Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096
Hamilton, OH · EIN 36-6761757. Reported 112 grants totalling $624,902 to 47 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096 did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,600 and $7,686; the smallest was $100 and the largest $39,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Arc of Iroquois County | Watseka, IL | $101,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Iroquois Count Agricultural & 4-H | Ashkum, IL | $77,950 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Martinton Community Food Pantry | Martinton, IL | $65,500 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Summer in the Park | Gilman, IL | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prairie State Legal Service | Kankakee, IL | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sugar Creek Opera Ltd | Watseka, IL | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cissna Park Area Food Pantry | Cissna Park, IL | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milford Park and Pool Foundation | Milford, IL | $22,736 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Bloomington, IL | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iroquois Memorial Hospital | Watseka, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sheldon Area Food Pantry of the Donovan United Methodist Church | Sheldon, IL | $13,980 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Youth Center | Milford, IL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Lutheran School | Milford, IL | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clifton Community Food Pantry | Ashkum, IL | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Watseka Public Library | Watseka, IL | $10,415 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Garage in Gilman | Gilman, IL | $10,207 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Danforth Township Community Bldg | Danforth, IL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Osf Healthcare Systems | Peoria, IL | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Village of Woodland Police Dept | Woodland, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prairie States Christian Service Camp | Watseka, IL | $7,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Toys for Tots | Watseka, IL | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Watseka Area Food Pantry | Watseka, IL | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Illinois Veterans of Desert Wars | Watseka, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Twin Falls, ID | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Durham Park | Onarga, IL | $4,523 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| C-1 Boosters | Crescent City, IL | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woodland Fireman Association | Woodland, IL | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food From the Heart | Watseka, IL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iroquois County Sheriff's Office | Watseka, IL | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Village of Papineau | Papineau, IL | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Citizen's Library District | Clifton, IL | $3,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Watseka Union Depot | Watskea, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woodland Fire Protection Dist | Woodland, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First United Methodis Church of Watseka | Watseka, IL | $2,841 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ambicus Inc | Sheldon, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clifton Public Library | Clifton, IL | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Iroquois County Goat Producers | Crescent City, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Iroquois County Youth Center | Watseka, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Woody Williams Foundation | Louisville, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Options Center for Independent Living | Watseka, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southpointe Youth for Christ Campus Life | Bourbonnais, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ford-Iroquois 4-H Foundation | Watseka, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iroquois County Genealogy Society | Watseka, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prairie Dell Church | Watseka, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Danforth Historical Society | Danforth, IL | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Onarga Swim Pool | Onarga, IL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Peter's Lutheran Church | Crescent City, IL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
28 of 47 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Sheldon Area Food Pantry of the Donovan United Methodist Church
PURCHASE FOOD AND HYGIENE - Sugar Creek Opera Ltd
OPERATING COST FOR ANNUAL - St Paul's Lutheran School
PURCHASE THREE PROMETHEAN - American Red Cross
ASSIST FAMILIES AFTER FIRE - Friends of the Watseka Public Library
CHILDREN'S SUMMER READING - Toys for Tots
PURCHASE TOYS, BOOKS, BOOK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19 | $136,471 | $2,841 |
| 2021 | 15 | $125,600 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $132,831 | $2,382 |
| 2023 | 28 | $115,000 | $2,750 |
| 2024 | 24 | $115,000 | $3,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 300 High Street, Hamilton, OH, 45011. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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