Illinois · Nonprofit
DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC
DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,360 to it, the largest being University of Notre Dame du Lac ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $33k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $82k
- Net assets
- $190k
What Dawn Brancheau Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Dawn Brancheau Foundation was formed for charitable and educational purposes. The Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children in need and improving the lives of animals in need. The Dawn Brancheau Foundation Inc. also promotes the importance of community service. The Foundation will contribute financial resources as well as volunteer hours to support the mission.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Cedar Lake Boys and Girls Club 13000 Fairgrounds Rd Cedar Lake Indian 46303- New Playground Equipment and game room table
$0 spentof which $13,634 as grantsMercy Home for Boys and Girls1140 West Jackson Blvd Chicago Illinois 60603-Scholarship for resident; backpacks for kids; garden supplies
$0 spentof which $5,050 as grantsRoseland Christian Ministries 10858 S Michigan Ave Chicago Illinois 60629-Backpacks and personal care items
$0 spentof which $3,747 as grantsAndrean High School 5969 Broadway Merrillville Indiana 46410-Scholarship
$0 spentof which $3,000 as grantsEdgedwood Children's Ranch 1451 Edgewood Ranch Rd Orlando Florida 32835- Seaworld Trip and Lunch
$0 spentof which $2,026 as grantsSanctuary Domestic Violence Shelter South Suburban Family Center 18137 Harwood Ave Homewood Illinois 60430- back to school pizza and shoes; movie tickets and treats
$0 spentof which $1,736 as grantsSaviour Children's Foundation Ghana PO Box WU 67 Kasda FUFA Premises Kingstown Ghana - new bed mattresses
$0 spentof which $1,500 as grantsSt. Jude House 12490 Marshall St Crown Point Indiana 46307- Child Sponsorship
$0 spentof which $1,250 as grantsMantanya's Hope PO Box 562 Homewood Illinois 60430- Porridge Program
$0 spentof which $1,000 as grantsThe Howard Phillip's Center for Children & Families 601 W Michigan St Orlando Florida 32805- Toy Drive
$0 spentof which $979 as grantsOrphanages for Africa PO Box 44294 Washington DC 20024- Children of Purpose Program
$0 spentof which $900 as grantsHorizon's For Youth 703 W Monroe St Chicago Illinois 60611- Back Packs for students
$0 spentof which $897 as grantsLake County Fairgrounds Cedar Lake Chamber of Commerce 7925 Lake Shore Dr Cedar Lake Indiana 46303- Paint and supplies for Gazebo
$0 spentof which $507 as grants
The 13 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $196k to $190k (−3%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Deborah Frogameni
Executive Director
Board chair
Thomas J Loverde
Director and Chairman
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $11k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 96% · 2022 94% · 2023 92% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
92% of DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 24% between 2021 and 2022.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,253 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC?
- DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $82,360 to it, the largest being University of Notre Dame du Lac ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $82,360 in grants to DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC?
- University of Notre Dame du Lac is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAWN BRANCHEAU FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2021–2022), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing