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Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096

Accepts applications Hamilton, Ohio · EIN 366761757

Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096 is a private foundation in Hamilton, Ohio. In tax year 2025 it gave $95,287 in 27 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $8,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $115,000 the year before.

30% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$115,00028$2.8 million
2024$115,00024$2.8 million
2025$95,28727$3.1 million

How to apply

ContactMallory Sanders First Financial Ba
106 N Market St, North Manchester, IN 46962
Phone or email(260) 982-3808, mallory.sanders@bankatfirst.com
What to submitContact first financial bank to receive an application.
DeadlinesApplications must be received on or before april 30th.
RestrictionsGrants limited to general support of communities in iroquois county, Illinois.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096 funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois26$92,787
Idaho1$2,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 27 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Summer in the Park
Gilman, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$8,000
Donovan Community School Dist #3
Donovan, IL
Support of a government$8,000
Iroquois Memorial Hospital
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$8,000
Sugar Creek Opera LTD
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$7,000
Labology
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$5,000
Prairie Dell Church
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$5,000
Prairie State Legal Service
Kankakee, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$4,000
First United Methodis Church of Watseka
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$4,000
The Arc of Iroquois County
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$4,000
American Red Cross
Bloomington, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,500
Cissna Park Area Food Pantry
Cissna Park, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,000
Sheldon Area Food Pantry of the Donovan United Methodist Church
Sheldon, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,000
Clifton Community Food Pantry
Ashkum, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,000
Watseka Area Food Pantry
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,000
Martinton Community Food Pantry
Martinton, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,000
Options Center for Independent Living
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,000
Village of Woodland Police Dept
Woodland, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$3,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Twin Falls, ID
Support of a 501(c)(3)$2,500
Woodland Fireman Association
Woodland, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$2,400
Milford Park and Pool Foundation
Milford, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$2,087
Durham Park
Onarga, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$2,000
Friends of the Watseka Public Library
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$2,000
Watseka Union Depot
Watskea, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$2,000
Toys for Tots
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$1,500
The Garage in Gilman
Gilman, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$1,300
Food From the Heart
Watseka, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$1,000
C-1 Boosters
Crescent City, IL
Support of a 501(c)(3)$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096 accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Applications must be received on or before april 30th..

How much does Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096 give?

$95,287 in tax year 2025, across 27 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096?

Its 2025 filing lists First Financial Bank (Co-Trustee) and Louis Sunderland (Co-Trustee).

What does Raymond F Donovan Trust 1015010096 fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger, environment and conservation and faith communities.

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