Michigan · Private foundation
Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation
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.
- $456k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 85%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $74,490
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 85% of the organizations Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $182k 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 | 21 | $451k | 52% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $272k | 85% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $173k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $48k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company | $225,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Encore Performing Arts Center | $95,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Oakdale Academy | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stand Up Youth Theatre | $29,503 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Troy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Israeli Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 83% |
| Friends of the Lone Soldier Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Urban Farming | $13,500 | 2 | 34% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company | $225,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Encore Performing Arts Center | $95,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Oakdale Academy | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stand Up Youth Theatre | $29,503 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Troy | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Israeli Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 83% |
| Friends of the Lone Soldier Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Urban Farming | $13,500 | 2 | 34% |
| International Rett Syndrome Foundation | $6,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Craig Hospital Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($478k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation
- How much does Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation give?
- Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $455,782 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Philanthropy (21%), Health (14%).
- Who are Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company ($225k), Encore Performing Arts Center ($95k), Oakdale Academy ($40k).
- Does Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation 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 Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation based?
- Henry S & Mala Dorfman Family Foundation is based in MI.
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