Illinois · Private foundation
The Donnelley 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.
- $734k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 152
- Grants FY2024
- 119
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 107 to 129
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 19
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations The Donnelley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 108 | $725k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 119 | $795k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 129 | $655k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 118 | $577k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 107 | $619k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest College | $142,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Centers | $124,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $88,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $80,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Morton Arboretum | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lord's Place Inc | $52,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Pauls Episcopal Church | $51,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of Historic Second Church | $51,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Montana History Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 152 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 142 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Donnelley Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 136 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Chicago Community Trust · Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Red Bird Hollow Foundation · The Gorter Family Foundation · Norwottock Charitable Trust · Francis Beidler Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Terra Foundation for American Art · Helen V Brach Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Donnelley Foundation
- How much does The Donnelley Foundation give?
- The Donnelley Foundation reported 152 grants totaling $734,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 107 and 129 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Donnelley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Donnelley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Lake Forest College ($142k), Chicago Youth Centers ($124k), Norton Museum of Art Inc ($88k).
- Does The Donnelley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Donnelley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Richard and Mary L Gray Foundation, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is The Donnelley Foundation based?
- The Donnelley Foundation is based in IL.
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