Texas · Private foundation
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 17
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $2.2M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $1.6M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $1.7M | 12% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $1.4M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $1.6M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colburn School | $877,750 | 7 | 0% |
| New England Conservatory of Music | $693,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $590,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Music Academy of the West | $547,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Starling Project Foundation Inc | $437,500 | 7 | 80% |
| University of Michigan | $425,025 | 7 | 40% |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | $387,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Bowdoin College | $344,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $240,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kneisel Hall | $215,000 | 6 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colburn School | $877,750 | 7 | 0% |
| New England Conservatory of Music | $693,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $590,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Music Academy of the West | $547,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Starling Project Foundation Inc | $437,500 | 7 | 80% |
| University of Michigan | $425,025 | 7 | 40% |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | $387,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Bowdoin College | $344,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $240,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kneisel Hall | $215,000 | 6 | 4% |
| San Francisco Conservatory of Music | $183,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Coleman Violin Studio | $176,000 | 7 | 100% |
| Ottawa Suzuki Strings Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Sounding Point Foundation Corp | $145,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Encore Chamber Music Institute | $72,950 | 6 | 5% |
| Northwestern University | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $62,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Madeline Island Chamber Music co Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | $60,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Center Stage Strings | $20,000 | 3 | 46% |
| The Florida State University Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| String Insiders | $3,500 | 1 | 4% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation with peer funders
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About Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
- How much does Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation give?
- Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $2,235,075 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (92%), Education (4%), Health (4%).
- Who are Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Colburn School ($878k), New England Conservatory of Music ($694k), Curtis Institute of Music ($590k).
- Does Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation based?
- Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation is based in TX.
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