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Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$663k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
76
Grants FY2025
56
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,975
Largest grant, FY2025
$55,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 56
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$6.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving48$654k23%
FY202456$658k21%
FY202350$543k30%
FY202244$442k23%
FY202142$429k31%
FY202033$369k45%
FY201939$566k46%
FY201829$464k41%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.5MHealth$370kFood & Nutrition$265kPhilanthropy$255kHuman Services$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
MD
DE
AZ
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Simmons University$200,10490%
Regis College$144,34580%
Northeastern University$111,68680%
Trustees of Boston University$74,94380%
Cape Cod Community College$70,6008n/a
Salve Regina University$54,56150%
Frontier Nursing University Inc$54,51240%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$47,89860%
College of Our Lady of the Elms$45,52270%
Bryant University$42,97260%
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All grantees of Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Simmons University$200,10490%
Regis College$144,34580%
Northeastern University$111,68680%
Trustees of Boston University$74,94380%
Cape Cod Community College$70,6008n/a
Salve Regina University$54,56150%
Frontier Nursing University Inc$54,51240%
Sacred Heart University Incorporated$47,89860%
College of Our Lady of the Elms$45,52270%
Bryant University$42,97260%
Siena University$41,00040%
Merrimack College$36,00050%
University of New England$30,00020%
McPhs University$29,76030%
Emmanuel College$28,00050%
Stonehill College Inc$27,00040%
Colby-Sawyer College$27,00040%
The George Washington University$26,00040%
Syracuse University$26,00030%
Bucknell University$26,00040%
University of Delaware$26,00040%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$25,0003n/a
William James College Inc$24,00020%
Maryville University - St Louis$21,11430%
St Lawrence University$21,00030%
Quinnipiac University$18,00020%
Lasell University$18,00030%
Monmouth University Inc$18,00030%
Southern New Hampshire University$17,76830%
Trustees of Tufts College$16,00010%
Xavier University$15,81610%
Russell Sage College$13,00010%
Weber State University$12,4583n/a
Wesleyan University$12,00020%
Eckerd College$11,00020%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$11,00010%
Suffolk University$10,00010%
Gordon College$7,00010%
Fordham University$7,00010%
University of Denver$6,00420%
Pennsylvania State University$6,0001n/a
New York University$6,0001n/a
Springfield College$6,00010%
Emory University$6,00010%
Villanova University$5,00010%
Johns Hopkins University$5,00020%
The Howard University$5,00010%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$1,24010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSimmons University: $200,104 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRegis College: $144,345 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern University: $111,686 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $74,943 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSalve Regina University: $54,561 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFrontier Nursing University Inc: $54,512 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSacred Heart University Incorporated: $47,898 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Our Lady of the Elms: $45,522 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBryant University: $42,972 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSiena University: $41,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMerrimack College: $36,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New England: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMcPhs University: $29,760 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmmanuel College: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStonehill College Inc: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $27,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam James College Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $21,114 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQuinnipiac University: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLasell University: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMonmouth University Inc: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern New Hampshire University: $17,768 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXavier University: $15,816 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRussell Sage College: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWesleyan University: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEckerd College: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSuffolk University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGordon College: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $6,004 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpringfield College: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVillanova University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Howard University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $1,240 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 43.

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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.

Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation

How much does Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation give?
Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $663,399 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 56 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Health (8%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
Who are Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Simmons University ($200k), Regis College ($144k), Northeastern University ($112k).
Does Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation based?
Dorothy Harrison Egan Foundation is based in MA.

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 139 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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