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Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation

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.

$414k
Granted FY2021
19
Grants FY2021
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

67% of Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 13 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $414k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’17
18
’18
14
’19
15
’20
14
’21
15
’22
15
’23
13
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.7MEducation$2.5MSocial Science$1.1MHealth$915kReligion$157kCommunity Improvement$150kPhilanthropy$64kHuman Services$56kOther$0
02FY2021 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k11 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS$100,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY - HOOVER INSTITUTION$100,000
VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO$50,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY - STANFORD INSTITUTE FOR ECONO$30,000
ST IGNATIUS CHURCH$20,000
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA GUILD$12,500
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$10,000
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION$5,640
PROTECTION OF RIGHTS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$5,000
HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL$5,000
MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY$5,000
SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION$5,000
SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION$3,600
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $96k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MARIN LINK INC: $25k → 8%MARIN LINK INC: $5k → 8%MARIN LINK INC: $5k → 8%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $5k → 10%WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $5k → 9%MARIN LINK INC: $5k → 8%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $4k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $4k → 7%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $4k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $4k → 7%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $4k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 7%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $4k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA-WESTERN ASSOCIATION: $2k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE: $500 → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN F: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
NY
PA
CA
CO
MD
KS
SC
DC
HI

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.5M · 28 repeat orgs$211k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2021, 15 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
15

Total granted

$5.5M
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+77%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthSocial SciencePhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $318k · revenue +47%
  • University of San Francisco
    6× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +14%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
    3× · 2017–2022 · $70k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • KB
    KANSAS BETA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • PO
    PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +39%
  • SM
    ST MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
2
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
3
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
4
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
5
San Francisco State University Foundation

The foundation is formed for the following specific purposes: (a) to develop and increase the facilities of san francisco state university ("sfsu") for broader educational opportunities and service to students, alumni, and the citizens of…

Education
6
Uc Law Sf Foundation

To advance the academic and reputational success of uc college of the law, san francisco ("the college") through collaborative and impactful fundraising initiatives.

Education
7
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
9
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
10
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
11
San Francisco University High School

At san franicisco university high school, we engage our community of diverse voices in a transformational experience that embraces the spirited pursuit of learning and empowers purpose larger than self.

Education
12
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of San Francisco and the most unlike its peers is The Wilkes Bashford Helping HandsEF. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLocal History MuseumsHealth Access Advocacy and …Domestic Violence ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsCancer Support ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community College Foundatio…Environmental Conservation …Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 50 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%2%<5yr15%11%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr11%15%35–55yr13%39%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr17%30%20–35yr11%7%35–55yr13%58%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/48
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,930

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
27/43
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $1,873,181 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD …SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $658,384 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSICGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $317,500 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY+9 more — $181,000 · Education+9 moreSTANFORD UNIVERSITY - STANFORD INSTITUTE FOR ECONO — $965,000 · OtherSTANFORD UNIVERSITY - STANFORD INST…REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — $850,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIG…ST IGNATIUS CHURCH — $151,500 · OtherST IGNATIUS CHURCHSAN FRANCISCO OPERA GUILD AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE — $131,850 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO OPERA GUILD AT THE WA…STANFORD UNIVERSITY - HOOVER INSTITUTION — $110,000 · Other+17 more — $189,350 · Other+17 moreASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $870,000 · Arts & CultureASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION…SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION — $753,376 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIA…Great Lakes Center for the Arts — $101,000 · Arts & CultureGreat Lakes Center for the …SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $70,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more — $79,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION — $150,000 · Community ImprovementSOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA — $47,512 · Human ServicesMARIN LINK INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc — $5,000 · Human Services+2 more — $3,500 · Human ServicesHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $22,000 · PhilanthropyBAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION — $7,500 · Philanthropy+1 more — $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $27,000 · Social Science
Education$3,030,065Other$2,397,700Arts & Culture$1,873,376Community Improvement$150,000Human Services$96,012Philanthropy$30,500Social Science$27,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $1,873,181 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO — $870,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION — $753,376 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $658,384 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $317,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VENTURE CAPITAL FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA GUILD AT THE WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE — $131,850 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts — $101,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of San Francisco — $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART — $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA WESTERN ASSOCIATION-USA — $47,512 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE — $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN LINK INC — $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrder of Malta Clinic of Northern California — $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJazz at the Ballroom Inc — $12,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL — $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetMARCH ON MARYLAND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SAN FRANCISCO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAY SCHOLARS — $8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBAY AREA LYME FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR COLLEGE SCIENTISTS FOUNDATION INC NO CA CHAP — $5,450 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Impact Fund FKA Episcopal Charities — $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPROTECTION OF RIGHTS ALLIANCE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMerola Opera Program — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CYO OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA AMERICA INC — $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENTERPRISE FOR YOUTH — $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO — $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSonoma Valley Authors Festival — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Stroke Shield Foundation Co Dr Jeffrey Thomas — $1,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetThe Wilkes Bashford Helping HandsEF — $1,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO VILLAGE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLADSTONE FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Marin Community Found…Jewish Community Fede…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Janet and Clint Reill…Crescent Porter Hale …McNabb FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Outrageous Foundation…Impactassetsinc
The San Francisco FoundationCA35.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Janet and Clint Reilly Family Foundation · Crescent Porter Hale Foundation · McNabb Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Outrageous Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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