Virginia · Private foundation
The Donahue Family 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.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Donahue Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | $103k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $102k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $112k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $108k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $90k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $90k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $86k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $85k | 8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cross-Over Ministry Inc | $160,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Union Presbyterian Seminary | $148,750 | 9 | n/a |
| YWCA Richmond | $139,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Caritas | $95,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Richmond Inc | $94,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $45,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program | $35,000 | 6 | 8% |
| The Collegiate School | $13,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shalom Farmsinc | $12,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cross-Over Ministry Inc | $160,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Union Presbyterian Seminary | $148,750 | 9 | n/a |
| YWCA Richmond | $139,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Caritas | $95,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Richmond Inc | $94,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $45,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program | $35,000 | 6 | 8% |
| The Collegiate School | $13,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shalom Farmsinc | $12,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Longwood University | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports and Recreation Inc | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fcsp Foundation | $4,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Randolph College Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Real Life | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peter Paul Development Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Valentino Achak Deng Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meredith College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civic Nation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Donahue Family 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.
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How this is measured
About The Donahue Family Foundation
- How much does The Donahue Family Foundation give?
- The Donahue Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $103,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Donahue Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Health (26%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are The Donahue Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Cross-Over Ministry Inc ($160k), Union Presbyterian Seminary ($149k), YWCA Richmond ($140k).
- Does The Donahue Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Donahue Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Donahue Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Robins Foundation, Carmax Foundation.
- Where is The Donahue Family Foundation based?
- The Donahue Family Foundation is based in VA.
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