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Dockser Family Foundation Inc

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.

$23k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$12,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 29
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Dockser Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22’23
HealthEnvironmentInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationOther
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 arriving9$23k56%
FY202314$32k43%
FY202210$91k40%
FY202019$89k74%
FY201929$102k72%
FY201819$25kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$167kPhilanthropy$64kHousing & Shelter$51kSocial Science$26kArts & Culture$22kHuman Services$15kYouth Development$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Dockser Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc$152,50041%
Greenspace NCR$45,0002n/a
The Uli Foundation$26,00020%
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington$13,18020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$12,60030%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$9,50030%
Transformer Inc$7,67540%
Children's Hospital Foundation$7,50020%
DC Scores$6,00020%
Ali Forney Center Inc$5,00010%
Institute for Market Transformation$5,00010%
Sixth & I Synagogue Inc$4,96040%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$2,80020%
Meridian International Center$2,50010%
Lupus Research Alliance Inc$2,50010%
Freedom House$1,80010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$1,80010%
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc$1,55020%
Digestive Health Foundation$1,50020%
New Consensus$1,5001n/a
Glo Good Foundation Inc$1,20010%
Black Girls Code Inc$1,10010%
Friends of Harvard Soccer$1,1002n/a
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Bethesda Green Inc$1,00011%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$1,00010%
The Momoko Ito Foundation$1,0001n/a
Hope for Henry Foundation$1,00010%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$1,00010%
The Care Partner Project$1,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$1,00010%
Erikson Institute$75010%
Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church$7501n/a
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School PTSA Inc$50010%
Jewish Social Service Agency$50010%
Jacaranda Foundation Inc$50010%
Miriam's Kitchen$50010%
The James Beard Foundation Inc$50010%
Northwestern University$50010%
Supermajority$50010%
The Solar Foundation$20010%
Hale Education Inc$20010%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$18010%
American Jewish Committee$18010%
American Liver Foundation$18010%
Mobile Medical Care Inc$10010%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$2510%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dockser Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSuburban Hospital Foundation Inc: $152,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Uli Foundation: $26,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBender Jcc of Greater Washington: $13,180 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $12,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTransformer Inc: $7,675 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDC Scores: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAli Forney Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Market Transformation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSixth & I Synagogue Inc: $4,960 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVolunteer Legal Advocates: $2,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMeridian International Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLupus Research Alliance Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom House: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDigestive Health Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlo Good Foundation Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlack Girls Code Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Green Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Henry Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetErikson Institute: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Chevy Chase High School PTSA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Social Service Agency: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJacaranda Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMiriam's Kitchen: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe James Beard Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupermajority: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Solar Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHale Education Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Tennis Centers Foundation Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMobile Medical Care Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighlander Research & Education Center Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $25 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 42.

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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 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · The Annette M Lerner and Theodore N Lerner Family Foundation Inc · Bruce and Leslie Lane Foundation Inc · George Wasserman Family Foundation Inc · Duber Family Foundation · Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation · Bender Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation · The Julius and Dorothy Lazarus Foundation Inc

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 Dockser Family Foundation Inc

How much does Dockser Family Foundation Inc give?
Dockser Family Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $22,880 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Dockser Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (39%), Philanthropy (15%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
Who are Dockser Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc ($153k), Greenspace NCR ($45k), The Uli Foundation ($26k).
Does Dockser Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dockser Family Foundation Inc 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 Dockser Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, The Annette M Lerner and Theodore N Lerner Family Foundation Inc, Bruce and Leslie Lane Foundation Inc.
Where is Dockser Family Foundation Inc based?
Dockser Family Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 72 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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