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The Dovana 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$721k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$2.5MArts & Culture$1.2MEducation$464kHousing & Shelter$306kHealth$278kRecreation & Sports$240kYouth Development$239kAnimals$212kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $721k
$51,495
Median grant
5
States reached
$21M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 98% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Cl A Stock.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST$720,670
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$106,451
BOZEMAN SYMPHONY$105,313
MONTANA LAND RELIANCE$104,952
LIVINGSTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$78,571
CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER$77,731
PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$77,731
PARK COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$77,731
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$76,536
SHANE LALANI CENTER FOR THE ARTS$76,536
FRIENDS OF PARK COUNTY$75,000
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER$75,000
TAKING THE REINS$75,000
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION$51,495
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY$50,323
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $620k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LIVINGSTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $79k → 10%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $75k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $53k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $15k → 14%LIVINGSTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $78k → 10%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $11k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $3k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $75k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $50k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $10k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $10k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $5k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $4k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $3k → 14%TAKING THE REINS: $1k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $53k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $51k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $11k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $4k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 25 repeat orgs$735k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
4

Total granted

$4.8M
$645k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+29%

Still filing today

96%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $540k · revenue +109%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $464k · revenue +70%
  • CC
    CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $386k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • HA
    HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $622k · revenue +25%
  • DA
    DRESSAGE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +480%
  • CD
    CALIFORNIA DRESSAGE SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +29%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Palouse Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to work with landowners and communities to conserve the lands we love, now and forever, and to enrich connections to the natural world.

Environment
2
Colorado Open Lands

Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.

Environment
3
Prickly Pear Land Trust

To inspire connections to the landscapes, water, wildlife, recreation and agricultural heritage of west-central montana through conservation, now and for future generations.

Environment
4
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
5
Save Mount Diablo

Save mount diablo's mission is to preserve mount diablo's peaks, surrounding foothills, and watersheds; and its sustaining diablo range, through land acquisition and preservation strategies designed to protect the mountain's natural…

Recreation & Sports
6
The Wildlands Conservancy

The Wildlands Conservancy's dual mission is to preserve the beauty and biodiversity of the earth and to provide programs so that children may know the wonder and joy of nature.

Environment
7
Montanas Outdoor Legacy Foundation

To collectively serve as a catalyst for engagement and bonding of people to our wildlife and public lands in montana through a sense of place, education, access, research and stewardship.

Environment
8
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
9
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc

The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern idaho for this and future generations.

Environment
10
Marin Horse Council

The marin horse council is dedicated to preserving the historic culture, supporting the presence and ensuring the future of equestrians, horses and horse facilities throughout marin county, california. the council strives to promote and…

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11
Scenic Montana Trails
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12
Montana Audubon

Wildlife and natural ecosystems to safeguard biological diversity for current and future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farm to School of Park County; the most unlike its peers is Malibu Mountain Rescue Team Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $1,040,432 · EnvironmentGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUSTTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $540,261 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $385,796 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INCTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $274,267 · EnvironmentTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCEPark County Environmental Council: $134,929 · EnvironmentPark County Environmental CouncilFriends of Park County: $130,000 · Environment+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $464,006 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF N…NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $282,047 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CON…+1 more: $20,000 · EducationHISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INC: $622,304 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC ANNAPO…The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts: $128,734 · Arts & CultureThe Shane Lalan…+3 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $177,526 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOM…TAKING THE REINS: $157,500 · Human ServicesTAKING THE R…Livingston Healthcare Foundation: $156,258 · Human ServicesLivingston H…THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $128,921 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT…THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $201,819 · HealthLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $111,838 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $159,105 · OtherBOZEMAN SY…THE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherTHE DRESSA…PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $129,522 · OtherPARK COUNT…Montana Outdoor Science School: $63,791 · OtherMontana Ou…MALIBU MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM INC: $38,500 · OtherMALIBU MOU…INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $17,000 · Other+5 more: $51,500 · Other+5 moreSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EQUESTRIAN SPORTS: $180,000 · Recreation & SportsDRESSAGE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Environment$2,515,685Education$766,053Arts & Culture$766,038Human Services$620,205Health$323,657Other$509,418Recreation & Sports$190,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $1,040,432 over 4y, 19% of budgetHISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INC: $622,304 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $540,261 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $464,006 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $385,796 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $282,047 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE: $274,267 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $201,819 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EQUESTRIAN SPORTS: $180,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $177,526 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $159,105 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetTAKING THE REINS: $157,500 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetLivingston Healthcare Foundation: $156,258 over 2y, 10% of budgetPark County Environmental Council: $134,929 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetFriends of Park County: $130,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetPARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $129,522 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $128,921 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Shane Lalani Center for the Arts: $128,734 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $111,838 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMontana Outdoor Science School: $63,791 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetTHE DRESSAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMALIBU MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM INC: $38,500 over 3y, 39% of budgetFARM TO SCHOOL OF PARK COUNTY: $20,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA DRESSAGE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPARK COUNTY SENIOR CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMONTANA WILDERNESS SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMALIBU ADAMSON HOUSE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMALIBU FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWISHTOYO FOUNDATION DBA WISHTOYO CHUMASH FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Arthur M Blank Fa…Park County Community…Solid Rock Foundation…The Kendeda FundFirst Interstate Banc…McCRUM FUND INCThe Stake FoundationAsis FoundationThe Ferris FoundationGlassybaby FoundationThe McNeely FoundationDennis & Phyllis Wash…
The Arthur M Blank Family FoundationGA23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Park County Community Foundation · Solid Rock Foundation Co Rosamond Stanton · The Kendeda Fund · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · McCRUM FUND INC · The Stake Foundation · Asis Foundation · The Ferris Foundation · Glassybaby Foundation · The McNeely Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Dovana Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dovana Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 27%
  • Historic Annapolis Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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