Florida · Private foundation
Dorsay
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.
- $145k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Dorsay funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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 | 9 | $145k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $233k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $150k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $130k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $255k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $205k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $377k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $517k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural and Recreational Commission of Isabella County | $613,457 | 2 | n/a |
| Isabella Community Soup Kitchen | $415,000 | 9 | 15% |
| Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum | $340,000 | 7 | 16% |
| Womens Justice Initiative Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Central Michigan University | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle Village Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pace Center for Girlsinc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Women's Aid Service Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mid Michigan College Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Art Experience Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural and Recreational Commission of Isabella County | $613,457 | 2 | n/a |
| Isabella Community Soup Kitchen | $415,000 | 9 | 15% |
| Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum | $340,000 | 7 | 16% |
| Womens Justice Initiative Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Central Michigan University | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eagle Village Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pace Center for Girlsinc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Women's Aid Service Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mid Michigan College Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Art Experience Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Michigan Equine Therapy | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The River School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($608k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorsay 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: The We Martin Foundation · Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd · Midland Area Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Dorsay
- How much does Dorsay give?
- Dorsay reported 9 grants totaling $145,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dorsay fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (32%), Arts & Culture (22%), Food & Nutrition (19%).
- Who are Dorsay's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cultural and Recreational Commission of Isabella County ($613k), Isabella Community Soup Kitchen ($415k), Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum ($340k).
- Does Dorsay fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorsay 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 Dorsay?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The We Martin Foundation, Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd, Midland Area Community Foundation.
- Where is Dorsay based?
- Dorsay is based in FL.
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