Illinois · Private foundation
Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley 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.
- $184k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 15 | $181k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $164k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $172k | 94% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $185k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Humans and Nature | $220,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $189,410 | 4 | n/a |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Open Space Institute Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prep for Prep | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bowdoin International Music Festival | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lang School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Humans and Nature | $220,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $189,410 | 4 | n/a |
| Dalton Schools Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Open Space Institute Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prep for Prep | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bowdoin International Music Festival | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lang School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| God's Love We Deliver Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pomona Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $8,126 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mount Sinai Health System Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainforest Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Latin School of Chicago | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Compare Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation with peer funders
About Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation
- How much does Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation give?
- Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $184,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Philanthropy (25%), Arts & Culture (20%).
- Who are Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Center for Humans and Nature ($220k), Chicago Community Foundation ($189k), Dalton Schools Inc ($40k).
- Does Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation based?
- Strachan & Vivian H Donnelley Foundation is based in IL.
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