McDonald’s is proud to support local communities through the Golden Grants program to help education and non-profit organizations that serve children from ages 5 -18, including those in grade levels K-12.
Donor Name: McDonald’s
State: Selected States
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/10/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
McDonald’s local Owner/Operator franchisees bring positive economic opportunities to the neighborhoods they serve in numerous ways, including engaging in philanthropic activities that provide access to education, empowerment, and pathways to entrepreneurship.
Funding Information
Grants are available for each area in the amounts of:
- $10,000
- $5,000
- $2,500
- $1,000
Qualifying activities include the following, as long as need is demonstrated:
- Arts activities
- Education initiatives
- Mentorship and empowerment programs
- After-school programs
- Community service
- Sports activities
- Technology
Eligibility Requirements
This program is limited to activities benefiting K-12 students in the following counties:
- Alabama: Chambers, Lee, and Russell.
- Arkansas: Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Scott, Sebastian, and Washington.
- California: Alameda, Costa-Contra, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Monterey East, and Monterey West.
- Florida: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Brooks, Broward, Charlotte, Charlton, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lakeland, Lee, Leon, Levy, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia Counties, the cities of Sarasota and Venice in Sarasota County, and the cities of Bushnell and Wildwood in Sumter County.
- Georgia: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Charlton, Chatahoochee, Chatham, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dawson, Decatur, Dekalb, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Echols, Effingham, Evans, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Glynn, Grady, Gwinnett, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Mcintosh, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monro, Montgomery, Morgan, Muscogee, Newton, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Rockdale, Russell, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Spaulding, Stewart, Sumpter, Talbot, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Walton, Ware, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson, and Worth.
- Kansas: Chautauqua and Montgomery.
- Oklahoma: Oklahoma, Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington.
- South Carolina: Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper.
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