Funding search · EIN 366108460 · Chicago, IL

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation

Name: Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,051
grants reported: $35.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $8,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “betsy” · $22,500

$7,500
Roaring Fork · Basalt, CO · 2024
Directed giving - betsy chaffin
$5,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Foundation · Snowmass Vlg, CO · 2024
Directed giving - betsy chaffin
$5,000
Port Royal Sound Foundation · Okatie, SC · 2024
Directed giving - betsy chaffin
$5,000
Spring Island Trust · Okatie, SC · 2024
Directed giving - betsy chaffin

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Southern Environmental Law Center11 grants · $472,970
Nature Conservancy2 grants · $370,600
Ducks Unlimited4 grants · $370,000
College of Charleston Foundation5 grants · $365,000
Ducks Unlimited2 grants · $340,500
The Nature Conservancy - National6 grants · $340,200
Lowcountry Land Trust5 grants · $329,500
National Audubon Society2 grants · $328,500
The Nature Conservancy1 grant · $325,000
National Audubon Society5 grants · $320,000

Giving over time

$8.1M

2021

$12.8M

2022

$7.0M

2023

$7.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,051 grants.

$325,000
The Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$311,500
Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support
$270,100
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2021
General Operating Support
$235,500
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2024
July 13th board/staff field trip honorarium
$220,000
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support
$205,288
National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2021
General Operating Support
$195,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operations
$190,000
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support
$185,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
July 13th 2024 gaylord and dorothy donnelley board/staff field tr
$185,100
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operations
$185,000
Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2023
Directed giving
$180,000
Audubon South Carolina State Program of the National Audubon Society · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support
$170,500
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · North Charleston, SC · 2024
Center for heirs property preservation
$170,000
South Carolina Environmental Law Project · Pawleys Island, SC · 2023
General operations
$170,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support
$170,000
South Carolina Environmental Law Project · Carleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support
$165,000
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support
$157,500
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operations
$145,500
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
Ducks unlimited, inc.
$135,000
Calumet Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$135,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2023
Waites island site assessment and partner coordination
$134,030
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2021
General Operating Support
$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
$120,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts work fund
$120,000
Chicago Community Trust - Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development · Chicago, IL · 2022
Arts Work Fund
$120,000
Chicago Community Trust - Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development · Chicago, IL · 2022
Arts Work Fund
$120,000
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$113,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operations
$110,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$106,250
US Endowment for Forestry and Comm · Greenville, SC · 2024
General operations
$106,250
US Endowment for Forestry and Comm · Greenville, SC · 2023
General operations
$106,000
University of Chicago Bmr · Chicago, IL · 2024
The center for the arts at usc beaufort
$105,500
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Directed giving
$105,000
Center for Heirs Property Preservation · North Charleston, SC · 2023
General operations
$105,000
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Atlantic beach gullah festival discretionary grant
$105,000
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$102,500
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Chi-cal rivers fund
$100,500
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian I · Evanston, IL · 2024
Implementation of indigenous perspectives through collections ste
$100,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Charleston pilot buyout program (phase ii)
$100,000
Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Signature exhibition master plan
$100,000
The National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Building a public housing archive and corps
$100,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
Expanded conservation capacity in the Chicago region
$100,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
Expanded conservation capacity in the Chicago region
$100,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Chi-Cal Rivers Fund
$100,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Chi-Cal Rivers Fund
$100,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$100,000
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$100,000
Lewis University · Romeoville, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$100,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2021
General Operating Support
$95,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Duplicate employee match payment from 2021
$93,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$88,000
Charleston Library Society · Charleston, SC · 2023
Directed giving
$87,500
South Side Community Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$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
$85,000
Land Trust Alliance Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$85,000
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation · North Charleston, SC · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation · North Charleston, SC · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
General operations and participation of the South Carolina chapter in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
General operations and participation of the South Carolina chapter in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Open Space Institute Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
Southern Environmental Law Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General operations and participation in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
The Nature Conservancy - National · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operations and participation of the South Carolina Chapter in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$85,000
The Nature Conservancy - National · Arlington, VA · 2022
Chicago area operations of the Illinois chapter
$85,000
The Nature Conservancy - National · Arlington, VA · 2022
Chicago area operations of the Illinois chapter
$85,000
The Nature Conservancy - National · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operations and participation of the South Carolina Chapter in the Lowcountry Land Conservation Partnership (LCLCP)
$82,500
The Trust for Public Land · San Fransisco, CA · 2021
General Operating Support
$80,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operations
$80,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operations
$80,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operations
$80,000
Land Trust Alliance Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2021
General Operating Support
$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
Il Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Audubon Great Lakes · Chicago, IL · 2023
Greater chicago region operations
$75,000
Audubon South Carolina · Charleston, SC · 2023
Inclusive conservation planning for cape romaine national wildlife refuge adjacent communities
$75,000
Il Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2023
General operations
$75,000
The Conservation Foundation · Naperville, IL · 2023
General operations
$75,000
The Conservation Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
Regional operations for the greater chicagoland area
$75,000
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
The Lowcountry Oral History Initiative
$75,000
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
The Lowcountry Oral History Initiative
$75,000
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operations
$75,000
Openlands · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Operating Support
$75,000
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Operating Support

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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.