R&c Donovan Family Foundation Incorporated
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing financial support primarily for religious and educational initiatives. Its mission reflects a commitment to community service, as evidenced by grants to various faith-based organizations, scholarship funds, and health-related charities. The foundation supports a range of causes, including program support for religious institutions, educational nonprofits, and health charities. While it primarily serves recipients in New Jersey, it also extends its support to organizations in other states, indicating a broader commitment to charitable activities.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A New Jersey–focused nonprofit — often faith-based, educational, scholarship-related, or a local capital campaign — with an existing local relationship or introduction and a project request sized to the foundation's past grants.
Good Fit
- • Organization is based in or closely tied to New Jersey communities.
- • Mission aligns with faith-based activities, scholarships/education, or local capital needs.
- • Request is for program support or capital campaign funding in the foundation's historical range.
- • An introduction or prior relationship to the board or previous grantee exists.
- • Evidence of local credibility or long-standing community presence.
Geography
Giving is heavily concentrated in New Jersey: in the latest year roughly 90% of dollars stayed in one state, though a few out-of-state grants appear. The observed footprint is therefore locally focused.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded multiple independent recipients across the three observed years (11 distinct in 2022, 5 in 2023, 7 in 2024) and several repeat grantees, indicating a modestly diverse roster for a small private foundation despite dollar concentration to a few top recipients.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of some new grantees exists (two new recipients in the latest year), but the foundation explicitly declares it only funds preselected organizations and there is no public application route, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to access funding without an introduction.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
