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Dalio Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$51M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
214
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
63%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$45,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$6,901,200
Organizations funded a year
16 to 96
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
24
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Dalio Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
AnimalsInternationalArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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 arriving173$40M90%
FY202316$6.0M63%
FY202233$5.2M67%
FY202119$7.6M68%
FY202096$27Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$22MPhilanthropy$17MHealth$15MScience & Tech$13MCommunity Improvement$7.7MHuman Services$3.9MInternational$3.9MYouth Development$3.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 274 grantees
All grantees of Dalio Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$10,875,00041%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$8,333,33321%
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc$3,020,00015%
Waterford Institute Inc$2,338,59832%
Greenwich Town Party Inc$2,250,000144%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$2,250,00022%
Connecticut Rise Network Inc$2,134,903230%
Grameen America Inc$2,100,00022%
Girltrek Incorporated$2,000,000259%
The Henry M Paulson Jr Institute$2,000,000176%
Ted Foundation Inc$2,000,00021%
Johns Hopkins University$1,642,00020%
Saint Ann's School$1,569,11651%
Nia Tero Foundation$1,350,00028%
Compass Youth Collaborative$1,202,350123%
Robin Hood Foundation$1,155,00031%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$1,140,000212%
Domus Kids Inc$1,095,625210%
Our Piece of the Pie Inc$1,049,250110%
University of New Haven$1,010,00010%
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,000,00010%
Scratch Foundation$1,000,00015%
Connecticut Violence Intervention & Prevention Inc$926,420131%
Foundation for Learning Equality Inc$500,000115%
Avatar Alliance Foundation$500,000152%
National Committee on United States -China Relations Inc$500,00017%
X Prize Foundation Inc$500,00012%
New Story Inc$500,00015%
Christian Herald Association Inc$487,00022%
Film Forum Inc$450,00016%
The Carver Inc$450,00015%
The Hack Foundation D/B/A Hack Club$400,00012%
Biosphere Foundation Formerly Planetary Coral Reef Foundation$350,000280%
La Scuola D Italia-Guglielmo Marconi$350,00013%
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$300,00010%
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation$300,00010%
Donorschooseorg$300,00010%
Fountain House Inc$300,00011%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$300,00010%
Forge City Works Inc$277,60015%
The Years Project Inc$275,00027%
Mary McDowell Friends School$260,0001n/a
Meriden Public Schools$253,0001n/a
World Trade Center Performing Arts Center Inc$250,00011%
Ticonderoga Reviltalization Alliance$250,000112%
Games for Change Inc$250,00016%
The Broad Institute Inc$250,00010%
Silver Bay Association for Christian Conferences and Training$250,00013%
The Greenwich Library$250,00013%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$250,00010%
Community Access Inc$200,00010%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$200,00020%
Acumen Fund Inc$200,00011%
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated$179,67412%
Manic Depressive Illness Foundation$179,4761100%
Preservation Hall Foundation Inc$175,00014%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$160,0001n/a
Kaboom Inc$160,00011%
GNOME Foundation Inc$150,00018%
Utah Film Center$150,00011%
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc$150,00013%
Polynesian Voyaging Society$150,000114%
Experience Learning Community$150,00012%
Church of St Jerome$150,0002n/a
Akashinga Inc$150,00016%
University of Chicago$150,00010%
Billion Oyster Project Inc$150,00012%
Kingdom Life Worship Center$150,0001n/a
Washington Square Park Conservancy Inc$125,000120%
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music Inc$125,00019%
Healthcorps Inc$125,00012%
The Global Development Incubator Inc$120,00011%
The Unit Foundation Inc$100,00014%
Teatro Alla Scala Association of America Inc$100,000114%
Leaders in Tech Inc$100,00013%
Appeal of Conscience Foundation$100,00013%
America's Promise the Alliance for Youth$100,00012%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$100,00010%
Khan Academy Inc$100,00010%
Creative Commons Corporation$100,00014%
Norwalk Hospital Foundation$100,00011%
Generation You Employed Inc$100,00010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$100,00011%
NAMI National$100,00010%
Gates Philanthropy Partners$100,00010%
Vous Church Inc$100,0001n/a
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$100,00010%
Villagereach$100,00010%
Keep Stamford Beautiful Inc$100,0001n/a
Just Capital Foundation Inc$100,00011%
National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City Inc$100,00013%
Ocean Alliance Inc$100,000111%
Arogya Inc Dba Arogya World$98,00018%
World Central Kitchen Inc$90,00020%
Connecticut Education Foundation Inc$85,000150%
Accion International$75,00010%
Center for Urban Community Services$75,00010%
American Bird Conservancy$75,00010%
Uc San Diego Foundation$75,00010%
Ehealth Africa$70,00010%
Hope for Haiti Inc$70,00020%
Bring Change 2 Mind$60,00012%
Population Services International$55,00010%
Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment Inc$50,00012%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$50,00010%
The Alexander Hamilton Society$50,00014%
Goddard Riverside Community Center$50,00010%
Pathways Inc$50,00012%
Trees New York Inc$50,00017%
Digitunity Inc$50,00011%
RepresentUs Education Fund$50,00011%
Cbia Economic Growth and Opportunity Foundation Inc$50,000122%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$50,00010%
New York Public Radio$50,00010%
Bowery Residents Committee Inc$50,00010%
Information Equity Initiative Inc$50,00015%
