· 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.
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 $10k28 grants · $91k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $63k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY HURRICAN | $40,000 |
| ELEVATE LIFE | $13,100 |
| ST JUDES CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
| COLLEGE OF ST BENEDICTS | $5,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $5,000 |
| COLLEGE OF ST CATHERINE | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS | $5,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER | $5,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $5,000 |
| BENILDE-ST MARGARETS | $5,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $5,000 |
| HOPE FOR UGANDA | $4,000 |
| CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES | $3,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ELElevate Life6× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +23%
- UOUniversity of St Thomas6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +34%
- HFHOPE FOR UGANDA INC6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- DODIOCESE OF BEAUMONTone grant, 2020 · $10k
- SJST JOHN VIANNEYone grant, 2020 · $5k
- SCST CATHERINE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +5%
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.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
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…
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.
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…
The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
We, mercy clinics and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy clinics is a member of trinity health.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 48 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.
- Who funds Elevate Life ↗
- Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR UGANDA INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC ELDERCARE ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds Phoenix Children's Hospital ↗
- Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John & Clara Dolan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Clara Dolan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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