· Private foundation
Ben and Zelma Dorson Family Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $10,000 |
| PEGASUS RISING PROJECT | $5,000 |
| WILLIAM H ISACOFF MD RESEARCH FOUNDFOR GASTROINTES | $5,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY | $4,000 |
| MISSION HOUSE INC | $4,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC | $2,500 |
| BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC | $2,000 |
| HADASSAH THE WOMENS ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERIC | $2,000 |
| CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -40% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +8%
- JHJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +20%
- MHMission House Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +91%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $10k
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%- EHELLIOT HOSPITALone grant, 2020 · $4k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
The mission of the beth israel deaconess hospital-milton, inc. (bid-milton or hospital) is to provide safe, high-quality, community-based health care and access to tertiary care in close collaboration with its sister hospital, beth israel…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
The mission of winchester hospital is "to care. to heal. to excel." this ethos provides each and every staff member with clear expectations, promoting teamwork and respect while ensuring safety, quality and empathy for patients. winchester…
Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…
The primary purpose of the h. lee moffitt cancer center and research institute hospital, inc. ("hospital") is to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.
The mission of the beth israel deaconess hospital-plymouth, inc. (bid-plymouth or hospital) is to improve the health and well-being of its patients and communities by providing a full continuum of healthcare services with excellence and…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Mission House Inc ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE WILLIAM H ISACOFF MD RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER ↗
- Who funds JACKSONVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ben and Zelma Dorson Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ben and Zelma Dorson Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
- Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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