Massachusetts · Private foundation
Dirlam Charitable Trust
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.
- $86k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,414
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Dirlam Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $86k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $19k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $14k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester Art Museum | $72,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Worcester Natural History Society Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Trinity Church | $20,414 | 6 | n/a |
| The Opacum Land Trust Inc | $11,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Second Chance Animal Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Dirlam Charitable Trust
- How much does Dirlam Charitable Trust give?
- Dirlam Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $86,078 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dirlam Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Religion (23%), Environment (17%).
- Who are Dirlam Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Worcester Art Museum ($73k), Worcester Natural History Society Inc ($23k), Holy Trinity Church ($20k).
- Does Dirlam Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dirlam Charitable Trust 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 Dirlam Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Dirlam Charitable Trust based?
- Dirlam Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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