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Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$349k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
3%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 33
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 3% of the organizations Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
ReligionAnimalsHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving30$349k10%
FY202332$362k3%
FY202233$330k12%
FY202130$300k3%
FY202029$275k3%
FY201928$259k0%
FY201832$260k16%
FY201727$230kn/a
87% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$504kHealth$371kCrime & Legal$280kYouth Development$219kEducation$218kFood & Nutrition$183kHousing & Shelter$156kReligion$139kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grayson Grand Central Station$163,00084%
Casa of Grayson County Inc$150,00085%
Four Rivers Outreach Inc$117,00083%
Women Rock Inc$115,00084%
Master Key Ministries Inc$115,0008n/a
The Rehabilitation Center$90,00082%
House of Eli Inc$90,000811%
Austin College$85,00080%
Texoma Family Shelter$65,50083%
The Sherman Museum$55,50089%
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All grantees of Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grayson Grand Central Station$163,00084%
Casa of Grayson County Inc$150,00085%
Four Rivers Outreach Inc$117,00083%
Women Rock Inc$115,00084%
Master Key Ministries Inc$115,0008n/a
The Rehabilitation Center$90,00082%
House of Eli Inc$90,000811%
Austin College$85,00080%
Texoma Family Shelter$65,50083%
The Sherman Museum$55,50089%
Share Ministries Inc$20,000210%
Divine Equine Therapeutic Riding Center$17,50047%
Texas Casa Inc$10,00020%
Central Christian Church$5,0001n/a
Making Dreams Real Inc$3,0001n/a
St Stephen's Episcopal Church$3,00021%
Multicultural Family Center$2,50011%
United Way of Grayson County Inc$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGrayson Grand Central Station: $163,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetCasa of Grayson County Inc: $150,000 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetFour Rivers Outreach Inc: $117,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetWomen Rock Inc: $115,000 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetThe Rehabilitation Center: $90,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetHouse of Eli Inc: $90,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetAustin College: $85,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTexoma Family Shelter: $65,500 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetThe Sherman Museum: $55,500 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetShare Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetDivine Equine Therapeutic Riding Center: $17,500 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetTexas Casa Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Stephen's Episcopal Church: $3,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMulticultural Family Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Grayson County Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 15.

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.

Clara B & W Aubrey Smith CharitableTX28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clara B & W Aubrey Smith Charitable · United Way of Grayson County Inc · Wilson N Jones Community Foundation · W B Munson Foundation Xxxxx5008 · Elias & Hanna Regensburger Foundation · The Oliver Dewey Mayor Foundation · Texoma Community Foundation · Dr & Mrs Paul Pierce Memorial Foundation · Thelma Braun & Bocklett Family Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Tr Uw Minnie M Jones · Texoma Medical Center Volunteers

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 Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson

How much does Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson give?
Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson reported 30 grants totaling $349,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Health (16%), Crime & Legal (12%).
Who are Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Grayson Grand Central Station ($163k), Casa of Grayson County Inc ($150k), Four Rivers Outreach Inc ($117k).
Does Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Clara B & W Aubrey Smith Charitable, United Way of Grayson County Inc, Wilson N Jones Community Foundation.
Where is Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson based?
Dorset Foundation Inc Attn Marty Sanderson is based in TX.

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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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