Florida · Private foundation
Dorset Charitable Trust
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $5.1M
- Granted FY2019
- 62
- Grants FY2019
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $1,564,141
- Organizations funded a year
- 54 to 60
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 12
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 12% of the organizations Dorset Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.7M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 60 | $5.1M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 56 | $260k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 54 | $349k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ind | $160,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Board of Visitors | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Emmanuel Community Church of the United Brethren in Christ Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorset Charitable Trust 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: Edward M Wilson Foundation · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Parkview Health System Inc · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main · McMillen Foundation Inc · Zollner Foundation
How this is measured
About Dorset Charitable Trust
- How much does Dorset Charitable Trust give?
- Dorset Charitable Trust reported 62 grants totaling $5,142,217 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 54 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Dorset Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (82%), Education (4%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Dorset Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ind ($161k), Culver Educational Foundation ($100k), Canterbury School Inc ($60k).
- Does Dorset Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorset Charitable Trust 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 Dorset Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward M Wilson Foundation, Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn, English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn.
- Where is Dorset Charitable Trust based?
- Dorset Charitable Trust is based in FL.
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