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Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$185k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$80,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 73
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$3.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$177k15%
FY202360$180k15%
FY202273$216k53%
FY202138$162k21%
FY202039$116k31%
FY201933$45k58%
FY201815$68k87%
FY20172$50kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Social Science$331kEducation$213kScience & Tech$208kCommunity Improvement$173kHealth$55kInternational$39kArts & Culture$30kCivil Rights$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
NJ
CA
UT
KY
VA
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 57 grantees
All grantees of Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Harvey Mudd College$43,00050%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$13,20660%
Birthright Israel Foundation$10,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00030%
Loyola Marymount University$10,00020%
American Israel Public Affairs Committee$9,50040%
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California$8,00050%
The Colburn School$7,00070%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$5,50050%
American Youth Symphony Inc$4,50070%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$4,25060%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$4,00030%
Fulfillment Fund$4,00050%
Anti-Defamation League$3,50030%
St Joseph Center$3,45070%
The Rand Corporation$2,75050%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$2,75040%
Sierra Club$2,63530%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,50020%
San Francisco Ballet Association$2,50020%
Israel Emergency Alliance$2,50040%
California State Parks Foundation$2,35030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$2,00020%
Mdrc$2,00020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Defenders of Wildlife$2,00020%
Common Cause$1,70020%
Berea College$1,60040%
American Diabetes Association$1,50030%
Best Friends Animal Society$1,50030%
Homeboy Industries$1,50020%
National Wildlife Federation$1,50030%
Treepeople Inc$1,50030%
Southern California Public Radio$1,35050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00010%
American Jewish Committee$1,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$1,00010%
Museum Associates$1,00020%
Casa of Los Angeles$1,00020%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$75020%
Children's Institute Inc$50010%
Moishe House$50010%
United Way of Slo County$50010%
Communities in Schools$50010%
Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County$50010%
Reading Partners$50010%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$30020%
The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc$30010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$25010%
Special Olympics Inc$22530%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$20030%
Jewish War Veterans of the United States$15020%
Braille Institute of America Inc$10010%
Drew University$10010%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$10020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$10020%
The Metropolitan Club Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($826k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarvey Mudd College: $43,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $13,206 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLoyola Marymount University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Southern California: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colburn School: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Youth Symphony Inc: $4,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Los Angeles: $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFulfillment Fund: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph Center: $3,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc: $2,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club: $2,635 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia State Parks Foundation: $2,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMdrc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Cause: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBerea College: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTreepeople Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum Associates: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of Los Angeles: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoishe House: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Slo County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities in Schools: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReading Partners: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation

How much does Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation give?
Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $185,375 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 73 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Social Science (29%), Education (19%), Science & Tech (18%).
Who are Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Harvey Mudd College ($43k), Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life ($13k), Birthright Israel Foundation ($10k).
Does Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
Where is Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation based?
Albert and Joan Dorman Family Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 110 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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