Massachusetts · Private foundation
Donovan Family 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.
- $175k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $86k
- 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 Donovan Family Foundation 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.
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 | 8 | $175k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $298k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $460k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $327k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $566k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $368k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $350k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malden Catholic High School | $1,584,329 | 8 | n/a |
| Bread of Life Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 6% |
| St Mark's School of Southborough Inc | $182,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Indiana Youth Services Association Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Xaverian Brothers High School | $112,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Samaritans Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Venerini Academy Inc | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $50,025 | 3 | n/a |
| The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malden Catholic High School | $1,584,329 | 8 | n/a |
| Bread of Life Inc | $250,000 | 3 | 6% |
| St Mark's School of Southborough Inc | $182,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Catholic Schools Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Indiana Youth Services Association Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Xaverian Brothers High School | $112,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Samaritans Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Venerini Academy Inc | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $50,025 | 3 | n/a |
| The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Michael Duke Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Inner City Scholarship Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Johns High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montrose Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Childrens Medical Research Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 15% |
| Childrens Medical Research Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donovan Family Foundation 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 Donovan Family Foundation
- How much does Donovan Family Foundation give?
- Donovan Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $175,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Donovan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (77%), Food & Nutrition (7%), Health (4%).
- Who are Donovan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Malden Catholic High School ($1.6M), Bread of Life Inc ($250k), St Mark's School of Southborough Inc ($182k).
- Does Donovan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donovan Family 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 Donovan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Flatley Foundation, Arbella Insurance Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Donovan Family Foundation based?
- Donovan Family Foundation is based in MA.
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