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Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$189k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
63%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$8,200
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$1.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving19$189k95%
FY202416$224k63%
FY202318$181k50%
FY202219$169k84%
FY202122$213k68%
FY202019$121k84%
FY201914$111k50%
FY201814$153k79%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$418kArts & Culture$334kEnvironment$210kCommunity Improvement$130kYouth Development$87kScience & Tech$87kHuman Services$52kFood & Nutrition$49kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Faraday Foundation Inc$160,5003n/a
Ngage New Mexico$50,00022%
Phillips Brooks House Association Inc$44,58680%
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry$40,00021%
Story Preservation Initiative$38,750425%
Smith County Champions for Children Inc$27,14642%
Foundation for Dane County Parks Inc$25,46113%
Stamford Museum & Nature Center Inc$25,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Stlucie County Inc$23,54040%
The School Mindfulness Project$22,970210%
Appalachian Mountain Club$22,00030%
Saltwater Classroom$22,0001n/a
American International College$20,00010%
Earthroots Field School Inc$20,00024%
Music Workshop$20,00011%
Northside Education Foundation$19,19012%
William King Museum of Art$18,95812%
The Genesis Center$18,52411%
Falls Church-McLean Childrens Center Inc$17,77011%
Freshkillspark Alliance Inc$17,40023%
Bluegrass Greensource Inc$17,00013%
Brightlane Learning Corp$16,20020%
Climate Generation$16,0001n/a
Journeys in Education Inc$15,20015%
Charles River Conservancy Inc$15,10013%
Giraffe Laugh Inc$15,0001n/a
Wondermore Inc$15,00024%
Lee Pesky Learning Center Inc$15,00011%
Arkansas Learning Through the Arts$15,00017%
Amazement Square$15,00011%
Princeton Area Library Supporters$15,0001n/a
Nooksack Indian Tribe$15,0001n/a
Avalon Village Inc$14,95813%
Stepping Stones Museum for Children Inc$14,75010%
Children's Friend and Service$13,29020%
Mill City Grows Inc$12,02111%
Children's Museum of Sonoma County$11,80020%
River Relief Inc D/B/A Missouri River Relief$10,07321%
Heart of Indiana United Way Inc$10,00010%
Prism Design Lab Inc$10,000112%
Hull Lifesaving Museum Inc$10,00013%
Forest Park Zoological Society Inc$10,00011%
C-Fit Community$10,000113%
Amherst Cinema Arts Center Inc$10,00011%
Fairbanks Childrens Museum$10,00012%
Druid City Garden Project$10,00022%
Retreat Farm Ltd$10,00011%
Providence Hybrid Academy$9,82514%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$9,79010%
Friends of Holly Hill Farm Inc$8,87510%
Lexington Friends Preschool$8,78412%
Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc$8,64220%
South Dakota Discovery Center$8,10012%
Hueys Hideaway Childrens Museum Inc$8,00022%
Main Street Community Center$7,8581n/a
Historical Society of Cheshire County$7,50011%
Accessible Festivals Inc$7,50033%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$7,50010%
Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc$7,00010%
Orleans County Historical Society$6,50011%
North Suffolk Community Services Inc$6,50010%
Penobscot Marine Museum$6,40011%
The Sharon Cooperative School Inc$6,25010%
Ashokan Center Inc$6,23510%
Highland Montessori School$6,0001n/a
One Stone Inc$5,55011%
PITCHBLACK Immersive Experiences Inc$5,00012%
Cathance River Education Alliance$5,00014%
Santa Fe Children's Museum Inc$5,0001n/a
The Enchanted Circle Inc$5,00011%
Wyoming Wildlife Federation$5,00011%
Kiddie Science Inc$5,00019%
Career Guidance Institute$5,00024%
UTEC Inc$5,00010%
Grand Rapids Children's Museum$5,00010%
Brilliant Detroit$5,00010%
Burley Discovery Museum Inc$4,5001n/a
Yes 2 You$3,2501n/a
Food Roots$3,20211%
Childrens Museum of Acadiana$3,19011%
Adam J Lewis Academy Inc$3,0001n/a
Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center$3,00010%
The James River Basin Partnership$2,51211%
Nebraska Czechs of Wilber$1,87313%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($290k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNgage New Mexico: $50,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPhillips Brooks House Association Inc: $44,586 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Museum of the Lowcountry: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetStory Preservation Initiative: $38,750 over 4y, 25% of budgetSmith County Champions for Children Inc: $27,146 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetFoundation for Dane County Parks Inc: $25,461 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetStamford Museum & Nature Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Stlucie County Inc: $23,540 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe School Mindfulness Project: $22,970 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican International College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthroots Field School Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetMusic Workshop: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNorthside Education Foundation: $19,190 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWilliam King Museum of Art: $18,958 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Genesis Center: $18,524 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFalls Church-McLean Childrens Center Inc: $17,770 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFreshkillspark Alliance Inc: $17,400 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBluegrass Greensource Inc: $17,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBrightlane Learning Corp: $16,200 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJourneys in Education Inc: $15,200 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetCharles River Conservancy Inc: $15,100 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWondermore Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLee Pesky Learning Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetArkansas Learning Through the Arts: $15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetAmazement Square: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAvalon Village Inc: $14,958 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetStepping Stones Museum for Children Inc: $14,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Friend and Service: $13,290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMill City Grows Inc: $12,021 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Museum of Sonoma County: $11,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRiver Relief Inc D/B/A Missouri River Relief: $10,073 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHeart of Indiana United Way Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPrism Design Lab Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHull Lifesaving Museum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetForest Park Zoological Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetC-Fit Community: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAmherst Cinema Arts Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFairbanks Childrens Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDruid City Garden Project: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRetreat Farm Ltd: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetProvidence Hybrid Academy: $9,825 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $9,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Holly Hill Farm Inc: $8,875 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLexington Friends Preschool: $8,784 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAldo Leopold Nature Center Inc: $8,642 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Dakota Discovery Center: $8,100 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHueys Hideaway Childrens Museum Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 1.6% 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 72.

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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.

Dollar General Literacy FoundationTN13.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Association of Children's Museums Inc · Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Labcorp Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · Nora Roberts Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Boston Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation

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 Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480

How much does Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 give?
Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 reported 19 grants totaling $189,440 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (22%), Environment (14%).
Who are Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Faraday Foundation Inc ($161k), Ngage New Mexico ($50k), Phillips Brooks House Association Inc ($45k).
Does Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Association of Children's Museums Inc, Association of Science-Technology Centers Inc.
Where is Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 based?
Frances R Dewing Foundation 7600-Xxxxxx15480 is based in MA.

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 118 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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