· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Notre Dame | $10,055 |
| Boston Childrens Hospital | $10,000 |
| Boston Healthcare for Homeless | $5,000 |
| Catholic Charities | $5,000 |
| Massachusetts Horticultural Society | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | $1,000 |
| Brennan Center for Justice | $1,000 |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | $1,000 |
| Massachusetts Bar Foundation | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC4× · 2022–2025 · $3k · revenue +1%- MHMASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +5%
- ASACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT2× · 2022–2023 · $1k · revenue +22%
Funded once
HISPANIC FEDERATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +88%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCone grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +1%- NPNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +15%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.
Mass general brigham health plan's mission is to promote the health and wellness of our members, and to help ensure equitable, affordbale health care for the diverse communities we serve.
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dowdall Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dowdall Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Saint Francis House Inc: 18% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Actors' Shakespeare Project: 6% of income from government
- Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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