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Magee-O'connor Foundation Inc

Georgetown, TX · EIN 23-7087967. Reported 150 grants totalling $1,150,500 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,150,500granted, 2021-2024
61organizations funded
81%of grantees funded again the next year
$6,155,559assets, latest filing

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. Magee-O'connor Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $35,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
43 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
70 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
26 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
11 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Turnstone CenterFort Wayne, IN$110,000442024
League for the BlindFort Wayne, IN$92,000442024
Matthew 25Fort Wayne, IN$90,000442024
Brookwood in GeorgetownGeorgetown, TX$60,000332024
The Marbridge FoundationManchaca, TX$50,000222022
University of St FrancisFort Wayne, IN$50,000442024
Women's Care CenterSouth Bend, IN$44,000442024
ScanFort Wayne, IN$31,000442024
Community Transportation NetworkFort Wayne, IN$30,000442024
Super Shot IncFort Wayne, IN$30,000442024
Headwaters JunctionFort Wayne, IN$25,000112021
Fort Wayne Rescue MissionFort Wayne, IN$22,500332024
Science CentralFort Wayne, IN$21,000442024
Arc of Northeast IndianaFort Wayne, IN$20,000222022
Catholic CharitiesFort Wayne, IN$20,000442024
Early Childhood AllianceFort Wayne, IN$20,000442024
Ivy Tech FoundationIndianapolis, IN$20,000442024
Maple Seed FarmsFort Wayne, IN$20,000222024
Mapleseed FarmsFort Wayne, IN$20,000222022
Mcmillen HealthFort Wayne, IN$20,000442024
Amani Family ServicesFort Wayne, IN$15,000332024
Easter Seals Arc of Northeast inFort Wayne, IN$15,000222024
Fort Wayne Children's ZooFort Wayne, IN$15,000222024
Fort Wayne Parks and RecreationFort Wayne, IN$15,000332023
Healthier Moms and BabiesFort Wayne, IN$15,000332024
History CenterFort Wayne, IN$15,000332024
Junior AchievementFort Wayne, IN$15,000222022
Junior Achievement of Northern inFort Wayne, IN$15,000222024
Step House Sober Living for MenFort Wayne, IN$15,000332024
Stillwater HospiceFort Wayne, IN$15,000332024
Wellspring Interfaith Social ServicesFort Wayne, IN$15,000222022
Pefferbelly JunctionFort Wayne, IN$12,500112022
Clinica Madra De Dios IncFort Wayne, IN$12,000442024
Homebound Meals IncFort Wayne, IN$12,000442024
Wellspring Interfaith Social SvcsFort Wayne, IN$11,500222024
Bishop Luers High SchoolFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Pufferbelly Junction IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000222024
Audiences UnlimitedFort Wayne, IN$9,000332023
Civic TheaterFort Wayne, IN$8,500332024
Circles Allen CountyFort Wayne, IN$7,500222024
Fort Wayne Childrens ZooFort Wayne, IN$7,500112022
Fort Wayne TrailsFort Wayne, IN$7,500332024
Healthvisions Midwest of Fort WayneFort Wayne, IN$7,500222024
Lc Nature Park IncRoanoke, IN$7,500332024
Cass Housing IncFort Wayne, IN$6,000222024
YMCAFort Wayne, IN$6,000222022
East Allen Family Resource CenterNew Haven, IN$5,000222023
Embassy Theater FoundationFort Wayne, IN$5,000112022
Fort Wayne Park Foundation IncFort Wayne, IN$5,000112024
Indiana Canine Assistant NetworkZionsville, IN$5,000222024
Learn Resource CenterNew Haven, IN$5,000222024
Little River WetlandsFort Wayne, IN$5,000222022
Visiting NurseFort Wayne, IN$5,000112021
Erin's House IncFort Wayne, IN$3,000112024
Indiana Women in Need FoundationIndianapolis, IN$3,000112023
Manilla Volunteer Fire DepartmentManilla, IN$3,000112023
YMCA of Greater Fort WayneFort Wayne, IN$3,000112023
Little River Wetlands ProjectFort Wayne, IN$2,500112023
The Literacy AllianceFort Wayne, IN$2,500112023
Indiana Music Education AssociationIndianapolis, IN$2,000222022
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast IndFort Wayne, IN$1,000112024

47 of 61 (77%) 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 81%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 85 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
29 grants
Health Care
15 grants
Arts & Culture
9 grants
Education
9 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Animal Welfare
5 grants
Religion
4 grants
Crime & Legal
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202128$262,500$5,000
202239$312,000$5,000
202343$291,500$5,000
202440$284,500$5,000

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. 90% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Indiana
$1.0M
Texas
$110K

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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.

Community Foundation of Greater29 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc22 shared recipientsEnglish-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn21 shared recipientsEdward M Wilson Foundation21 shared recipientsM E Raker Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsLincoln Financial Foundation Inc19 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Magee-O'connor Foundation Inc'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: 504 Mckittrick Ridge Rd, Georgetown, TX, 78633. 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.

EIN 23-7087967 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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