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Dmb 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.

$19k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
63
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100
Largest grant, FY2024
$14,000
Organizations funded a year
46 to 63
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$245k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Dmb Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthEnvironmentEducationArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving33$19k0%
FY202363$19k10%
FY202260$20k12%
FY202154$17k15%
FY202046$19kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$47kEnvironment$9kArts & Culture$8kHealth$7kHuman Services$7kFood & Nutrition$4kAnimals$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
IA
CT
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Dmb Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Westminster School Inc$25,50050%
Flint Hill School$9,50050%
Southbury Land Trust Inc$2,50051%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$2,50050%
Pets Bring Joy$2,30050%
Choral Arts Society of Washington$2,20050%
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc$2,10050%
Barnard College$2,00050%
Fairfax Fish$2,00050%
Some Inc$1,70050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,40050%
Parent Encouragement Program Inc$1,30050%
The Jed Foundation$1,00040%
Montessori School of Northern Virginia Inc$1,00050%
Nutritionfactsorg Inc$1,00050%
Deep Creek Watershed Foundation Inc$1,00050%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$90050%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$90050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$90040%
Ronald McDonald House Global$90040%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$90050%
Elon University$80050%
American Diabetes Association$80040%
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc$80050%
Clean Water Fund$80050%
Humane Society of Fairfax County Inc$70050%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$70050%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$60050%
Children's Hospital$60030%
American Cancer Society Inc$60040%
The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition Inc$60040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$60040%
James Madison University Foundation Inc$60040%
National Park Foundation$60050%
Fairfax Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$60040%
Annandale Volunteer Fire Department$60050%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$60050%
Putney Open Door Fund$50030%
Last Chance Animal Rescue Inc$50050%
Orphan Helpersinc$40050%
Smithsonian Institution$40050%
Blue Ridge Wildlife Center$30030%
Seacamp Association Inc$30030%
Ocean Conservancy$30020%
Center for Carbon Removal$30020%
Ford's Theatre Society$20030%
Khan Academy Inc$20030%
Fairvote$20020%
The National Theatre Foundation$20020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWestminster School Inc: $25,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFlint Hill School: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouthbury Land Trust Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPets Bring Joy: $2,300 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetChoral Arts Society of Washington: $2,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Virginia Family Services Inc: $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBarnard College: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFairfax Fish: $2,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSome Inc: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetParent Encouragement Program Inc: $1,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jed Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMontessori School of Northern Virginia Inc: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDeep Creek Watershed Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Potomac Conservancy Inc: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetElon University: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThomas Jefferson Foundation Inc: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetClean Water Fund: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Fairfax County Inc: $700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition Inc: $600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJames Madison University Foundation Inc: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFairfax Volunteer Fire Dept Inc: $600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAnnandale Volunteer Fire Department: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPutney Open Door Fund: $500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLast Chance Animal Rescue Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOrphan Helpersinc: $400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Wildlife Center: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeacamp Association Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Carbon Removal: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFord's Theatre Society: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKhan Academy Inc: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFairvote: $200 over 2y, 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 49.

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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.

Clark-Winchcole FoundationMD13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

Compare Dmb Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Dmb Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dmb Foundation 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 Dmb Foundation

How much does Dmb Foundation give?
Dmb Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $19,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Dmb Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Environment (10%), Arts & Culture (8%).
Who are Dmb Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Westminster School Inc ($26k), Flint Hill School ($10k), Southbury Land Trust Inc ($3k).
Does Dmb Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dmb 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 Dmb Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Clark-Winchcole Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
Where is Dmb Foundation based?
Dmb Foundation is based in VA.

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 69 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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