Gould Academy$50,00010%
American Jewish Committee$50,00010%
American Museum of Natural History$50,00010%
Icon Elite Sports$50,0001n/a
Liberty Science Center$50,00010%
The Abana Foundation Inc$50,000110%
International Rescue Committee INC$50,00010%
Empirical Resolution Inc$50,00011%
Project for Public Spaces Inc$50,00012%
New England Science & Sailing Foundation Inc$50,00012%
Ocean Discovery League Inc$50,00015%
Orchestra of the Americas Group Inc$45,00021%
American Foundation for Bulgaria Inc$45,00025%
Anthology Film Archives$45,00015%
New York City Foundation for Computer Science Education Inc D/B/A Csforall$45,00021%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$40,00020%
Roman Catholic Church of St Anne$40,0001n/a
Ridgefield Academy Inc$35,00010%
National Network of Depression Centers$35,00013%
Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation$35,00012%
American Friends of Big Change Inc$31,41814%
The Highlands School Inc$30,00011%
Vanderbilt University$30,00010%
Foreign Policy Association Inc$30,00010%
Second Congregational Church of Greenwich$30,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$30,00020%
Codeorg$25,00010%
YWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc$25,00010%
Dominican Sisters of Hope Inc$25,0001n/a
Grace Place for Children and Families Inc$25,00011%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$25,00010%
The Asia Society$25,00010%
Guadalupe Center Inc$25,00010%
The Theatre of the Emerging American Moment Inc$25,00017%
Northwell Health Foundation$25,00010%
Heart Care International Inc$25,00012%
Spark Sf Public Schools$25,00010%
The United Methodist City Society$25,00010%
New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center Inc$25,00015%
Museum of the City of New York$25,00010%
The Start Center for Entrepreneursh$25,00018%
New York Botanical Garden$25,00010%
Good Counsel Inc$25,00010%
Computer Science Teachers Association LLC$25,00010%
Pbs Foundation$25,00010%
Common Sense Media$25,00010%
Museum of Modern Art$25,00010%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$25,00010%
The Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children Service of Palm Beach C Ounty Inc$25,00010%
Groundwork USA Inc$25,00010%
United Service Organizations Inc$25,00010%
Center for Family Representation Inc$25,00010%
Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc$25,00010%
The Immokalee Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Third Sector New England Inc$25,00010%
Fun Time Early Childhood Academy Inc$25,00012%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$25,00010%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$25,00010%
Catalyst Ct Inc$23,25010%
Roca Inc$21,85010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,00010%
Alpha USA$20,00010%
The Prodigal Father Productions Inc$20,0001n/a
Sutter Davis Hospital Foundation$20,00011%
Ariel Rivka Dance Inc$20,0001n/a
St Marys Church$20,0001n/a
The Fort Ticonderoga Association$20,00010%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$20,00010%
Sisters of Life$20,0001n/a
New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation$20,00012%
Map Educational Fund$20,000115%
Westchester Exceptional Children Inc$20,0001n/a
Humane World for Animals Inc$20,00010%
Chopra Foundation$20,0001n/a
Sustainable Surf$20,00020%
Impact City Fc$20,00011%
Sun Scholars Inc$20,00015%
The Loyola School Inc$15,0001n/a
Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc$15,00010%
Global Game Jam Inc$15,00017%
Teddy Maloney Foundation Inc$15,000122%
Alliance for a Healthier Generation Inc$15,00010%
One Tree Planted Inc$15,00020%
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc$15,00013%
Florida Humane Society Inc$15,00023%
Greenwich Green & Clean Inc$15,000119%
North Country Ministry$15,0001n/a
Foundation for New Yorks Strongest Inc$15,00012%
Camillus House Inc$15,00010%
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporation$15,00010%
4-H Education Center at Auerfarm Inc$14,00011%
Yale University$14,0001n/a
Narrative 4 Inc$12,50010%
Malta House Inc$12,50021%
Seeds of Peace Inc$12,50010%
City of Hartford$12,0001n/a
Humane Society of Greater Miami-Dade for Pocta Aap$10,50010%
Desda's Grate Inc$10,10016%
Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc$10,00010%
Ocean Research & Conservation Association Inc$10,00011%
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00011%
Grumman Hill Montessori Association Inc$10,00010%
Friends of the High Line Inc$10,00010%
Grace Community Church of New Canaan Inc$10,0001n/a
International Bipolar Foundation$10,00013%
Associated Humane Societies Inc$10,00010%
Asian Americans for Equality Inc$10,00010%
Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc$10,00010%
Brunswick School Inc$10,00010%
The Children's Health Fund$10,00010%
The Young People's Chorus of New York City Inc$10,00010%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$10,00010%
Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc$10,00010%
Gifts of Love Inc$10,00011%
Everglades Angels Dog Rescue Inc$10,00011%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Greenwich Historical Society Inc$10,00011%
Asia Initiatives$10,00011%
Bsl Educational Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Caroline House Inc$10,00012%
The Greenwich Tree Conservancy Inc$10,00012%
Church of the Holy Apostles$10,0001n/a
Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc$10,00010%
Spring Street Climate Fund Inc$10,00011%
Buddy's Second Chance Rescue Inc$7,50011%
Apex for Youth Inc$7,00010%
National Public Radio Inc$5,00010%
Amazon Watch Inc$5,00010%
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc$5,00010%
National Outdoor Leadership School$5,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$5,00010%
Catholic Prison Ministries Coalitio$5,00012%
Catholic Guardian Services$5,00010%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$5,00010%
Sacred Heart Church$5,0001n/a
Ransomed Heart Ministries$5,00010%
Spca Inc$5,00010%
Haiti Project Inc$5,00012%
Grace Farm Animal Rescue and Sanctu$5,0001n/a
Connecticut Audubon Society Inc$5,00010%
