Funding search · EIN 366108460 · Chicago, IL

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

$35.0M
in grants paid: 2,051
grants: 1,049
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$235,500
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
July 13th board/staff field trip honorarium
$185,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
July 13th 2024 gaylord and dorothy donnelley board/staff field tr
$170,500
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · North Charleston, SC · 2024
Center for heirs property preservation
$145,500
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
Ducks unlimited, inc.
$133,500
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2024
Coastal conservation league
$125,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Chi-cal rivers fund
$120,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts work fund for organizational development
$106,250
US Endowment for Forestry and Comm · Greenville, SC · 2024
General operations
$106,000
University of Chicago Bmr · Chicago, IL · 2024
The center for the arts at usc beaufort
$100,500
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Charleston pilot buyout program (phase ii)
$100,000
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian I · Evanston, IL · 2024
Implementation of indigenous perspectives through collections ste
$95,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Duplicate employee match payment from 2021
$85,500
Open Space Institute Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2024
Open space institute
$85,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$85,000
South Carolina Environmental Law Project · Pawleys Island, SC · 2024
General operations and participation in lclcp
$79,277
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2024
The hidden narratives project at graceland cemetery and arboretum
$75,500
The Wetlands Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Il Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2024
General operations
$74,850
South Carolina Assoc for Comm Economic Dev · Charleston, SC · 2024
South carolina association for community economic development
$73,500
Alternate Roots · North Charleston, SC · 2024
Alternate roots inc
$65,500
Land Trust Alliance Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2024
The land trust aliances
$60,000
Shirley Heinze Land Trust · Valparaiso, IN · 2024
General operations
$60,000
Friends of Coastal South Carolina · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2024
Hasty point interpretation
$55,600
Open Land Trust · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Empl match - jc
$55,000
Conservation Voters of Sc Ed Fund · Columbia, SC · 2024
General operations
$52,632
Charleston Gaillard Center · Charleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$52,500
Chicago Cultural Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
Filipino american historical society of chicago
$50,000
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Faith in Place · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Experimental Sound Studio · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
American Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
Chicago region farmland protection specialist
$50,000
Friends of the Chicago River · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Charleston Stage Company · Charleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County · Woodstock, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Metropolitan Planning Council · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$50,000
Geneva Lake Conservancy · Fontana, WI · 2024
General operations
$49,500
Chicago Theological Seminary Board of Directors · Chicago, IL · 2024
Interreligious civil rights oral history project
$45,000
Pee Dee Land Trust · Florence, SC · 2024
General operations
$45,000
The Sustainability Institute · North Charleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$41,550
South Carolina Arts Alliance · Summerville, SC · 2024
Financial management training for lc arts grantees
$38,500
Red Clay Dance Co · Chicago, IL · 2024
Emergency relief
$38,500
Access Contemporary Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
Cash reserve challenge
$38,500
Chicago Int Puppet Theater Festival · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$37,000
Definition Theatre Company · Chicago, IL · 2024
Work with a financial consultant
$35,000
Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy · Louisville, KY · 2024
Wetland restoration in the francis marion national forest
$35,000
Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust · Moncks Corner, SC · 2024
General operations
$35,000
Southeast Environmental Task Force · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$35,000
Heritage Museum of Asian Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
A contemporary dialogue and imagery convergence of eastern and we
$30,000
Project Osmosis Mentoring Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Directed giving - denise gardner
$30,000
Public Radio Exchange (Prx) · Boston, MA · 2024
Studs terkel's division street revisited podcast
$30,000
Univ of South Carolina Educational Fdn · Columbia, SC · 2024
General operations
$30,000
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Memo: 1967 legacy scholars program
$30,000
Gerber Hart Lgbtq Library and Archives · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unboxing queer history podcast, season 2
$30,000
Leadership Greater Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Daniel burnham fellowship
$30,000
Charleston Symphony Orchestra · Charleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Lawyers for the Creative Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
Transition of arts and business council
$30,000
Shape Community Center · Houston, TX · 2024
Directed giving - rick lowe
$28,500
Natya Dance Theatre · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Natya dance theatre
$28,500
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Cash reserve challenge
$27,500
Open Television (Otv) · Chicago, IL · 2024
Chicago media coalition
$27,500
Spoleto Festival U S a · Charleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$27,500
Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024
Planning grant for telling the stories of the black metropolis.
$27,000
Winyah Rivers Foundation · Conway, SC · 2024
General operations
$26,000
Historic Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Nathaniel russell house museum conceptual interpretative plan
$25,000
Chicago Defender Charities · Chicago, IL · 2024
The father of the great migration: archives of the abbott-sengsta
$25,000
Sustain Sc · Columbia, SC · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Chicago Collections Consortium · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations for participation in broadening narratives adv
$25,000
Kankakee Cnty Soil and Waterconservation · Bourbonnais, IL · 2024
Improved collaboration and funding for working lands conservation
$25,000
Upper Dorchester County Historical Socie · Cambridge, MD · 2024
University of south carolina salkehatchie forensic chemistry lab
$25,000
Carolina Art Assoc Dba Gibbes Museum of Art · Chcarleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Teatro Vista Theater With a View · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Arts Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Directed giving - shawn m donnelley
$25,000
Commun Dev Corp of Pembroke-Hopkins Park · Hopkins Park, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Directed giving - mimi wheeler
$25,000
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Charleston Jazz · North Charleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Shorefront · Evanston, IL · 2024
Planning, evaluation, and stabilization of shorefront's archives.
$25,000
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$25,000
Quinn Community Service Alliance of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Planning grant for quinn chapel ame archives and museum
$25,000
Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves · Libertyville, IL · 2024
General operations
$24,000
Kiawah Conservancy · Kiawah Island, SC · 2024
Johns island community engagement and conservation planning
$22,500
Kalapriya Foundation Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Consultant contract grant
$20,500
Porter County Community Foundation · Valparaiso, IN · 2024
July 13th board/staff field trip honorarium
$20,256
Enrich Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Gullah Traveling Theater · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Grant id 2023-0007
$20,000
Franklingburroughs-Simeonbchapinartmuse · Myrtle Beach, SC · 2024
General operations and strategic plan
$20,000
College of Charleston-Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art · Charleston, SC · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Long Bay Symphonic Society Ltd · Myrtle Beach, SC · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Chicago Public Art Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
United electrical workers mural
$18,000
Pollinator Partnership · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Project wingspan across chicagoland
$17,750
Voice of the City · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$17,500
National Museum of Gospel Music · Chicago, IL · 2024
National museum of gospel music community harvest project
$17,500
Prairie State Conservation Coalition · Springfield, IL · 2024
2024 annual meeting sponsorship
$17,000
American Indian Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Environment Il Research and Education Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Illinois wetlands education (discretionary grant)

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.