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Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
355
Grants FY2024
369
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$235,500
Organizations funded a year
360 to 404
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
22
Total assets, FY2024
$194M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $832k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving349$6.8M16%
FY2023369$6.7M16%
FY2022390$6.3M20%
FY2021382$7.7M29%
FY2020404$7.1M29%
FY2019360$6.5Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$17MEnvironment$16MEducation$2.0MCommunity Improvement$1.8MAnimals$1.8MCrime & Legal$867kPhilanthropy$608kReligion$407kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,215,60060%
Lowcountry Land Trust Inc$833,000515%
Southern Environmental Law Center$822,00060%
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation$685,50065%
National Forest Foundation$659,38451%
Openlands$614,25062%
South Carolina Environmental Law Project Inc$560,000512%
College of Charleston Foundation$557,00062%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$515,50061%
Illinois Environmental Council Education$475,00069%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$462,00050%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$427,50040%
National Audubon Society Inc$423,09930%
Chicago History Museum$412,0003n/a
The Conservation Foundation$390,00063%
Chicago Community Foundation$360,0003n/a
The Trust for Public Land$343,00040%
Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc$337,25064%
Metropolitan Planning Council$307,50062%
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development$280,00049%
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County$255,00065%
Friends of the Forest Preserves$252,80062%
Carolina Art Association Dba Gibbes Museum of Art$245,50062%
Friends of the Chicago River$245,07563%
Faith in Place$243,50062%
Calumet Collarborative$235,000319%
Conservation Voters of Sc Educ Fund$231,00065%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$220,00013%
Chicago Cultural Alliance$213,150615%
The Wetlands Initiative$201,00042%
Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago$201,000623%
Charleston Stage Company Inc$197,79453%
Pee Dee Land Trust$195,00064%
The Morton Arboretum$192,50030%
Geneva Lake Conservancy Inc$190,00063%
Charleston Symphony Orchestra$182,50061%
Beaufort County Open Land Trust$182,500312%
Pollinator Partnership$180,50062%
Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust$180,00067%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$175,45050%
Chicago Collections Consortium Inc Nfp$175,000619%
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc$175,00062%
American Rivers Inc$170,00040%
University of Chicago$170,00030%
Gullahgeechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission Inc$170,00025%
Illinois Arts Alliance$165,500617%
South Carolina Arts Alliance$159,550621%
Spoleto Festival USA Inc$159,50060%
Metanoia$152,50034%
South Side Community Art Center$147,00058%
Chicago Public Art Group$146,500614%
League of Chicago Theatres Foundation$141,500411%
Lawyers for the Creative Arts$141,50066%
Enrich Chicago$141,006613%
Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum Inc$135,000310%
Charleston Jazz$135,00063%
Sustainability Institute$135,00039%
Southeastern Museums Conference$130,000517%
Trickster Art Gallery$128,50068%
Penn Center Inc$128,500215%
Friends of Coastal South Carolina$125,000358%
Winyah Rivers Foundation Inc$122,000610%
Pure Theatre$118,10068%
Honey Pot Performance$111,500546%
Clemson University Foundation$110,00030%
Chicago Artists Coalition$108,97268%
The Village Repertory Company$107,500620%
Redux Contemporary Art Center$107,40068%
About Face Theatre Collective Inc$107,07065%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$105,0001n/a
The National Public Housing Museum$105,00023%
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance$100,50054%
Lewis University$100,00010%
Footlight Players Inc$100,00064%
Long Bay Symphonic Society Ltd$100,00064%
Drayton Hall Preservation Trust$100,00032%
Sustain South Carolina Intersection of Commerce and Conservation$100,00045%
Kane County Clerk$100,0002n/a
The Newberry Library$100,00020%
Center for Neighborhood Technology$100,00022%
Chicago Historical Society$100,00011%
Ica La$100,00032%
Accessible Contemporary Music$99,50064%
