Kentucky · Private foundation
Doran Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $236k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Doran Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $236k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $178k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $67k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $150k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $113k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $164k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $171k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $150k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc | $621,200 | 9 | 1% |
| Murray State University Foundation Inc | $228,384 | 7 | 1% |
| First United Methodist Church | $53,550 | 9 | n/a |
| Main Street Youth Center Inc | $43,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Lincoln Heritage Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $21,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Misd Foundation for Excellence Inc | $17,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Murray Art Guild | $15,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Boca Grande Health Clinic Fndtn Inc | $13,350 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Boca Grande Community Center Inc | $11,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Watch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($317k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Doran Foundation Inc 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: Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Community Foundation of West Kyinc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Doran Foundation Inc
- How much does Doran Foundation Inc give?
- Doran Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $236,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Doran Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (39%), Philanthropy (17%), Education (16%).
- Who are Doran Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Inc ($621k), Murray State University Foundation Inc ($228k), First United Methodist Church ($54k).
- Does Doran Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Doran 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 Doran Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pella Rolscreen Foundation, Community Foundation of West Kyinc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Doran Foundation Inc based?
- Doran Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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