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Dean 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.

$218k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
39 to 57
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Dean Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving37$218k24%
FY202342$220k24%
FY202240$217k33%
FY202139$225k23%
FY202057$242k39%
FY201856$190k25%
FY201755$182kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$843kArts & Culture$179kEducation$94kFood & Nutrition$69kReligion$66kPhilanthropy$48kPublic Safety & Disaster$37kHuman Services$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
LA
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.

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All grantees of Dean Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation$160,00051%
The Foundation for AIDS Research$70,00070%
Shining Stars Foundation$60,00062%
Phelps Memorial Hospital Association$59,95060%
Montefiore Nyack Hospital$50,05150%
Brain Bowl Events Inc$48,000319%
Montefiore Medical Center$45,23250%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$37,00070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$26,00050%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$25,00040%
Orangetown Jewish Center$23,7006n/a
Montefiore Nyack Hospital Foundation Inc$21,27841%
Sutter Bay Hospitals$20,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$18,70050%
Jcc Rockland Inc$16,00740%
West Chester University Foundation$13,00040%
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc$12,00050%
Belos Cavalos Inc$10,00016%
Elisabeth Morrow School Inc$8,16020%
Susquehanna Health Foundation$7,00060%
Geisinger Medical Center$7,00040%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$7,00020%
The Salvation Army$6,5002n/a
New York Botanical Garden$6,00740%
Blythedale Children's Hospital$6,00020%
Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Sonoma Country Day School$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Heavenly Harvst Foundation$5,00014%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,10060%
The Camp Airy & Camp Louise Foundation Inc$4,00010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$3,60010%
Smile Train Inc$3,40060%
Tri County Humane Society$3,00020%
Bucknell University$3,00040%
Hackley Alumni Endowment Fund$3,00041%
Play for Pink Inc$2,65070%
Faena Arts Inc$2,60010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$2,50010%
United Hospice Inc$2,50030%
James V Brown Library$2,00020%
Facial Pain Research Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Nyack Library$2,00040%
New York Public Radio$1,48040%
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$1,44830%
Jenna's Rainbow Foundation Inc$1,34125%
The Hive DGO$1,00020%
Russell J Efros Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Tikva Corp$1,00010%
La Plata County Search & Rescue Inc$1,00010%
Berkshire Medical Center Inc$1,00020%
Feeding South Florida Inc$1,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,00010%
Helen Hayes Hospital Foundation Inc$82520%
Bergen Performing Arts Center Inc$60010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$60020%
Nephcure Kidney International$50010%
Norwood Volunteer Corps Inc$50011%
La Plata County Humane Society$50010%
Nyack Center$50010%
Mission Msa$50010%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$50010%
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc$40010%
Riverkeeper Inc$4002n/a
Breakthrough T1d$35020%
Cookstove Project Inc$27010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$26010%
Women's Rights Information Center$12510%
Family of Woodstock Inc$10010%
The Michael Phelps Foundation$10010%
Children's Bereavement Center Inc$10010%
AARP Foundation$10010%
March of Dimes Inc$1001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($652k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dean Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLuther Burbank Memorial Foundation: $160,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Foundation for AIDS Research: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetShining Stars Foundation: $60,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetPhelps Memorial Hospital Association: $59,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMontefiore Nyack Hospital: $50,051 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBrain Bowl Events Inc: $48,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetMontefiore Medical Center: $45,232 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $37,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMontefiore Nyack Hospital Foundation Inc: $21,278 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetSutter Bay Hospitals: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $18,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJcc Rockland Inc: $16,007 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWest Chester University Foundation: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Brain Tumor Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBelos Cavalos Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetElisabeth Morrow School Inc: $8,160 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSusquehanna Health Foundation: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGeisinger Medical Center: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedical Debt Resolution Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $6,007 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlythedale Children's Hospital: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElton John AIDS Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSonoma Country Day School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeavenly Harvst Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Camp Airy & Camp Louise Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $3,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTri County Humane Society: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBucknell University: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHackley Alumni Endowment Fund: $3,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPlay for Pink Inc: $2,650 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFaena Arts Inc: $2,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Hospice Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJames V Brown Library: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFacial Pain Research Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Nyack Library: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $1,480 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund Inc: $1,448 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJenna's Rainbow Foundation Inc: $1,341 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetThe Hive DGO: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRussell J Efros Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTikva Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Plata County Search & Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 70.

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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.

The Chazen FoundationNY17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chazen Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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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Find your warmest path to Dean 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 Dean Foundation Inc

How much does Dean Foundation Inc give?
Dean Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $218,413 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 57 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Dean Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (56%), Arts & Culture (12%), Education (6%).
Who are Dean Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation ($160k), The Foundation for AIDS Research ($70k), Shining Stars Foundation ($60k).
Does Dean Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dean 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 Dean Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chazen Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is Dean Foundation Inc based?
Dean Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 133 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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