Iowa · Private foundation
Burns-Donovan Foundation
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.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $769k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Burns-Donovan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $120k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $78k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $81k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $74k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $77k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $56k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $77k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $63k | 41% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas Aquinas Church Ames Ia | $115,218 | 5 | n/a |
| St Patrick Catholic Church | $32,175 | 9 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mound Farm Holdings Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mater Dei Catholic Parish | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beckman Catholic High School Dyersville Iowa | $7,150 | 4 | n/a |
| Lasalle Catholic | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Cecilia Church Ames Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fire Foundation of Northwest Iowa | $4,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Newman Catholic Student Center of Iowa City Iowa | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas Aquinas Church Ames Ia | $115,218 | 5 | n/a |
| St Patrick Catholic Church | $32,175 | 9 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $24,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mound Farm Holdings Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mater Dei Catholic Parish | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beckman Catholic High School Dyersville Iowa | $7,150 | 4 | n/a |
| Lasalle Catholic | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Cecilia Church Ames Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fire Foundation of Northwest Iowa | $4,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Newman Catholic Student Center of Iowa City Iowa | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Ambrose University | $2,644 | 2 | 0% |
| Archdiocese of Dubuque | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($464k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: The Catholic Foundation for the Archdiocese of Dubuque · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Burns-Donovan Foundation
- How much does Burns-Donovan Foundation give?
- Burns-Donovan Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $120,317 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Burns-Donovan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (90%), Education (5%).
- Who are Burns-Donovan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Thomas Aquinas Church Ames Ia ($115k), St Patrick Catholic Church ($32k), Fellowship of Catholic University Students ($24k).
- Does Burns-Donovan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burns-Donovan Foundation 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 Burns-Donovan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Catholic Foundation for the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Burns-Donovan Foundation based?
- Burns-Donovan Foundation is based in IA.
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