Massachusetts · Private foundation
Dante S Stephensen 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.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 20
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Dante S Stephensen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $140k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $140k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Union Mission Corporation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southeastern Railway Museum Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shepherd Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arbor Montessori School Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Empty Stocking Fund Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Ballet Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Union Mission Corporation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cheetah Conservation Fund | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Southeastern Railway Museum Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shepherd Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arbor Montessori School Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Empty Stocking Fund Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Ballet Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fernbank Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bring Me a Book Forgotten Coast Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Fishing Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($165k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dante S Stephensen Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Dante S Stephensen Foundation
- How much does Dante S Stephensen Foundation give?
- Dante S Stephensen Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $130,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 20 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Dante S Stephensen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Animals (18%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are Dante S Stephensen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Atlanta Union Mission Corporation ($30k), Cheetah Conservation Fund ($30k), Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc ($30k).
- Does Dante S Stephensen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dante S Stephensen Foundation 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 Dante S Stephensen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Dante S Stephensen Foundation based?
- Dante S Stephensen Foundation is based in MA.
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