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Dahlgren Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Dahlgren Family Foundation Inc

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.

$506k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$863kEducation$750kHealth$165kPublic Benefit$145kInternational$77kPhilanthropy$50kHuman Services$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $191k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $305k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$621k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE$90,000
TRINITY HOPE$62,224
MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION$53,050
ANDREW JACKSON FOUNDATION$50,000
PALOS VERDES ESTATES FOUNDATION$50,000
AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST$35,000
TURNING POINT USA$35,000
FRIENDS OF BANNING MUSEUM$15,500
OPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER$15,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$10,000
CHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION$10,000
CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND$10,000
RAINER CLUB HISTORIC FOUNDATION$10,000
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER: $20k → 9%OPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER: $15k → 9%OPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER: $15k → 9%OPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER: $10k → 9%OPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
NY
IA
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
HI
LA
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 14 repeat orgs$378k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +67% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$1.9M
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+67%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $246k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AF
    AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $515k · revenue +260%
  • AB
    American Battlefield Trust
    7× · 2019–2025 · $265k · revenue +72%
  • PV
    PALOS VERDES PENINSULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $175k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • ET
    EASTERN TENNESSEE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +59%
  • PV
    PALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +249%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
3
The Roosevelt Institute

To create a nation where everyone enjoys a fair share of our collective prosperity.

Education
4
The Naval Institute Foundation Inc

The naval institute foundation was organized to operate exclusively to raise funds for charitable and educational purposes to further the mission and policies of the united states naval institute.

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5
National D-Day Memorial Foundation

To preserve the lessons and legacy of d-day.

Recreation & Sports
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
8
The Aopa Foundation Inc

See schedule oto promote, advance and encourage aviation and airport safety and security and the research and testing in the support thereof; to educate the public and users of the national air transportation system to the value and…

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Museum of the American Revolution

The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.

Arts & Culture
10
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
11
Naval War College Foundation Inc

Help the naval war college to: a. develop strategic and operational leaders: provide professional military education programs that are current, rigorous, relevant, and accessible to the maximum number of qualified u.s. officers and navy…

Education
12
Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Inc

Our mission is to support the naval postgraduate school by providing funding and programmatic support for education, research, technology development, institutional initiatives, and community programs that advance national security and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum; the most unlike its peers is For Sudan Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $515,000 · EducationAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INCPALOS VERDES PENINSULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $175,000 · EducationPALOS VERDES PENINSULA EDUCATION FOUN…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUND…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationANDREW JACKSON FOUNDATION FKA LADIES' HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION: $383,000 · Arts & CultureANDREW JACKSON FOUNDATION FKA LADIES'…American Battlefield Trust: $265,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battlefield TrustPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $66,800 · Arts & Culture+6 moreTURNING POINT USA INC: $65,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCMOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION: $53,050 · OtherMOUNT VERNON LADIES ASS…JOHN WAYNE BIRTHPLACE SOCIETY: $50,000 · OtherJOHN WAYNE BIRTHPLACE S…THE BLOEDEL RESERVE: $30,000 · OtherTHE BLOEDEL RESERVEEASTERN TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherEASTERN TENNESSEE FOUND…ST PATRICK'S ANGLICAN CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherST PATRICK'S ANGLICAN C…TRINITY HOPE INC: $62,224 · OtherTRINITY HOPE INCPALOS VERDES ESTATES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherPALOS VERDES ESTATES FO…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESE…HARBOR INTERFAITH SERVICES INC: $25,000 · OtherHARBOR INTERFAITH SERVI…+8 more: $58,000 · Other+8 moreCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $80,000 · Public BenefitOPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER: $70,000 · Human ServicesTOGETHER WE RISE: $70,000 · Recreation & SportsRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · Philanthropy
Education$750,000Arts & Culture$739,800Other$468,274Public Benefit$80,000Human Services$70,000Recreation & Sports$70,000Philanthropy$70,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $515,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetANDREW JACKSON FOUNDATION FKA LADIES' HERMITAGE ASSOCIATION: $383,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $265,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPALOS VERDES PENINSULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR PREGNANCY CENTER: $70,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY HOPE INC: $62,224 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJOHN WAYNE BIRTHPLACE SOCIETY: $50,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPALOS VERDES ESTATES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLOEDEL RESERVE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARBOR INTERFAITH SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPALOS VERDES PERFORMING ARTS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM: $11,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINIER CLUB HISTORIC FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN AIR MUSEUM IN BRITAIN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREDONDO BEACH POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetDEER PARK COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEP CAMERON MICHAELS: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget
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.

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.

The Confidence Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Natl Christian Charit…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Confidence FoundationCA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Confidence Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dahlgren Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dahlgren Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Dahlgren Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Dahlgren Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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