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Private foundation (trust)EIN 946102700Est. 1965-01

The McConnell Foundation

REDDING, CA 96003

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$571.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$11.6M

FY 2024

Grants Made

129

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$90K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$75–$3.5M

Typical

Deadlines

March 05

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$3.4M

See Supplemental Information.

Program 2

$2.3M

See Supplemental Information.

Program 3

$1.3M

See Supplemental Information.

Program 4

$661K

See Supplemental Information.

Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$55.5M

Total Expenses

$32.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$32.2M

Distributable Amount

$27.0M

Min. Investment Return

$24.6M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

129 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $75 through median $7K to maximum $3.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $13.9M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

Turtle Bay Exploration Park
$9.7M
4 grants
Redding City of
$8.8M
4 grants
Shasta Regional Community Foundation
$3.6M
4 grants
Shasta College Foundation
$2.2M
4 grants
Natural Resource Conflict Transformation Center - Nepal (NRCTC)
$1.5M
4 grants
College OPTIONS Inc
$1.4M
3 grants
Shasta County Young Mens Christian Association
$1.4M
1 grant
Mahila Shakti Bikash Kendra Nepal (MSBKN)
$1.1M
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
332
grants
$10–50K
89
grants
$50–250K
46
grants
$250K–1M
22
grants
$1–5M
11
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

27 states

California
$38.6M
97% of total
District of Columbia
$390K
1% of total
Oregon
$282K
1% of total
Oklahoma
$61K
0% of total
Nevada
$59K
0% of total
Arizona
$50K
0% of total
Texas
$30K
0% of total
Idaho
$17K
0% of total
New York
$17K
0% of total
New Hampshire
$15K
0% of total

+17 more states

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