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Macdonald Stewart Foundation

Accepts applications Montreal, Alabama · EIN 980032043

Macdonald Stewart Foundation is a private foundation in Montreal, Alabama. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.5 million in 5 grants; the typical grant was $395,390 and the largest $512,822. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.5 million the year before.

20% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2020$1.4 million5$33.8 million
2021$1.4 million7$37.9 million
2022$1.5 million6$31.4 million
2023$1.5 million6$33.4 million
2024$1.5 million5$32.2 million

How to apply

ContactThomas Leslie
1195 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1H9, CA
Phone or email(514) 284-0723, tleslie@msfoundation.org
What to submitProject proposal
Deadlines12 31 2024

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Macdonald Stewart Foundation funds

Grants paid in 2024

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
McCord Stewart MuseumMuseum operational funding$512,822
Lake St Louis Historical SocietyMuseum operational funding$468,179
Other Canadian CharitiesCanadian charities operational funding$395,390
McGill UniversityEducational institution$111,355
Chateau RamezayMuseum operational funding$43,812

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Macdonald Stewart Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: 12 31 2024.

How much does Macdonald Stewart Foundation give?

$1.5 million in tax year 2024, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $395,390.

Who runs Macdonald Stewart Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Jean Pierre Ouellet (President), Bruce Bolton (Vice President), Diana Stewart (Vice President) and David Angus (Vice President) among 8 officers and trustees.

What does Macdonald Stewart Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly international and arts and culture.

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