· Private foundation
Joseph P Donahue Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k60 grants · $166k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $147k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOWELL PARKS & CONSERVATION TRUST | $30,000 |
| OFF THE PARK PRESS | $26,425 |
| ORCHARD VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD | $11,000 |
| BROTHER SULLIVAN FUND | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| FRACTURED ATLAS | $10,000 |
| LOWELL FESTIVAL FOUNDATION FALL FES | $8,000 |
| WHITE RIVER PARTNERSHIP | $7,000 |
| MAHOOSUC LAND TRUST INC | $6,000 |
| WALDORF SCHOOL OF LEXINGTON | $6,000 |
| CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| LITTER KREWE CORP | $6,000 |
| BRIDGTON ACADEMY | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
78 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OVORCHARD VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL INC7× · 2017–2024 · $180k · revenue +57%
- LPLOWELL PARKS & CONSERVATION TRUST7× · 2017–2024 · $109k · revenue +407%
- PVPioneer Valley Poetry Productions Inc5× · 2018–2023 · $80k · revenue +123% · 93% of their budget
Funded once
- GHGOLDEN HANDCUFFS REVIEW PUBLICATIONSone grant, 2018 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $10k
- SOSELVA OSCURA CO KEN TAYLORone grant, 2018 · $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.
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.
Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.
To protect and enhance the natural resources of vermont in order to promote the well-being of present and future generations of vermonters and visitors; preserve and aid in the preservation of open land along rivers and lakes; protect and…
The Organization works with local landowners to permanently protect natural land and waters that define its community and enrich the quality of life by purchasing, managing, negotiating and developing conservations easements in the Upper…
Rooted in vermont since 1977, the vermont land trust unites land and lives for the enduring benefit of people and the place we share. we help people protect, care for, and connect to land. this includes the farms, forests, natural areas,…
Provide nature-based education and mentoring to youth and adults in southern vermont and western massachusetts.
The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.
Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.
Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.
To cultivate connection, share resources, and amplify the voices of people of color in vermont within the focus areas of land, environ- ment, agriculture, and foodways. liberation ecosystem, inc. is a col- laborative ecosystem for growing…
Sudbury valley trustees, inc. ("the organization") works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the sudbury, assabet, and concord rivers. the organization cares for some of the…
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
How this is measured
58 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. 58 of the 134 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ORCHARD VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds LOWELL PARKS & CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
- Who funds Pioneer Valley Poetry Productions Inc ↗
- Who funds Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Mahoosuc Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds THE INITIATIVE A VERMONT WALDORF HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GREENVILLE JUNCTION DEPOT FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc ↗
- Who funds UPPER VALLEY SNOW SPORTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MOOSEHEAD MARINE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Bridgton Academy ↗
- Who funds THE LOWELL FESTIVAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL OF LAWRENCE INC ↗
- Who funds MAINE ADAPTIVE SPORTS & RECREATION ↗
- Who funds UTEC Inc ↗
- Who funds White River Partnership Inc ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM INC ↗
- Who funds SCRAG MOUNTAIN MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Aubert J Fay Charitable Fund · Richard K & Nancy L Donahue Charitable Foundation · Theodore Edson Parker Foundation · Demoulas Foundation · We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc · Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph P Donahue Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph P Donahue Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Another Way Inc: 74% of income from government
- Good Samaritan Haven Inc: 63% of income from government
- Prevent Child Abuse Vermont: 58% of income from government
- Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
- Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
- Vermont Council On the Arts Inc: 20% of income from government
- Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc: 18% of income from government
- The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis: 17% of income from government
- The Lowell Festival Foundation: 12% of income from government
- Orchard Valley Waldorf School Inc: 10% of income from government
- Clemmons Family Farm Inc: 9% of income from government
- Mill City Grows Inc: 7% of income from government
- Friends of the Winooski River Inc: 7% of income from government
- Northern Stage Company: 5% of income from government
- White River Partnership Inc: 4% of income from government
- Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: 3% of income from government
- Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell: 3% of income from government
- Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
- Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
- Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
- Noise Pollution Clearinghouse Inc: 1% of income from government
- Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
- Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
- Als One Inc: 1% of income from government
- Central Catholic High School of Lawrence Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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