Massachusetts · Private foundation
Dobyns Educational 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.
- $9k
- Granted FY2021
- 5
- Grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Total assets, FY2021
- $115k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 20% of the organizations Dobyns Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $9k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $6k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $4k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $5k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| African Women Rising | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Institute of World Culture | $2,000 | 5 | 1% |
| California Lutheran University | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| Marine Military Academy Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Humanist Society of Santa Barbara | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Food From the Heart Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Circle Foundation Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 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 Dobyns Educational Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Dobyns Educational Foundation
- How much does Dobyns Educational Foundation give?
- Dobyns Educational Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $8,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Dobyns Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (48%), International (31%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Dobyns Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Save The Children Federation Inc ($6k), African Women Rising ($2k), Institute of World Culture ($2k).
- Does Dobyns Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dobyns Educational 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 Dobyns Educational Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Dobyns Educational Foundation based?
- Dobyns Educational Foundation is based in MA.
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