About Donahue Foundation
A $120,000 grant to Seeds of Hope Charitable Trust anchors the Donahue Foundation’s pattern of backing tuition assistance and operational support for K–12 Catholic and other non-public schools. The foundation’s recent awards repeatedly go to schools serving students in Denver and across Colorado, with grants also reaching a small number of Arizona schools. Within that pattern, the foundation has supported both parish elementary schools and Jesuit high schools, alongside bilingual and Latino-serving education programs.
Recent grants show a steady emphasis on local classroom-level support rather than broad system change. Denver recipients include Guardian Angels School, Annunciation School, Arrupe Jesuit High School, Escuela De Guadalupe School, and St Rose of Lima School. Other Colorado awards went to St Mary’s Academy in Englewood, St Therese School in Aurora, Mullen High School, Regis Jesuit High School, and Wellspring Academy of St Bernadette in Lakewood. The funding also extends to Catholic schools in Phoenix, including St Matthew Catholic School, St Agnes Elementary School, St Mary’s Catholic High School, Brophy High School, Xavier College Prep, and St Paul Catholic School.
What Donahue Foundation Funds
Tuition assistance is the center of Donahue Foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $90,000 to Guardian Angels School for educational support, and $70,000 to Annunciation School for the same broad purpose. The foundation also funded $45,000 for Escuela De Guadalupe School, aligning with its stated interest in non-public schools and programs serving economically disadvantaged students.
Jesuit education appears as a recurring strand. Arrupe Jesuit High School received $55,000 in 2025 and $20,000 in 2023, while Regis Jesuit High School was awarded $37,500 in 2025 and $15,700 in 2023. The foundation also supported St Mary’s Academy, St Mary’s High School, and Mullen High School, indicating attention to secondary education as well as elementary and middle school support.
Its grants include operating and program support for schools, not only scholarship funding. That approach is visible in awards to parish schools such as St Therese School and St Rose of Lima School.
How Donahue Foundation Gives
Donahue Foundation’s typical grant size sits in a fairly tight band: p25 is $9,000, median is $12,000, and p75 is $15,350. The recent grants list also shows larger awards at the upper end, including $120,000, $90,000, $70,000, and several $45,000 and $37,500 grants. Grants recur over multiple years for some recipients, including Arrupe Jesuit High School, Escuela De Guadalupe School, Regis Jesuit High School, St Mary’s Academy, St Mary’s High School, Mullen High School, St Agnes Elementary School, St Matthew Catholic School, and Rotary Club of Se Denver. The foundation makes programmatic education grants and accepts unsolicited applications through its Colorado grantmaking programs.