Funding search · EIN 766143209 · Houston, TX

Ruth Jones MacDonald Charitable Trust

Name: Ruth Jones MacDonald Charitable Trust grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

78
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Re Mind3 grants · $90,000
Hope and Healing Center3 grants · $85,000
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center3 grants · $80,000
The Menninger Clinic3 grants · $80,000
Archway Academy3 grants · $80,000
Bo'S Place3 grants · $75,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation3 grants · $70,000
The Council On Recovery3 grants · $60,000
Counseling Connections for Change3 grants · $60,000
Open Door Mission3 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$328,000

2021

$355,000

2022

$355,000

2023

$427,000

2024

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Re Mind · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Archway Academy · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Hope and Healing Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Re Mind · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
The Menninger Clinic · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Archway Academy · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Hope and Healing Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Re Mind · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
The Menninger Clinic · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Archway Academy · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$30,000
Greater Houston Community Foundatio · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$30,000
Hope and Healing Center · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$30,000
Re Mind · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$30,000
The Menninger Clinic · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$25,000
Be Peace - Be Hope · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bo'S Place · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hope and Healing Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Institute for Spirituality and Health · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Open Door Mission · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Soleana Stables · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bo'S Place · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
El Centro De Corazon · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bo'S Place · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
El Centro De Corazon · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
El Centro De Corazon · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$20,000
Archway Academy · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Counseling Connections for Change · Pearland, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Gratia Plena Counseling · Stafford, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Sharpen Recovery · Spring, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Menninger Clinic · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Counseling Connections for Change · Pearland, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Greater Houston Community Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Open Door Mission · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Counseling Connections for Change · Pearland, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Council On Recovery · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$15,000
Full Circle Foundation · Kerrville, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Warrior Counseling Works · Brenham, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Be Peace - Be Hope · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Institute for Spirituality and Health · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Soleana Stables · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Memorial Hermann Behavioral Health Services · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Bos Place · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$15,000
Counseling Connections for Change · Pearland, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$13,000
Passages · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Devereaux Texas · League City, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Achievement Place · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Recovery Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Devereaux Texas · League City, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Teen and Family Services · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Devereaux Texas · League City, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Easter Seals Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Recovery Center · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Open Door Mission · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Soleana Stables · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Teen and Family Services · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brookwood Community · Brookshire, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Devereux Texas · League City, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Houston Recovery Center · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Open Door Mission · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$7,500
Soleana Stables · Pearland, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$7,500
Teen and Family Services · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$7,000
Palmer Drug Abuse Program · Houston, TX · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Palmer Drug Abuse Program · Houston, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Palmer Drug Abuse Program · Houston, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Palmer Drug Abuse Program · Houston, TX · 2021
Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.