Minnesota · Private foundation
John & Clara Dolan 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.
- $154k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 33
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations John & Clara Dolan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 30 | $152k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $128k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $100k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $99k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $87k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate Life | $61,100 | 6 | 4% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $29,000 | 6 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope for Uganda Inc | $24,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Benilde St Margarets High School | $24,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| College of Saint Benedict | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Eldercare | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevate Life | $61,100 | 6 | 4% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $29,000 | 6 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope for Uganda Inc | $24,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Benilde St Margarets High School | $24,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $23,000 | 4 | 0% |
| College of Saint Benedict | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Catholic Eldercare | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Diocese of Beaumont | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trevor Project Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Intercongregation Communities Association Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| God's Love We Deliver Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Catherine University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($311k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Clara Dolan Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About John & Clara Dolan Foundation
- How much does John & Clara Dolan Foundation give?
- John & Clara Dolan Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $154,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John & Clara Dolan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Health (21%), Education (15%).
- Who are John & Clara Dolan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Elevate Life ($61k), Catholic Relief Services ($29k), University of St Thomas ($24k).
- Does John & Clara Dolan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Clara Dolan 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 John & Clara Dolan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, American Endowment Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is John & Clara Dolan Foundation based?
- John & Clara Dolan Foundation is based in MN.
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