Wisconsin · Public charity
Donald Driver Foundation Inc
The mission of the donald driver foundation is to display strong hands, strong minds, and loving hearts to serve as a hand up, not a hand out. The foundation has a core focus in serving underprivileged children and families by addressing health, wellness, safety, education, and career development.
- $213k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $200k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $608k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Donald Driver Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $200k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $70k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $154k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $190k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $260k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $272k | 58% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $265k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc | $225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jockey Being Family Foundation Ltd | $75,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Spaces Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Afar Inc Dba the Ability Center | $40,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Centro Legal Por Derechos Humanos Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 7% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($388k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald Driver Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 Donald Driver Foundation Inc
- How much does Donald Driver Foundation Inc give?
- Donald Driver Foundation Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $200,000, out of $213,370 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Donald Driver Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (21%), Youth Development (14%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Donald Driver Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc ($225k), Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc ($125k), Jockey Being Family Foundation Ltd ($75k).
- Does Donald Driver Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Donald Driver Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Donald Driver Foundation Inc based?
- Donald Driver Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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