diff --git a/app/services/event_dashboard.rb b/app/services/event_dashboard.rb
index f7e79a787..ae53009cd 100644
--- a/app/services/event_dashboard.rb
+++ b/app/services/event_dashboard.rb
@@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ def scholarship_applicants
   FUNDER_UNFUNDED_LABEL = "Unfunded".freeze
 
   # One funder bucket for the recipients page "group by funder" view: the funder
-  # name, the donor record behind it (an Organization or Person — nil for the
-  # unfunded / no-scholarship buckets), that donor's "City, State", and the
+  # name, the funder record behind it (an Organization or Person — nil for the
+  # unfunded / no-scholarship buckets), that funder's "City, State", and the
   # applicants in the bucket.
-  FunderGroup = Struct.new(:name, :donor, :location, :people, keyword_init: true) do
+  FunderGroup = Struct.new(:name, :funder, :location, :people, keyword_init: true) do
     def count = people.size
   end
 
   # Scholarship applicants bucketed by their scholarship's funder (the grant's
-  # donor), as ordered FunderGroups — alphabetical by funder with the "Unfunded"
-  # and "No scholarship yet" buckets pinned last. Grants from the same donor
+  # funder), as ordered FunderGroups — alphabetical by funder with the "Unfunded"
+  # and "No scholarship yet" buckets pinned last. Grants from the same funder
   # share a bucket. People within a group keep #scholarship_applicants'
   # display-name order.
   def scholarship_applicants_by_funder
@@ -1050,38 +1050,38 @@ def scholarship_applicant_ids
     @scholarship_applicant_ids ||= active_registrations.where(scholarship_requested: true).pluck(:registrant_id)
   end
 
-  # Grouping key for an applicant's funder: the donor identity when the
-  # scholarship is drawn from a grant (so a donor's grants share a bucket), else
+  # Grouping key for an applicant's funder: the funder identity when the
+  # scholarship is drawn from a grant (so a funder's grants share a bucket), else
   # the unfunded / no-scholarship bucket.
   def funder_key_for(person)
     scholarship = scholarship_by_recipient[person.id]
     return :none unless scholarship
-    donor = scholarship.grant&.donor
-    return :unfunded unless donor
-    [ donor.class.name, donor.id ]
+    funder = scholarship.grant&.funder
+    return :unfunded unless funder
+    [ funder.class.name, funder.id ]
   end
 
   # Builds a FunderGroup from a bucket of applicants that share a funder, reading
-  # the funder name, donor, and location from any member's scholarship (they're
+  # the funder name, funder, and location from any member's scholarship (they're
   # identical across the bucket).
   def build_applicant_funder_group(people)
     scholarship = scholarship_by_recipient[people.first.id]
     grant = scholarship&.grant
-    donor = grant&.donor
+    funder = grant&.funder
     name = if scholarship.nil?
       FUNDER_NONE_LABEL
     else
       grant&.funder_name.presence || FUNDER_UNFUNDED_LABEL
     end
-    FunderGroup.new(name: name, donor: donor, location: donor_location(donor), people: people)
+    FunderGroup.new(name: name, funder: funder, location: funder_location(funder), people: people)
   end
 
-  # "City, State" from the donor's first active address — works for either an
-  # Organization or a Person funder (both are addressable). Nil when the donor
+  # "City, State" from the funder's first active address — works for either an
+  # Organization or a Person funder (both are addressable). Nil when the funder
   # has no address or isn't addressable.
-  def donor_location(donor)
-    return unless donor.respond_to?(:addresses)
-    address = donor.addresses.active.first
+  def funder_location(funder)
+    return unless funder.respond_to?(:addresses)
+    address = funder.addresses.active.first
     return unless address
     [ address.city, address.state ].compact_blank.join(", ").presence
   end
diff --git a/app/views/events/recipients.html.erb b/app/views/events/recipients.html.erb
index aed912da5..f7f02846d 100644
--- a/app/views/events/recipients.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/events/recipients.html.erb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             </span>
             <span>Show scholarship status</span>
           </button>
-          <%# Group the roster by funder (the scholarship's grant donor), with a
+          <%# Group the roster by funder (the scholarship's grant funder), with a
               header per funder — or return to the flat, name-ordered list. %>
           <% if params[:group_by] == "funder" %>
             <%= link_to recipients_event_path(@event),
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@
           <% @dashboard.scholarship_applicants_by_funder.each do |group| %>
             <section class="break-inside-avoid">
               <%# Bold, dark-fuchsia funder band so each group's header stands out.
-                  The funder name links to the donor's profile (org or person). %>
+                  The funder name links to the funder's profile (org or person). %>
               <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-1 rounded-lg bg-fuchsia-800 px-4 py-2.5 mb-4 text-white">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-hand-holding-heart text-fuchsia-200"></i>
                 <h2 class="text-lg font-bold tracking-tight">
-                  <% if group.donor && allowed_to?(:show?, group.donor) %>
-                    <%= link_to polymorphic_path(group.donor), data: { turbo_frame: "_top" },
+                  <% if group.funder && allowed_to?(:show?, group.funder) %>
+                    <%= link_to polymorphic_path(group.funder), data: { turbo_frame: "_top" },
                                 class: "inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 hover:underline" do %>
                       <%= group.name %>
                       <i class="fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right-from-square text-xs text-fuchsia-200"></i>
diff --git a/spec/models/event_registration_spec.rb b/spec/models/event_registration_spec.rb
index 3efd911b0..0e0e6fcee 100644
--- a/spec/models/event_registration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/event_registration_spec.rb
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ def registration_with_scholarship
   describe ".funder_name" do
     it "matches registrations funded by a scholarship whose grant funder name matches" do
       matching_reg = create(:event_registration)
-      grant = create(:grant, funder: create(:organization, name: "Big Donor Foundation"))
+      grant = create(:grant, funder: create(:organization, name: "Big Funder Foundation"))
       scholarship = create(:scholarship, grant: grant, recipient: matching_reg.registrant)
       create(:allocation, source: scholarship, allocatable: matching_reg, amount: 0)
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def registration_with_scholarship
                      recipient: other_reg.registrant)
       create(:allocation, source: other, allocatable: other_reg, amount: 0)
 
