Wisconsin · Private foundation
Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $115k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $480k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $115k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $97k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $116k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $89k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $114k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $207,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Lake Michigan Bird Observatory | $85,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Restoring Lands Inc | $71,750 | 4 | 3% |
| The Flame Tree Initiative | $52,000 | 3 | 33% |
| Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Copper River Watershed Project | $30,250 | 5 | 0% |
| The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 7% |
| Milwaukee Audubon Society Inc | $7,250 | 1 | 10% |
Where it is load-bearing
Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc give?
- Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $115,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (30%), Environment (10%), Community Improvement (5%).
- Who are Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Crane Foundation Inc ($207k), Lake Michigan Bird Observatory ($85k), Restoring Lands Inc ($72k).
- Does Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natural Resources Foundation Of, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc based?
- Arthur J Donald Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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