Massachusetts · Private foundation
The John and Gertrude Donovan 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.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $372k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 34 | $61k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $54k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $89k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $83k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $86k | 51% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $81k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $53k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $55k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle of Hope Inc | $194,146 | 9 | 4% |
| Trinity College | $31,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hale Education Inc | $29,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center Inc | $24,000 | 8 | 2% |
| First Parish of Westwood United Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Falmouth Service Center Inc | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Focus on Tanzanian Communities Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The American Legion | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($227k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John and Gertrude Donovan 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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The Altamira Foundation · Massachusetts Bankers Association Charitable Foundation Inc · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · The Bromley Charitable Trust · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
How this is measured
Compare The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation with peer funders
About The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation
- How much does The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation give?
- The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $60,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (37%), Religion (15%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Circle of Hope Inc ($194k), Trinity College ($31k), Hale Education Inc ($30k).
- Does The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John and Gertrude Donovan 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 John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Rockland Trust - Blue Hills Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation based?
- The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation is based in MA.
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