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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.

$652k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$200k
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$589kEducation$334kPhilanthropy$236kInternational$75kReligion$65kPublic Benefit$59kAnimals$47kRecreation & Sports$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $239k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $385k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC$200,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$85,000
GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC$50,000
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE$50,000
THE HUMANITAS INSTITUTE$40,000
GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC$33,600
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$25,000
SNAKE RIVER FUND$20,000
DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE$20,000
THE BLESSING PROJECTS$15,000
HONOR WYOMING FOUNDATION$15,000
JUDICIAL WATCH INC$10,000
INDEPENDENT WOMENS FORUM$10,000
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE$10,000
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 40% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%TETON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION: $5k → 7%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $25k → 7%PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%TUNNEL TO TOWER FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE: $50k → 11%MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $10k → 16%JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $10k → 14%IMANI MILELE CHILDREN INC: $25k → 12%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5k → 14%AMERICAN CULTURE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%PAWS INC: $5k → 21%STATE POLICY NETWORK: $5k → 7%INDEPENDENT WOMENS FORUM: $10k → 16%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10k → 5%ALPINE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 8%HONOR WYOMING FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%TENTON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION: $5k → 7%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $15k → 7%KILT (VIA CREATIVE VISIONS): $6k → 14%AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE: $50k → 11%JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $5k → 14%IMANI MILELE CHILDREN INC: $25k → 12%AMERICAN CULTURE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $3k → 7%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10k → 5%HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH: $5k → 8%TENTON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION: $5k → 7%CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $5k → 14%STATE POLICY NETWORK: $5k → 7%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $85k → 5%WYOMING VETERINARY OUTREACH INC: $10k → 8%CREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $69k → 5%STATE POLICY NETWORK: $5k → 7%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $47k → 5%TETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE: $30k → 5%PESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHARITY INC: $5k → 17%OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $10k → 5%OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $10k → 5%CHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $10k → 5%JACKSON HOLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $5k → 5%DANCERS WORKSHOP: $5k → 5%THE BLESSING PROJECTS: $15k → 5%JACKSON HOLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $5k → 5%THE BLESSING PROJECTS: $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
IL
MI
NY
WY
CA
VA
MD
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$983k · 15 repeat orgs$236k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$983k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+1%

Still filing today

87%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitAnimalsPhilanthropyCivil 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

  • TC
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +13%
  • IM
    Imani Milele Children Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +14%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CULTURE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • TC
    TETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • CM
    CENTER MANAGEMENT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -9%
  • CO
    CHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON)
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
2
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
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
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
5
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
6
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
7
Allbritton Journalism Institute

Allbritton journalism institute aims to train a new generation of non-partisan political reporters from diverse backgrounds to produce high-quality, fact-based journalism.

Education
8
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
9
Washington and Lee University

Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…

Education
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
12
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is America First Policy Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. 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

35 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. 35 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
13/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $548,100 · Arts & CultureGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC+4 more: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+4 moreTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $120,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSIT…AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 · EducationAMERICA FIRST POLICY INST…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF …THE HUMANITAS INSTITUTE: $40,000 · EducationTHE HUMANITAS INSTITUTE+6 more: $34,000 · Education+6 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $201,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDAT…GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIO…+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTETON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE: $30,000 · OtherTETON COUNTY SE…OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $20,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE…DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE: $20,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF CHEY…HONOR WYOMING FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherHONOR WYOMING F…TENTON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION: $10,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $10,000 · OtherCHURCH - OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS (JACKSON): $10,000 · OtherThe Blessing Projects: $20,000 · OtherThe Blessing Pr…SNAKE RIVER FUND: $20,000 · OtherSNAKE RIVER FUN…VETERINARY PULSE ALLIANCE: $10,000 · OtherCENTER MANAGEMENT INC: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $28,500 · Other+7 moreImani Milele Children Inc: $50,000 · InternationalAMERICAN CULTURE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $5,000 · Public BenefitDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $1,500 · Public BenefitSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $15,000 · Civil RightsIndependent Women's Forum: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$583,100Education$334,000Philanthropy$226,000Other$203,500International$50,000Public Benefit$48,500Civil Rights$25,000

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: $548,100 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $201,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetImani Milele Children Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANITAS INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CULTURE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blessing Projects: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSNAKE RIVER FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlpine Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER MANAGEMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON HOLE CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDANCERS WORKSHOP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLeadership Institute: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTETON VALLEY SKIJOR CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPESTALOZZI US CHILDRENS CHARITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY CENTER: $1,000 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.

Community Foundation …National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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