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Donovan Family Foundation at a glance

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Donovan Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$133k
Granted FY2023
15
Grants FY2023
11
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$287kPhilanthropy$267kEducation$232kSocial Science$50kHealth$32kEnvironment$31kReligion$29kCivil Rights$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k12 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL$75,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOOVER INSTITUTION$15,000
GRANT TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$5,000
DANCERS WORKSHOP$5,000
TETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
STATE POLICY NETWORK$5,000
TETON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION$5,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$2,000
NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER$1,000
AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION$1,000
CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$500
DISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION$500
GOOD SAMARITAN$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TETON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION: $5k → 7%NORTH YELLOWSTONE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOOVER INSTITUTION: $15k → 8%PESTALOZZI US CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $5k → 17%JUDICIAL WATCH: $10k → 14%WOMEN'S HEALTH ACCESS MATTERS: $10k → 9%LAKE FOREST COLLEGE ANNUAL GIFT: $10k → 8%DANCERS WORKSHOP: $5k → 6%STATE POLICY NETWORK: $10k → 7%GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL: $75k → 5%UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOOVER INSTITUTION: $15k → 8%KILT (VIA CREATIVE VISIONS): $6k → 14%PESTALOZZI US CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $5k → 17%JUDICIAL WATCH: $5k → 14%LAKE FOREST COLLEGE ANNUAL GIFT: $10k → 8%DANCERS WORKSHOP: $5k → 6%STATE POLICY NETWORK: $5k → 7%GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL: $75k → 5%STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOOVER INSTITUTION: $10k → 8%KILT (VIA CREATIVE VISIONS): $5k → 14%PESTALOZZI US CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $5k → 17%JUDICIAL WATCH: $5k → 14%LAKE FOREST COLLEGE ANNUAL GIFT: $10k → 8%DANCERS WORKSHOP: $5k → 6%STATE POLICY NETWORK: $5k → 7%GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL: $50k → 5%STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOOVER INSTITUTION: $10k → 8%KILT (VIA CREATIVE VISIONS): $5k → 14%DANCERS WORKSHOP: $5k → 6%STATE POLICY NETWORK: $5k → 7%GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL: $50k → 5%GRANT TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10k → 5%GTNPF ANNUAL FUND: $10k → 5%GTNPF ANNUAL FUND: $10k → 5%GTNPF ANNUAL FUND: $10k → 5%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $110k → 5%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $60k → 5%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $57k → 5%TETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE: $20k → 5%ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL LIVING CENTER: $17k → 5%CHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $10k → 5%CHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $8k → 5%SILICON COULOIR: $5k → 5%SILICON COULOIR: $5k → 5%CHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $5k → 5%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH JACKSON: $5k → 5%TETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 5%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MT
IL
MI
NY
WY
SD
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$680k · 13 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$680k
$98k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+68%

Still filing today

54%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyEnvironmentPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $250k · revenue +447%
  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $180k · revenue +40%
  • SP
    STATE POLICY NETWORK
    4× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • YF
    YELLOWSTONE FOREVERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +68%
  • TC
    TETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL LIVING CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $17k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
2
Wyofile

Wyofile is an independent, nonprofit news service focused on the people, places and policy of wyoming. recognizing the rapid decline in resources among traditional news outlets, wyofile offers in-depth coverage of complicated subjects and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School

Wyoming seminary inspires students to lead lives of integrity, purpose, and excellence by developing the critical skills and spirit of community necessary to succeed and serve in a global society.

Education
5
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
6
Glacier National Park Conservancy

The glacier national park conservancy works to preserve and protect glacier national park for future generations.

Recreation & Sports
7
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc

The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern idaho for this and future generations.

Environment
8
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
Cowboy State Daily

Cowboy state daily's mission is to provide high-quality local and statewide reporting on the issues that impact wyoming, featuring stories that capture wyoming's wonderful "small town with long streets" vibe.

Arts & Culture
11
Grand Teton Association

The mission of the association is to inspire "deeper connection, better understanding, and enduring support for our public lands."

Arts & Culture
12
Utah Foundation

Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yellowstone Forever; the most unlike its peers is Good Samaritan Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $227,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JAC…PESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHARITY INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyPESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHA…GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL …+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureSTANFORD UNIVERSITY HOOVER INSTITUTION: $50,000 · OtherSTANFORD UNIVERSITY HOOVER I…LAKE FOREST COLLEGE ANNUAL GIFT: $30,000 · OtherLAKE FOREST COLLEGE ANNUAL G…GTNPF ANNUAL FUND: $30,000 · OtherGTNPF ANNUAL FUNDCHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $23,000 · OtherCHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOU…DANCERS WORKSHOP: $20,000 · OtherDANCERS WORKSHOPTETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE: $20,000 · OtherTETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESC…ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL LIVING CENTER: $17,000 · OtherST JOHN'S HOSPITAL LIVING CE…KILT (VIA CREATIVE VISIONS): $16,000 · OtherKILT (VIA CREATIVE VISIONS)WOMEN'S HEALTH ACCESS MATTERS: $10,000 · OtherSILICON COULOIR: $15,000 · OtherSILICON COULOIR+8 more: $28,000 · Other+8 moreTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $180,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVE…UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $5,000 · EducationYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $30,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $25,000 · Civil RightsJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $20,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $500 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$252,000Arts & Culture$250,500Other$259,000Education$195,000Environment$31,000Civil Rights$25,000Public Benefit$20,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $250,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $227,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $180,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSILICON COULOIR: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHARITY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Yellowstone Education Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTETON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Donovan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donovan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Donovan Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Donovan Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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