Funding search · EIN 206393550 · Westwood, MA

The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation

Name: The John and Gertrude Donovan Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

109
grants reported: $226,627
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Circle of Hope3 grants · $69,621
Trinity College2 grants · $21,000
First Parish Church2 grants · $20,000
Nativity Prep2 grants · $15,000
Hale Education2 grants · $7,000
Jeff'S Place2 grants · $6,000
Focus On Tanzanian Communities2 grants · $6,000
Italian Home1 grant · $5,000
Cape Cod Housing Assistance Corporation2 grants · $4,000
American Legion3 grants · $3,900

Giving over time

$83,450

2022

$88,900

2023

$54,277

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 109 grants.

$25,000
Circle of Hope · Needham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$23,121
Circle of Hope · Needham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$21,500
Circle of Hope · Needham, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
First Parish Church · Westwood, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
First Parish Church · Westwood, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Nativity Prep · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,500
Nativity Prep · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jeff'S Place · Framingham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Italian Home · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,500
Hale Education · Westwood, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$3,500
Hale Education · Westwood, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Focus On Tanzanian Communities · Watertown, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Focus On Tanzanian Communities · Watertown, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
St Benedict'S Prep · Neward, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Cape Cod Housing Assistance Corporation · Hyannis, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Guide Dogs of America · Sylmar, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Cape Cod Housing Assistance Corporation · Hyannis, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Missing Dogs of Massachusetts · Peabody, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,700
American Legion · Indanapolis, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Falmouth Service Center · Falmouth, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,300
Marine Corps League · Stafford, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,300
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,200
American Legion · Indanapolis, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Mara Elephant Project · Carmel, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
St Judes Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Tufts College · Medford, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Women To Women International · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Boston Rescue Mission · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Eco Exotic Animal Rescue · Fairfield, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Emily Dickinson Museum · Amherst, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Falmouth Service Center · Falmouth, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Guide Dogs of America · Sylmar, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Jeff'S Place · Framingham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Mara Elephant Project · Carmel, IN · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
New England Pva · West Roxbury, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Parkinson'S Body and Mind · Greenwich, CT · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
St Benedict'S Prep · Neward, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
American Legion · Indanapolis, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Emily Dickinson Museum · Amherst, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Falmouth Service Center · Falmouth, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Housing Assistance Corporation · Hyannis, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Joslin Diabetes Center · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Mara Elephant Project · Carmel, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Project Hope · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Unrestricted
$800
Westwood Land Trust · Westwood, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$800
Westwood Land Trust · Westwood, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$800
Women To Women · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$750
Compassion and Choice · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
$750
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$700
Globe Santa · Taunton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$700
Tufts College · Medford, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$700
Cummins School of Veterinary Medicine · Grafton, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$700
Globe Santa · Taunton, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$606
Christmas in the City · Salem, NH · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
American Veterans · Hyatsville, MD · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
Horse Sensibility · Sherborn, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
McLean Fund · Belmont, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
Westwood Community Chest · Westwood, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$600
Horse Sensibility · Sherborn, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$600
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$600
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$600
American Veterans · Springfield, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$600
Friends of Westwood Library · Westwood, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$600
Horse Sensibility · Sherborn, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$600
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Boston Rescue Mission · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Friends of Regional Ministries · Groton, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Mashpee Woman'S Club · Mashpee, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Mspca · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Christmas in the City · Salem, NH · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Compassion and Choice · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Friends of Regional Ministries · Groton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
McLean Fund · Belmont, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Mspca · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Special Olympics Massachusetts · Marlborough, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Town of Westwood Aid for the Elderly · Westwood, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Westwood Community Chest · Westwood, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
Westwood Historical Society · Westwood, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$500
African Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Boston Rescue Mission · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Christmas in the City · Salem, NH · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Compassion and Choice · Portland, OR · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
McLean Fund · Belmont, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Mspca · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.