· Private foundation
The Carolyn L Donigan Private Foundation Inc
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.
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 · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $15,000 |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS | $10,000 |
| MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY | $10,000 |
| FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GENERAL FUND | $5,000 |
| ST JUDE | $5,000 |
| FFRF | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| ACLU FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA | $3,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $3,000 |
| TREASURE COAST FOOD | $2,000 |
| JENSEN BEACH GARDEN | $1,000 |
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 (FY23–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 76% 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.
14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FOFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $190k · revenue +114%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC2× · 2024–2025 · $28k · revenue +12%
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +112%
Funded once
- CCCLEVELAND CLINICone grant, 2022 · $5k
- TLTHE LIVING ROOM CENTERone grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue -17%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.
The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…
The navy memorial mission is to honor, recognize and celebrate the men and women of the sea services and the important contributions made by them while serving in the united states navy, marine corps, coast guard and merchant marine. the…
Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
The santa fe institute is a transdisciplinary research community that expands the boundaries of scientific understanding. its aim is to discover, comprehend, and communicate the common fundamental principles in complex physical,…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 29 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 FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE LIVING ROOM CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE PHELPS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Carolyn L Donigan Private Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carolyn L Donigan Private Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
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