Chicago Theological Seminary Board of Directors$99,0002n/a
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic$96,50063%
Experimental Sound Studio$94,88167%
Charleston Library Society$94,50034%
The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts$93,50066%
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra$93,00054%
Edisto Island Open Land Trust$90,50055%
Historic Charleston Foundation$89,00031%
Threewalls$87,50065%
Field Museum of Natural History$86,50020%
American Farmland Trust$85,00020%
Southeast Environmental Task Force$85,00032%
Natya Dance Theatre$83,68664%
Congo Square Theatre Company$83,00065%
Make-Believe Association$82,000683%
Raven Theatre Company$81,86663%
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company$81,66162%
Lifeline Productions Inc$81,05062%
Third Coast Percussion Nfp$81,01562%
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center$80,65065%
Jazz Institute of Chicago$80,50055%
National Indo American Museum$80,00031%
Depaul University$79,27710%
Chicago Filmmakers$78,99862%
American Blues Theater Nfp$78,98062%
Chicago Human Rhythm Project$78,50062%
International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago$78,50065%
Theater Wit Nfp$76,99062%
Batavia Artists Association Nfp Inc Water Street Studios$75,50058%
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$75,00040%
McClellanville Arts Council$75,000632%
Kettle Moraine Land Trust Inc$75,000615%
Asian Improv Arts Midwest$75,00066%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$75,00030%
Eta Creative Arts Foundation$75,000616%
South Carolina Wildlife Federation$75,000310%
Together Sc$74,55763%
Piven Theatre Workshop$72,05964%
Hedwig Dances Inc$71,00069%
IBU Foundation$70,00068%
Definition Theatre Company$70,00053%
Amphibian & Reptile Conservancy Inc$70,00022%
Fine Line Creative Arts Center$69,91462%
Gilloury Institute$68,99665%
Wildlife Habitat Council$68,43522%
The Friends of Green Chimneys$67,00052%
Sones de Mexico Ensemble$66,50066%
North Charleston Pops$65,00064%
New Alpha Community Development Corporation$65,00028%
The Franklin G Burroughs Simeon B Chapin Art Museum$65,00043%
Teatro Vista Theater With a View Inc$65,00055%
Art League of Hilton Head Inc$65,00064%
Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation$62,63220%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$62,50010%
Chicago Tap Theatre NFP$61,50059%
Griffin Theatre Company$61,000611%
Deeply Rooted Productions Inc$60,84361%
A Red Orchid Theatre$60,50063%
Smith Medical Clinic Inc$60,00034%
The Flowertown Players Inc$60,00065%
The South Carolina Historical Society$60,00023%
Fulcrum Point New Music Project$60,00064%
SHAPE Community Center$60,00024%
The Gift Theatre Company$60,00065%
The Pat Conroy Literary Center Inc$60,00064%
Lean Ensemble Theater$60,00066%
Summerville Orchestra$60,00066%
Chamber Music Charleston$60,00063%
Links Hall Inc$59,99463%
Chicago a Cappella$59,97962%
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund$59,50034%
Neo-Futurists$59,50063%
Free Street Theater$58,70063%
Lucky Plush Productions$57,35065%
Oak Park Festival Theatre$56,84566%
IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art$56,80243%
Full Spectrum Features NFP$56,56063%
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble$55,65063%
Red Clay Dance Company Inc$55,59043%
Steep Theatre$55,30063%
Urban Juncture Foundation$55,00013%
Floating Museum NFP$55,000520%
American Indian Center$55,00052%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$55,00010%
Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc$55,00010%
Public Works Arts Center$55,000520%
Gullah Traveling Theater Inc$55,000541%
Audience Architects NFP dba See Chicago Dance$54,19546%
Arts & Business Council of Chicago$51,50047%
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre$51,50064%
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art$51,00063%
Redtwist Theatre$50,875610%
Project Danztheatre Company$50,79664%
Pride Films and Plays$50,15657%
Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living$50,00022%
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance$50,00032%
Dogwood Alliance Inc$50,00021%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$50,00011%
Muntu Dance Theatre$50,00064%
Hyde Park Art Center$50,00012%
Native Island Business & Community Affairs Association Inc$50,00054%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$50,00011%
