Funding search · EIN 421445649 · Ames, IA

Burns-Donovan Foundation

Name: Burns-Donovan Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

40
grants reported: $309,450
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $4,675
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

education religious

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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.

Top recipients

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

St Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center4 grants · $98,218
St Stephen Catholic Student Center3 grants · $41,420
Immaculate Conception Parish4 grants · $41,350
Archangels Catholic Church2 grants · $26,513
Mount Mercy University2 grants · $15,000
Spires of Faith Cluster2 grants · $12,500
St Cecelia Catholic Church2 grants · $11,000
St Patrick Catholic Church4 grants · $10,875
Lasalle Catholic Middle School1 grant · $9,000
Notre Dame Catholic Parish3 grants · $8,375

Giving over time

$76,631

2021

$73,740

2022

$80,629

2023

$78,450

2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$32,975
St Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center · Ames, IA · 2024
Religious education
$23,277
St Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center · Ames, IA · 2021
Religious education
$21,716
St Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center · Ames, IA · 2023
Religious education
$20,250
St Thomas Aquinas Church and Catholic Student Center · Ames, IA · 2022
Religious education
$15,263
Archangels Catholic Church · Forest City, IA · 2023
Religious education
$15,000
St Stephen Catholic Student Center · Cedar Falls, IA · 2023
Religious education
$15,000
St Stephen Catholic Student Center · Cedar Falls, IA · 2022
Religious education
$14,500
Immaculate Conception Parish · Charles City, IA · 2022
Religious education
$12,500
Immaculate Conception Parish · Charles City, IA · 2024
Religious education
$11,420
St Stephen Catholic Student Center · Cedar Falls, IA · 2021
Religious education
$11,250
Archangels Catholic Church · Forest City, IA · 2024
Religious education
$10,000
St Cecelia Catholic Church · Ames, IA · 2023
Religious education
$10,000
Immaculate Conception Parish · Elmhurst, IL · 2021
Religious education
$10,000
Mount Mercy University · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2021
Religious education
$9,000
Lasalle Catholic Middle School · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2021
Religious education
$7,500
Spires of Faith Cluster · Dyersville, IA · 2022
Religious education
$6,000
Lasalle Catholic · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2023
Religious education
$5,625
St Teresa of Calcutta Faith Formation · Calmar, IA · 2024
Religious education
$5,000
Spires of Faith Cluster · Dyersville, IA · 2024
Religious education
$5,000
Mount Mercy University · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2022
Religious education
$4,350
Immaculate Conception Parish · Charles City, IA · 2023
Religious education
$4,000
Fire Foundation of Northwest Iowa · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Religious education
$3,500
Fire Foundation of Ne Iowa · Raymond, IA · 2021
Religious education
$3,490
St Wenceslaus Catholic Church · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Religious education
$2,934
St Wenceslaus Catholic Church · Cedar Falls, IA · 2021
Religious education
$2,825
Notre Dame Catholic Parish · Cresco, IA · 2024
Religious education
$2,825
St Patrick Catholic Church · Waukon, IA · 2024
Religious education
$2,800
Notre Dame Catholic Parish · Cresco, IA · 2023
Religious education
$2,800
St Patrick Catholic Church · Waukon, IA · 2023
Religious education
$2,750
Notre Dame Catholic Parish · Cresco, IA · 2022
Religious education
$2,750
St Patrick Catholic Church · Waukon, IA · 2022
Religious education
$2,500
St Patrick Catholic Church · Waukon, IA · 2021
Religious education
$2,400
St Pius X Catholic Church · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2021
Religious education
$1,700
Beckman Catholic High School · Dyersville, IA · 2023
Religious education
$1,600
Beckman Catholic High School · Dyersville, IA · 2021
Religious education
$1,500
St Joseph Community School · New Hampton, IA · 2022
Religious education
$1,000
Holy Family Cluster · Clarion, IA · 2024
Religious education
$1,000
Holy Family Cluster · Clarion, IA · 2023
Religious education
$1,000
St Cecelia Catholic Church · Ames, IA · 2022
Religious education
$450
Sacred Heart Catholic School · West Des Moines, IA · 2024
Religious education

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