-      results = EventRegistration.funder_name("big donor")
+      results = EventRegistration.funder_name("big funder")
       expect(results).to include(matching_reg)
       expect(results).not_to include(other_reg)
     end
diff --git a/spec/requests/events_spec.rb b/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
index 7cf312d2d..75286b293 100644
--- a/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/events_spec.rb
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ def ce_chip_text
         registration = event.event_registrations.find_by(registrant: applicant)
         org = create(:organization, name: "Joyful Heart Foundation")
         create(:address, addressable: org, city: "Los Angeles", state: "CA")
-        grant = create(:grant, name: "Healing Arts Fund", donor: org, amount_cents: 100_000)
+        grant = create(:grant, name: "Healing Arts Fund", funder: org, amount_cents: 100_000)
         scholarship = create(:scholarship, recipient: applicant, grant: grant, amount_cents: 1_000)
         create(:allocation, source: scholarship, allocatable: registration, amount: 1_000)
 
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ def ce_chip_text
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
         page = Capybara.string(response.body)
-        # The funder name renders as a section header linking to the donor's profile,
+        # The funder name renders as a section header linking to the funder's profile,
         # with its city/state alongside.
         expect(page).to have_css("h2 a[href='#{organization_path(org)}']", text: "Joyful Heart Foundation")
         expect(page).to have_content("Los Angeles, CA")
diff --git a/spec/services/event_dashboard_spec.rb b/spec/services/event_dashboard_spec.rb
index 734883098..3772ff613 100644
--- a/spec/services/event_dashboard_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/event_dashboard_spec.rb
@@ -511,12 +511,12 @@
     end
 
     describe "#scholarship_applicants_by_funder" do
-      it "buckets applicants by their scholarship's grant funder, unfunded last, carrying the donor and its city/state" do
+      it "buckets applicants by their scholarship's grant funder, unfunded last, carrying the funder and its city/state" do
         embedded_reg = event.event_registrations.find_by(registrant: embedded_applicant)
         separate_reg = event.event_registrations.find_by(registrant: separate_applicant)
-        donor = create(:organization, name: "Joyful Heart Foundation")
-        create(:address, addressable: donor, city: "Los Angeles", state: "CA")
-        grant = create(:grant, name: "Healing Arts", donor: donor, amount_cents: 100_000)
+        funder = create(:organization, name: "Joyful Heart Foundation")
+        create(:address, addressable: funder, city: "Los Angeles", state: "CA")
+        grant = create(:grant, name: "Healing Arts", funder: funder, amount_cents: 100_000)
         funded = create(:scholarship, recipient: embedded_applicant, grant: grant, amount_cents: 1_000)
         create(:allocation, source: funded, allocatable: embedded_reg, amount: 1_000)
         unfunded = create(:scholarship, recipient: separate_applicant, amount_cents: 1_000)
@@ -526,10 +526,10 @@
 
         expect(groups.map(&:name)).to eq([ "Joyful Heart Foundation", "Unfunded" ])
         expect(groups.first.people).to eq([ embedded_applicant ])
-        expect(groups.first.donor).to eq(donor)
+        expect(groups.first.funder).to eq(funder)
         expect(groups.first.location).to eq("Los Angeles, CA")
         expect(groups.last.people).to eq([ separate_applicant ])
-        expect(groups.last.donor).to be_nil
+        expect(groups.last.funder).to be_nil
       end
 
       it "collects applicants with no awarded scholarship under 'No scholarship yet'" do