Spudnik Press Cooperative$49,86468%
St Charles Singers$49,34865%
Shattered Globe Theatre$49,27153%
Hell In A Handbag Productions$49,000610%
Bella Voce$49,00066%
Strawdog Theatre Company$49,000618%
Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association$49,00064%
Elmhurst Symphony Association Inc$48,44954%
The Village Group$47,00036%
The Izaak Walton League of America$47,00021%
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc$47,00064%
Center for International Performance & Exhibition$47,00065%
The Lira Ensemble$47,000511%
Prep for Prep$46,50060%
Aerial Dance Chicago$46,00065%
Korean Cultural Center of Chicago$46,00021%
Khecari$46,00066%
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival$45,82342%
6018north Nfp$45,50067%
Chicago Art Department$45,30064%
The Aspen Institute Inc$45,00060%
Downtown Women's Center$45,00050%
Rough House Puppet Arts$45,00069%
Jackalope Theatre Company$45,00067%
Pegasus Theatre Chicago$45,00068%
Seno Krlt Conservancy Inc$45,00058%
The Artistic Home Acting Ensemble$45,000617%
The Delta Institute$45,00012%
Barrington Area Conservation Trust Inc$45,00035%
Dal Niente New Music Nfp$44,00053%
Chicago Horticultural Society$44,00020%
The Seldoms$43,125610%
Aguijon Theater Company of Chicago$43,00048%
Union Street Gallery$43,00069%
Korean Performing Arts Institute of Chicago$42,50054%
Najwa Dance Corps$41,500618%
Eighth Blackbird Performing Arts Association$41,50043%
Enough Pie$41,20049%
Heaven Gallery$40,76865%
Visceral Dance Chicago NFP$40,16545%
Los Angeles Poverty Department$40,00063%
East Cooper Land Trust$40,000215%
Lowcountry Local First$40,00022%
The Guild Complex$39,913446%
Public Media Institute$39,50051%
Prairie State Conservation Coalition$39,42537%
Serendipity Theatre Company D/B/A 2nd Story$39,07753%
Clinard Dance$38,60969%
Riverside Arts Center$38,49557%
Theatre Y$38,00069%
City Lit Theatre Company$37,50055%
High Concept Laboratories$37,00054%
Roots & Culture Contemporary Artcenter$36,50066%
First Floor Theater Company$36,160627%
Classical Music Chicago$36,09532%
Winifred Haun & Dancers$36,00067%
Mpaact$36,00067%
Spektral Quartet Nfp$35,66042%
Curious Theatre Branch$35,500675%
International Chamber Artists$35,50068%
Palmetto City Ballet$35,00055%
Annex Dance Company$35,000632%
Heritage Museum of Asian Art$35,00018%
Water People Theater Group Nfp$35,00053%
Fifth House Ensemble$34,53532%
The Artists Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions$33,00043%
The Art Base$32,50062%
South Chicago Dance Theatre$32,50063%
The Actors' Theater of Sc$31,800629%
The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc$31,60050%
Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest$31,27549%
Elastic Arts Foundation$31,00033%
Anderson Ranch Arts Center$31,00060%
Kalapriya Foundation Center for Indian Performing Arts Inc$30,90043%
Otherworld Theatre Company$30,50045%
Sideshow Theatre NFP$30,448410%
The Art Institute of Chicago$30,00010%
Leadership Greater Chicago$30,00011%
Harbor Historical Association of Georgetown$30,00024%
The Cara Program$30,00030%
Chicago City Theatre Company dba Joel Hall Dancers & Center$30,00033%
International Folk Art Alliance Inc Dba Ifam$30,00060%
Momenta$30,00046%
The Village Museum$30,000227%
Teach My People$30,00022%
Association of African America Museums (Aaam)$30,00051%
Shorefront Nfp$30,00023%
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences$30,00060%
Gerber-Hart Library & Archives$30,000111%
Helping Hands of Georgetown Inc$30,00013%
Autism Project of Palm Beach County Inc$30,00062%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$30,00010%
Chicago Public Library Foundation$29,20011%
Jovenes Inc$29,00050%
Legado Inc$29,00041%
Sixty Inches From Center Nfp$29,00059%
Emerald South Economic Development Colloborative$27,50013%
Public Narrative$27,50016%
Roaring Fork Conservancy$27,50050%
Newberry Consort Nfp$27,00035%
Syracuse University$27,00040%
Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium$27,0002n/a
Comfort Station Nfp$26,83867%
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies$26,50040%
Community Film Workshop$25,50047%
Filament Theatre Ensemble Nfp$25,50035%
YWCA of Greater Charleston$25,50041%
Danceworks Chicago Inc NFP$25,50034%
Filter Photo Nfp$25,50035%
South Carolina Land Trust Network$25,000212%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$25,00010%
Muslim American Leadership Alliance$25,00018%
