | Laguna Beach, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laguna College of Art & Design | Laguna Beach, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orange County Arts | Irvine, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | Costa Mesa, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orange County Museum of Art | Costa Mesa, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Human Options | Irvine, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Laguna Beach Ocean Lifeguard Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loca Arts Education | Laguna Beach, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
33 of 60 (55%) 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Laguna Playhouse
SUPPORT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - Laguna Canyon Foundation
SUPPORT CHARITABLE ACTIVITES - Oceana
SUPPORT CHARITBLE PURPOSES - Natural Resources Defense Council
SUPORT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - Surfrider Foundation
SUPPORT CHARITY ACTIVITIES - Blue Frontier Campaign
SUPPORT CHARITABLE ACTIVITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 91 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $125,350 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $100,800 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $113,900 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $162,401 | $2,000 |
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. 89% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. 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 $2,000. 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 California.
- 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 Macgillivray Family 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: Po Box 205, Laguna Beach, CA, 92652. 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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