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Edward and Rose Donnell Foundation at a glance

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Edward and Rose Donnell 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.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
59
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Environment$262kHealth$170kArts & Culture$168kEducation$95kAnimals$93kCrime & Legal$52kFood & Nutrition$51kHousing & Shelter$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k53 grants · $165k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $86k
$2,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Planned Parenthood$19,000
Individual grant recipient$17,500
Chicago Horticultural Society$15,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository$12,000
Trust for Public Lands$12,000
Conservation International$10,000
Kappa Sigma Scholarship Fund$9,000
Tennessee 4H$8,000
Environmental Defense Fund$7,000
American Red Cross$6,000
Nashville Opera$6,000
Evanston Public Library$5,000
World Wildlife Fund$5,000
McGaw YMCA$5,000
Ravinia Festival$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Unbound: $3k → 16%Canine Companions: $2k → 15%Mother to Mother: $1k → 14%Mother 2 Mother: $1k → 14%Rainbows for all Children: $3k → 14%Mother to Mother: $1k → 14%Mother 2 Mother: $1k → 14%Mother to Mother: $1k → 14%McGaw YMCA: $5k → 14%McGaw YMCA: $5k → 14%McGaw YMCA: $5k → 14%McGaw YMCA: $5k → 14%McGaw YMCA: $5k → 14%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1000k · 55 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
40

Total granted

$1000k
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
-1%

Still filing today

76%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationInternationalOther
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

  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $51k · revenue +28%
  • CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +64%
  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    5× · 2021–2025 · $38k · revenue +109%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF FRANKLIN PARKS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +19%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • CM
    Country Music Hall of Fame and Muse
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
7
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
10
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
11
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

77 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. 77 of the 118 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/77
Grantees still filing
45/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Planned Parenthood: $136,000 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEvanston Public Library: $25,000 · OtherCOUNSELING CENTER OF THE NORTH SHORE INC: $22,500 · OtherYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $25,000 · OtherBETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · OtherCONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $25,000 · Other+66 more: $274,300 · Other+66 moreCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $75,000 · EnvironmentCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL S…CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIO…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $38,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LA…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $27,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE F…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $22,250 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYHARPETH CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · Environment+6 more: $26,500 · Environment+6 moreCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCOUNTRY MUS…RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $23,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FES…NASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION: $19,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE O…PULL-TIGHT PLAYERS INC: $16,000 · Arts & CulturePULL-TIGHT …Writers Theatre Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureWriters The…TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST: $4,000 · Arts & CultureFRIST ART MUSEUM: $4,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $7,700 · Arts & Culture+5 moreFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $24,750 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $12,500 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $9,500 · AnimalsNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $8,500 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $7,500 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY ANIMAL RESCUE EFFORT INC: $2,750 · AnimalsHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $2,750 · Animals+6 more: $11,000 · AnimalsEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $51,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $1,000 · Crime & LegalGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $51,000 · Food & NutritionWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $19,750 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationLEARNING MATTERS INC: $10,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $2,750 · Education
Other$577,800Environment$248,750Arts & Culture$118,700Animals$79,250Crime & Legal$52,000Food & Nutrition$51,000Education$47,500

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 budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $51,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $51,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $38,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTIONS FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Assoc McGaw Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $24,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNSELING CENTER OF THE NORTH SHORE INC: $22,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $22,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $19,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $16,200 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPULL-TIGHT PLAYERS INC: $16,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Youth Centers: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGlencoe Historical Society: $11,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF FRANKLIN PARKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHARPETH CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLEARNING MATTERS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPENLANDS: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GREEN BAY TRAIL: $8,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTENNESSEE 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $7,063 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (TPAC) MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER TO MOTHER INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHICAGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $4,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC: $4,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIST ART MUSEUM: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR THERAPY THROUGH THE ARTS: $3,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN INC: $3,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnbound: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 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.

Hca Healthcare Founda…The Wade-Buntin Famil…Memorial Foundation I…The Community Foundat…Pam Lewis FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…The Frist FoundationSoutheast Community C…The Danner FoundationEnchiridion FoundationThe Blum Family Found…The Steven & Laurie E…
Hca Healthcare FoundationTN26.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Wade-Buntin Family Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Pam Lewis Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Southeast Community Capital Corporation D/B/A Pathway Lending · The Danner Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation · The Blum Family Foundation · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family 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 Edward and Rose Donnell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward and Rose Donnell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 118 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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