Art Pot$25,00037%
Juilliard School$25,00050%
Southern Methodist University$25,00010%
Japanese American Service Committee$25,00011%
Educational Foundation of USCL Inc$25,00012%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org$25,00011%
Nami Palm Beach County Inc$25,00051%
Southeast Chicago Historical Society$25,0001n/a
Chicago Defender Charities Inc$25,0001n/a
The 16th Street Theater NFP$25,00035%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$25,00020%
Gathering Waters Inc$25,00013%
Haitian American Museum of Chicago$25,0002n/a
National Parks Conservation Association$25,00010%
League of Chicago Theatres$25,00012%
Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves$25,00011%
Broken Nose Theatre$24,664482%
Walkabout Theatre Company$24,500437%
The Orion Chamber Ensemble$24,000412%
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame$24,000512%
Eclipse Theatre Company$24,0004n/a
Zephyr Dance Ensemble$24,000410%
The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc$24,00011%
Vicarious Theatre Company Dba Babes With Blades Theatre Company$23,950610%
The New Coordinates Nfp$23,260423%
Chicago Blues Revival$23,000410%
Artemisia A Chicago Theatre$23,000514%
Mezcla Media Collective LTD$23,00055%
Rembrandt Chamber Players Inc$23,00036%
Sarah Lawrence College$22,50050%
Woman MadeInc$22,50037%
Urban Theater Chicago Nfp$22,50033%
National Museum of Gospel Music$22,50029%
Aaime$22,000212%
Charleston Literary Festival Inc$22,00041%
Lakeside Singers Inc$21,50036%
Ayodele Drum and Dance Nfp$21,50038%
Mad Shak Dance Company$20,500522%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$20,10030%
The Space Movement Project NFP$20,0694n/a
Center for Native Futures$20,00035%
Media Reform Sc LLC$20,000312%
Chicago Dance History Project$20,00019%
Threshold Repertory Theatre$20,0002n/a
The Arts Grand Strand$20,000549%
Alternate RootsInc$20,00020%
Heart Inclusive Arts Community$20,00025%
The Poetry Center$20,00022%
Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre$20,0003n/a
Make Literary Productions Nfp$20,00047%
Illinois Shotokan Karate Booster Cl$20,000349%
Interrobang Theatre Project Inc$19,35045%
Music Associates of Aspen Inc$19,00050%
Port Royal Sound Foundation$19,00040%
D-Composed Gives$18,050410%
Yin He Dance$18,00047%
Utopian Theatre Asylum Inc$18,000318%
Voice of the City$17,750113%
Chicago Moving Company$17,5004n/a
826chi Inc$17,00031%
Plagiarists Nfp$16,5004n/a
Nothing Without a Company$16,2124n/a
Spring Island Trust$16,00021%
American Museum of Natural History$15,25050%
Northwestern University$15,00030%
The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic$15,00030%
Friends of the Chas County Library$15,00023%
African American Museum of Performing Arts$15,00026%
Environmental Law Institute$15,00030%
Lake City Creative Alliance$15,00031%
Gullah Festival of South Carolina$15,00028%
South Carolina Farm Bureau Land Trust Inc$15,00011%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$15,00010%
Venice Community Housing Corporation$15,00030%
Beaufort Arts Council$15,0003n/a
United Way of Kankakee County Inc$15,00013%
Afs-Usa Inc$15,00010%
826 National Inc$15,00030%
North Carolina Arts Foundation$15,00011%
Womens Rights and Empowerment Network$14,88050%
Synapse Arts Collective$14,25034%
The Mural Movement$14,10029%
Midsommer Flight Nfp$13,22557%
Roman Susan Art Foundation Nfp$13,00034%
Lawndale Pop-Up Spot$13,00033%
Third Eye Theatre Ensemble$12,858517%
South Carolina Humanities Council Inc$12,50020%
Mustard Seed School$12,25050%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$12,00010%
One Tail at a Time Nfp$11,70050%
Chinatown Museum Foundation Chinese American Museum of Chicago$11,50015%
Chicago Dancemakers Forum$11,50042%
Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta$11,00022%
Documentary Educational Resources Inc$10,50011%
Chicago Film Archives NFP$10,00013%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00010%
Nemours Plantation Wildlife Foundation$10,00010%
School for Advanced Research$10,00010%
Community Development Corporation of Php$10,00013%
Black Belt Justice Center$10,00012%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
Wake Forest University$10,00010%
City of North Charleston$10,0001n/a
German-American-National-Congress Inc North Side$10,00011%
Youth & Opportunity United Inc$10,00020%
First Folio Theatre$10,00012%
Catholic Bishop of Chicago$10,0001n/a
New Morning$10,00030%