UTW82 For Good Inc$5,000113%
Backline Care Inc$5,00011%
Could You$5,00012%
International Justice Mission$5,00010%
Hope For The Warriors$3,50010%
Red Hook Art Project Inc$3,00010%
Thistle Farms Inc$2,50010%
Uniformed Firefighters Association Scholarship Fund Inc$2,00010%
Friends of Colleton County Animal Shelter$1,50011%
Animal Lovers of Edisto Canine Rescue$1,50011%
Helen Keller International$1,50010%
Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation$1,00010%
Marian Center School and Services Inc$1,00010%
The Kellie Duggan Foundation Inc$1,00011%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$1,00010%
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show$1,00010%
Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($14M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dalio Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $10,875,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $8,333,333 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSaint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc: $3,020,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetWaterford Institute Inc: $2,338,598 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetGreenwich Town Party Inc: $2,250,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetCenter for Strategic and International Studies: $2,250,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetConnecticut Rise Network Inc: $2,134,903 over 2y, 30% of budgetGrameen America Inc: $2,100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetGirltrek Incorporated: $2,000,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetThe Henry M Paulson Jr Institute: $2,000,000 over 1y, 76% of budgetTed Foundation Inc: $2,000,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $1,642,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Ann's School: $1,569,116 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetNia Tero Foundation: $1,350,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetCompass Youth Collaborative: $1,202,350 over 1y, 23% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $1,155,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDavid Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace: $1,140,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetDomus Kids Inc: $1,095,625 over 2y, 10% of budgetOur Piece of the Pie Inc: $1,049,250 over 1y, 10% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $1,010,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetScratch Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetConnecticut Violence Intervention & Prevention Inc: $926,420 over 1y, 31% of budgetFoundation for Learning Equality Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetAvatar Alliance Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetNational Committee on United States -China Relations Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetX Prize Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNew Story Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $487,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFilm Forum Inc: $450,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetThe Carver Inc: $450,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetThe Hack Foundation D/B/A Hack Club: $400,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBiosphere Foundation Formerly Planetary Coral Reef Foundation: $350,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetLa Scuola D Italia-Guglielmo Marconi: $350,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNational Fish and Wildlife Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFountain House Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetForge City Works Inc: $277,600 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetThe Years Project Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetWorld Trade Center Performing Arts Center Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTiconderoga Reviltalization Alliance: $250,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGames for Change Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSilver Bay Association for Christian Conferences and Training: $250,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Greenwich Library: $250,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 200.

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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.

Dalio Family Fund IncCT174.7× affinity88 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dalio Family Fund Inc · Tisbest Philanthropy · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The New York Community Trust · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Peoples United Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut

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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How do I get to Dalio Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Dalio 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.

About Dalio Foundation Inc

How much does Dalio Foundation Inc give?
Dalio Foundation Inc reported 214 grants totaling $50,888,478 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 96 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Dalio Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Philanthropy (16%), Health (14%).
Who are Dalio Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ($11M), New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc ($8.3M), Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc ($3.0M).
Does Dalio Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dalio Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dalio Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dalio Family Fund Inc, Tisbest Philanthropy, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Dalio Foundation Inc based?
Dalio Foundation Inc is based in CT.

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 310 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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