Massachusetts · Private foundation
Dolphin Charitable Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $13M
- Granted FY2020
- 28
- Grants FY2020
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $12,924,336
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 28
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 32% of the organizations Dolphin Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 28 | $13M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $426k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Health Organization | $215,856 | 2 | 36% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Second Step Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tenacity Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Concord Land Conservation Trust | $42,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Domestic Violence Services Network Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Our Sisters School | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Concord Carlisle Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Health Organization | $215,856 | 2 | 36% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Second Step Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tenacity Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Concord Land Conservation Trust | $42,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Buzzards Bay Coalition | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Domestic Violence Services Network Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Our Sisters School | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Concord Carlisle Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $21,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New England Conservatory of Music | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bourne Conservation Trust | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Concord Free Public Library Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Place To Turn Inc | $14,856 | 2 | 1% |
| American Rivers Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Food Project Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Parmenter Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Dolphin Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Dba Fiduciary Trust Charitable · Boston Foundation Inc · Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Eastern Bank Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Dolphin Charitable Foundation
- How much does Dolphin Charitable Foundation give?
- Dolphin Charitable Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $13,490,904 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 28 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Dolphin Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (93%), Environment (2%), Animals (2%).
- Who are Dolphin Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2020: One Health Organization ($216k), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($70k), The Second Step Inc ($50k).
- Does Dolphin Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dolphin Charitable 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 Dolphin Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Dba Fiduciary Trust Charitable, Boston Foundation Inc, Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Dolphin Charitable Foundation based?
- Dolphin Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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