Coastal Educational Foundation$10,00010%
The Haymarket Opera Company Nfp$10,00012%
Earth Economics$10,00011%
Marigold Arts Development$10,00018%
New Age Services Corporation$10,0001n/a
Mid-Missouri Center Project Inc$10,000111%
Charleston Chamber Foundation$10,00016%
Hampton Friends of the Arts inc$10,0001n/a
The Citadel Foundation$10,00010%
Hilton Head Island Deep Well Project Inc$10,00020%
Theatre Communications Group Inc$9,77510%
Latitude Inc Nfp$8,92514%
Northbrook Symphony Orchestra$8,5001n/a
Kokandy Productions$8,50013%
Halcyon Theatre$8,000125%
Rural Education & Development Inc$8,00011%
Bohemian Theatre Ensemble Nfp$7,944116%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$7,75020%
Chicago Composers Consortium$7,5003n/a
Great Lakes Environmental Law Cente$7,50012%
Wegoja Foundation$7,5001n/a
South Side Jazz Coalition Inc$7,50017%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$7,50010%
Beyond Hunger$7,50030%
Arts for Healing and Justice Network$7,50010%
Chicago Dance Crash Nfp$7,50014%
Trap Door Productions$7,50014%
Washington University$7,50030%
Mordine and Company Dance Theatre Inc$7,00024%
Earthjustice$6,95050%
Healthy Hood Chicago$6,6001n/a
Waccamaw Indian People$6,5002n/a
Paper Machete Group Inc Nfp$6,050111%
VGA Foundation$6,000130%
Water Missions International$6,00010%
Green and Healthy Inc$6,00023%
The Factory Theater Company$6,00018%
YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore$5,05020%
The Industry Productions Inc$5,00011%
Nami Florida Inc$5,00012%
Edgar Miller Legacy$5,00014%
A More Excellent Way Ministries$5,0001n/a
New England Conservatory of Music$5,00010%
Palmetto & Luna$5,0001n/a
Historic Bluffton Foundation$5,0001n/a
The Center for Humans and Nature$5,00010%
South Carolina Civil Rights Museum$5,00017%
A Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum$5,00014%
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
The Heritage Library Foundation Inc$5,00012%
College Unbound$5,00010%
Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation$5,0001n/a
Ravinia Festival Association$5,00010%
Columbia Music Festival Association$5,00011%
The Beaufort History Museum$5,000118%
Gullah Geechee Group Inc$5,0001n/a
Four-Mile Community Association$5,0001n/a
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$5,00010%
Spring Island Trust Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Insight Seminars$5,00011%
Coppin Community Center$5,0001n/a
Liberty Hill Historical and Genealogical Society$5,000149%
Georgetown County Historical Society$5,000111%
World Forestry Center$5,00010%
Mt Tam Community Land Trust Inc$5,00014%
Red Top Improvement Association Inc$5,0001n/a
Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communitie$5,0001n/a
Skid Row Coffee$5,0001n/a
Mountain Rescue Aspen Inc$5,00011%
Historic Pullman Foundation Dba Friends of Pullman$5,00016%
Bronzeville Black Chicagoan Historical Society$5,0001n/a
God's Love We Deliver Inc$5,00010%
The Bhutan Foundation$5,00010%
The Charleston Parks Conservancy$5,00010%
Humane World for Animals International$5,00010%
Hamlin Beach Community Association$5,0001n/a
Blue Island Historical Society Inc$5,0001n/a
Edisto Historical Preservation Society Inc$5,00015%
Eastside Community Development Corp Oration$5,0001n/a
The Arts Campus at Willits$5,00010%
St Johns Parish Church$4,5353n/a
Red Theater Chicago Nfp$4,0001n/a
Hip Circle Empowerment Center$3,88030%
Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer$3,0002n/a
Esperanza Health Centers$3,00010%
Digital Public Library of America$3,00010%
Monarch Awards Foundation Inc$2,85031%
Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church$2,7501n/a
Care for Real$2,57050%
Homeroom$2,5001n/a
Art Division$2,50010%
National Wildlife Federation$2,50010%
Bright Promises Foundation$2,50040%
Historic Beaufort Foundation$2,50010%
Friends of the Los Angeles River$2,50010%
Youthentity$2,50010%
Beyond This Point Performing Arts Association Nfp$2,5001n/a
Peak Grantmaking Inc$2,25010%
Music Maker Foundation Inc$2,05050%
HIP-HOP THEATER FESTIVAL INC DBA Hi-ARTS$2,00010%
South Arts Inc$2,00010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$1,97550%
Northeastern Illinois University Foundation$1,60020%
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy$1,54030%
Howard Area Community Center$1,50010%
Streetwise$1,5001n/a
Steps 2 Walk Inc$1,50011%
Rhondas Angel Network Organization$1,5001n/a
A Just Harvest$1,50010%
