Wisconsin · Private foundation
Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $59k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $413k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 46 | $59k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $39k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $26k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $31k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $27k | 98% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $24,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $14,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Martin Luther College | $5,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Manitowoc Lutheran High School | $5,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Door County Land Trust Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | $2,975 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 42 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $24,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $14,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Martin Luther College | $5,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Manitowoc Lutheran High School | $5,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Door County Land Trust Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | $2,975 | 4 | n/a |
| Lutheran Womens Missionary Society | $2,720 | 5 | n/a |
| Branch Lutheran Schools of Haiti Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary | $2,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Door County YMCA INC | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| New Beginnings-A Home for Mothers Inc | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Maritime Museum Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Wels Lutherans for Life Metro Milwaukee Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Sky Theater Inc | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Life Resources Inc | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| Manitowoc County Historical Society Inc | $900 | 4 | 0% |
| Capitol Civic Centre Inc | $735 | 4 | 0% |
| Door Shakespeare Inc | $600 | 4 | 0% |
| International Dark Sky Discovery Center Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Egg Harbor Historical Society Inc | $600 | 3 | n/a |
| 100 Women Who Care Madison | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $300 | 3 | n/a |
| Arizona Lutheran Academy Federation | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Fountain Hills Theater Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Salem Lutheran Church | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Redeeme Lutheran Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Sue Baldwin Fund Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| The Phoenix Theatre Company and Subsidiary | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Peninsula Music Festival Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Midsummer's Music Ltd | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Chaplains in Schools Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage Lutheran Church Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Savior Lutheran Church | $75 | 1 | n/a |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($138k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Door County Community Foundation Inc · Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Holzhueter Foundation · Mmg Foundation Inc · Neumann Family Foundation Inc · Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · John and Peggy Zimdars Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Arvid W & Judy R Schwartz Family Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
How this is measured
Compare Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation with peer funders
About Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation
- How much does Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation give?
- Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $59,175 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (14%).
- Who are Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Immanuel Lutheran Church ($24k), Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc ($18k), Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc ($15k).
- Does Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Door County Community Foundation Inc, Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation based?
- Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation is based in WI.
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