Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation
Egg Harbor, WI · EIN 39-1858063. Reported 158 grants totalling $123,895 to 69 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation 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 $300. Half of everything it gave fell between $200 and $1,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $6,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom Workers | Waukesha, WI | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic Foundation | Rochester, MN | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Zion Lutheran Church | Egg Harbour, WI | $9,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Birch Creek | Egg Harbor, WI | $8,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Marcus Lutheran School | Milwaukee, WI | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | Baileys Harbor, WI | $6,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Emmanuel Lutheran Church | Baileys Harbor, WI | $5,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Door County Medical Center Foundation | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manitowoc Lutheran High School | Manitowoc, WI | $4,650 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Door County Land Trust | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College | Wauwatosa, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Martin Luther College | New Ulm, MN | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lutheran Women's Missionary Society | Milwaukee, WI | $2,220 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Waukesha, WI | $2,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Branch Lutheran Schools of Haiti | Saint Paul, MN | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Door County Maritime Museum | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Players Theatre | Fish Creek, WI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Africa Medical Mission | Swartz Creek, MI | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Door County YMCA | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Door County Auditorium | Fish Creek, WI | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospice in the Valley | Brookfield, WI | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Peter Lutheran Church | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary | Mequon, WI | $1,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wels Christian Aid and Relief | Waukesha, WI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wels Lutherans for Life | West Allis, WI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northern Sky Theater | Fish Creek, WI | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Institutional Ministries | Oconomowoc, WI | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Beginnings - a Home for Mothers | Milwaukee, WI | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Art School | Fish Creek, WI | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Midsummer Music Festival | Sister Bay, WI | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel & Student Center | Madison, WI | $700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Christian Life Resources | Hartford, WI | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manitowoc County Historical Society | Manitowoc, WI | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Dark Sky Discovery Center | Fountain Hills, AZ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Johns Lutheran Church - Manitowoc | Manitowoc, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 100 Women Who Care Madison | Madison, WI | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Door Shakespeare | Baileys Harbor, WI | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Egg Harbor Historical Society | Egg Harbor, WI | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Capitol Civic Centre | Manitowoc, WI | $335 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Time of Grace | Milwaukee, WI | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Johns Lutheran Church - Valmy | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A City for God | Milwaukee, WI | $240 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona Music Festival | Scottsdale, AZ | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capitol Civic Center | Manitowoc, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Christ Lutheran Church | Sheboygan, WI | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Egg Harbor Fire Fighters Assoc | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Griffon String Quartet | Green Bay, WI | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Masquers | Richmond, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redeemer Lutheran Church | Milwaukee, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salem Lutheran Church | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Thoughts of Faith-Els | Mankato, MN | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Gospel Mission | Marion, IN | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zion Lutheran | Menomonee Falls, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Johns Lutheran School | Glendale, WI | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Sue Baldwin Fund | Sister Bay, WI | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Milwaukee, WI | $100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beautiful Saviour Lutheran Church | Mequon, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bethany Lutheran Church - Ephraim | Ephraim, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chaplains in Schools | Milwaukee, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heritage Lutheran Church | Saint Paul, MN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Lutheran Church | Milwaukee, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peace Lutheran-Greencastle in | Greencastle, IN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peninsula Music Festival | Sister Bay, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Marks Lutheran Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Maritime Museum | Manitowoc, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Saviour Lutheran Church | Milwaukee, WI | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cal Farleys Boys Ranch | Amarillo, TX | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
44 of 69 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 71%, across 3 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.
- Mayo Clinic Foundation
UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE GRANT - Immanuel Lutheran Church
CHARITABLE OPERATING GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | $27,160 | $250 |
| 2022 | 35 | $31,425 | $400 |
| 2023 | 41 | $26,070 | $300 |
| 2024 | 42 | $39,240 | $400 |
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. 81% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. 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 $300. 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 Wisconsin.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 7833 Dock Road, Egg Harbor, WI, 54209. 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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