Felines Inc$1,30050%
Paws Chicago$1,16040%
Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation$1,10040%
The Salvation Army$1,1004n/a
City Dogs Rescue Inc$1,10040%
Players for Pits$1,10040%
National Parkinson Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Center for Urban Transformation$1,0001n/a
Community Services of Englewood Inc$1,0001n/a
Neighborspace$1,00010%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$1,00010%
Global Garden Refugee Training Farm$1,00010%
Children at the Crossroads Foundation$1,00010%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$8004n/a
Tree House Humane Society Inc$74030%
ALIVE Rescue NFP$70030%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$69520%
Trio Animal Foundation$50920%
Arc Educational Foundation$50011%
Forest Preserve Foundation Inc$50010%
Fetching Tails Foundation$50020%
Wofford College$50030%
Phillip Community Association$5001n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$45030%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$40040%
Inspiration Corporation$40040%
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee$30010%
Kabul Small Animal Rescue Inc$30010%
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago$3002n/a
Animal Care Center Of St John Inc$30010%
American Indian College Fund$30030%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$30030%
A Shelter Friend$30010%
Girlforward$30010%
Riverside Foundation$30010%
The Barack Obama Foundation$26410%
Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago Inc D/B/A Giordano Dance Chicago$22310%
Uniting Voices$20520%
Window to the World Communications Inc$20310%
Sea Turtle Conservancy$20010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$20010%
Sierra Club Foundation$20010%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$20020%
Stage Left Theatre Inc$13010%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$12020%
Friends of Chappell School$1151n/a
Chicago Public Media Inc$10510%
Together Helping Others Inc$10010%
The Bail Project Inc$10010%
Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc$10010%
3arts Inc$10010%
Charleston Moves$10010%
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$10010%
Appalachian Voices$10010%
The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc$10010%
Young Black and Lit$10010%
United States Fund for Unicef$10010%
Women for Afghan Women Inc$10010%
Oxfam-America Inc$10010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10010%
The Actors Gymnasium Inc$991n/a
St Labre Indian School$751n/a
Prairie State Legal Services Inc$7510%
Chicago Freedom School$6010%
Disability Lead$5110%
Center on Halsted$5010%
Disability Rights Fund Inc$5010%
Ravensbeard Wildlife Center Inc$5010%
Affinity Community Services$501n/a
Chicago Torture Justice Center$501n/a
PACTT Learning Center$5010%
Partnership for Southern Equity$5010%
Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education$4510%
Swim Across America Inc$3510%
Center for Photography at Woodstock$3010%
Outright International$2710%
Forte Community Music Project$251n/a
Build Inc$2510%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$2510%
Race Forward$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 186 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,215,600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLowcountry Land Trust Inc: $833,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $822,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Heirs' Property Preservation: $685,500 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetNational Forest Foundation: $659,384 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetOpenlands: $614,250 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSouth Carolina Environmental Law Project Inc: $560,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCollege of Charleston Foundation: $557,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $515,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetIllinois Environmental Council Education: $475,000 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $462,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $427,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $423,099 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Conservation Foundation: $390,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $343,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetShirley