Massachusetts · Private foundation
Dowdall Family Charitable Trust
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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,055
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $814k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Dowdall Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | $25k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $16k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $14k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $110 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Saint Francis House Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Horticultural Society | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Actors' Shakespeare Project | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Amnesty International of the USA Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Saint Francis House Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Horticultural Society | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Actors' Shakespeare Project | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Legal Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Bar Foundation Inc | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Home for Little Wanderers Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dowdall Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Dowdall Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Dowdall Family Charitable Trust give?
- Dowdall Family Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $35,355 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Dowdall Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (22%), Human Services (21%), Housing & Shelter (17%).
- Who are Dowdall Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Children's Hospital Corporation ($10k), Greater Boston Food Bank Inc ($5k), Amnesty International of the USA Inc ($3k).
- Does Dowdall Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dowdall Family 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.
- Where is Dowdall Family Charitable Trust based?
- Dowdall Family Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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