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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
16
Organizations funded FY2021
38%
First-time grantees FY2021
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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

20
’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.

Median grant, FY2021
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 25
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
5
Total assets, FY2021
$4.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 38% of the organizations Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $214k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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
FY202116$409k38%
FY202017$1.0M35%
FY201918$1.3M11%
FY201820$1.0M20%
FY201725$1.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
PA
CA
CO
MD
KS
SC
DC
HI

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$870,00080%
Regents of the University of Michigan$850,0004n/a
San Francisco Opera Association$753,37680%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$658,38461%
Georgetown University$317,50030%
St Ignatius Church$151,5008n/a
The Venture Capital Foundation$150,00034%
San Francisco Opera Guild at the War Memorial Opera House$131,85082%
Great Lakes Center for the Arts$101,00022%
University of San Francisco$70,00060%
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All grantees of Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$870,00080%
Regents of the University of Michigan$850,0004n/a
San Francisco Opera Association$753,37680%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$658,38461%
Georgetown University$317,50030%
St Ignatius Church$151,5008n/a
The Venture Capital Foundation$150,00034%
San Francisco Opera Guild at the War Memorial Opera House$131,85082%
Great Lakes Center for the Arts$101,00022%
University of San Francisco$70,00060%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$70,00030%
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Western Association-Usa$47,51280%
Marin Link Inc$40,00041%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$40,00010%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$35,00020%
The Aspen Institute Inc$27,00050%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$25,00050%
San Francisco Symphony$25,00020%
St Matthews Episcopal Day School$25,0001n/a
Kansas State University Foundation$20,00010%
Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California$15,00021%
Jazz at the Ballroom Inc$12,50022%
Carlisle Floyd Centennial$10,00016%
Mission Dolores Academy$10,0002n/a
March on Maryland$10,00010%
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc$10,00010%
Bay Scholars$8,00030%
Bay Area Lyme Foundation$7,50011%
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc No Ca Chap$5,45010%
Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc$5,00010%
Protection of Rights Alliance Foundation$5,000116%
Robert Louis Stevenson School$5,00010%
Episcopal Impact Fund FKA Episcopal Charities$5,00011%
Merola Opera Program$3,00010%
Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco$3,00010%
Opera America Inc$2,50040%
Enterprise for Youth$1,60020%
The Foundation of the City College of San Francisco$1,50030%
Sonoma Valley Authors Festival$1,00010%
The Stroke Shield Foundation Co Dr Jeffrey Thomas$1,000121%
The Wilkes Bashford Helping HandsEF$1,00012%
Oakland School for the Arts$1,00010%
San Francisco Village$50010%
Gladstone Foundation$50010%
The Marnee & John Devine Foundation$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their 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 budgetMarin Link Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $25,000 over 2y, 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 budgetWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProtection of Rights Alliance Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 16% 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 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 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 budgetOakland School for the Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Village: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGladstone Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 40.

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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 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

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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About Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation

How much does Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation give?
Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $413,796 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (32%), Social Science (14%).
Who are Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco ($870k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($850k), San Francisco Opera Association ($753k).
Does Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dixon and Carol Doll Family 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 Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
Where is Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation based?
Dixon and Carol Doll Family Foundation is based in DE.

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 55 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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