Heinze Land Trust Inc: $337,250 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetMetropolitan Planning Council: $307,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSouth Carolina Association for Community Economic Development: $280,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetThe Land Conservancy of McHenry County: $255,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetFriends of the Forest Preserves: $252,800 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCarolina Art Association Dba Gibbes Museum of Art: $245,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFriends of the Chicago River: $245,075 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetFaith in Place: $243,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCalumet Collarborative: $235,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetConservation Voters of Sc Educ Fund: $231,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $220,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetChicago Cultural Alliance: $213,150 over 6y, 15% of budgetThe Wetlands Initiative: $201,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetBlack Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago: $201,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetCharleston Stage Company Inc: $197,794 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetPee Dee Land Trust: $195,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetThe Morton Arboretum: $192,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGeneva Lake Conservancy Inc: $190,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetCharleston Symphony Orchestra: $182,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBeaufort County Open Land Trust: $182,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetPollinator Partnership: $180,500 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetLord Berkeley Conservation Trust: $180,000 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $175,450 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Collections Consortium Inc Nfp: $175,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetHilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc: $175,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $170,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $170,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGullahgeechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission Inc: $170,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetIllinois Arts Alliance: $165,500 over 6y, 17% of budgetSouth Carolina Arts Alliance: $159,550 over 6y, 21% of budgetSpoleto Festival USA Inc: $159,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMetanoia: $152,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSouth Side Community Art Center: $147,000 over 5y, 7.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Richard H Driehaus FoundationIL142.3× affinity74 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Richard H Driehaus Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Walder Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Illinois Humanities Council Inc · Alphawood Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation · Prince Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc

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.

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About Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

How much does Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation give?
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation reported 355 grants totaling $7,116,176 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 360 and 404 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Environment (37%), Education (5%).
Who are Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Ducks Unlimited Inc ($1.2M), Lowcountry Land Trust Inc ($833k), Southern Environmental Law Center ($822k).
Does Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Richard H Driehaus Foundation, Field Foundation of Illinois, Walder Foundation.
Where is Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation based?
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation is based in IL.

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 796 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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