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Mary and Daniel Dolan 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.

$312k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
25
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,098
Largest grant, FY2025
$103,750
Organizations funded a year
15 to 25
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$26k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPublic BenefitPhilanthropyHuman ServicesSocial ScienceOther
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 arriving22$312k27%
FY202425$284k32%
FY202321$302k19%
FY202215$295k7%
FY202121$551k19%
FY202020$584k30%
FY201923$586k43%
FY201824$465kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.6MHealth$966kRecreation & Sports$489kPhilanthropy$114kHuman Services$36kPublic Benefit$15kArts & Culture$10kEnvironment$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
TN
SC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lake Forest College$1,041,25080%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$816,06670%
Metrosquash Nfp$482,35575%
Vna Foundation Inc$72,270731%
Multiplying Good Inc$50,00041%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$50,00050%
Jake Owen Foundation$26,00030%
Freedom Golf Association$10,77222%
Rochester Friendly Home$10,00050%
Catholic Charities Inc$10,0001n/a
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lake Forest College$1,041,25080%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$816,06670%
Metrosquash Nfp$482,35575%
Vna Foundation Inc$72,270731%
Multiplying Good Inc$50,00041%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$50,00050%
Jake Owen Foundation$26,00030%
Freedom Golf Association$10,77222%
Rochester Friendly Home$10,00050%
Catholic Charities Inc$10,0001n/a
Chicago Jesuit Academy$10,0001n/a
Teach for America Inc$10,00010%
Lake Forest Country Day School$10,00020%
The Durham Museum$8,00080%
North Chicago Community Partners$7,00050%
The Heritage Foundation$7,00070%
Judicial Watch Inc$6,50070%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$5,00010%
Metropolitan Planning Council$5,00010%
Chicago Horticultural Society$5,0001n/a
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation$2,50010%
Wings Program Inc$2,5001n/a
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$2,0981n/a
The Thanc Foundation Inc$1,75020%
Cato Institute$1,35060%
College of Charleston Foundation$1,00020%
March of Dimes Inc$1,00010%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$1,00020%
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund$1,00010%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$1,00010%
Lake Forest Open Lands Association$55050%
Mile High 360$50010%
1916 Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Ncga Foundation$50010%
History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff$42540%
Chaminade College Preparatory$4001n/a
716 Squash Inc$35020%
Florida Sheriffs Association Inc$30020%
Autism Speaks Inc$25010%
Reading Power Inc$20010%
Metropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($718k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLake Forest College: $1,041,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $816,066 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMetrosquash Nfp: $482,355 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetVna Foundation Inc: $72,270 over 7y, 31% of budgetMultiplying Good Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJake Owen Foundation: $26,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFreedom Golf Association: $10,772 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetRochester Friendly Home: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Country Day School: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Durham Museum: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Chicago Community Partners: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Planning Council: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Thanc Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCato Institute: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Charleston Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDaniel Murphy Scholarship Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Shakespeare Theater: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Open Lands Association: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMile High 360: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNcga Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistory Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff: $425 over 4y, 0.0% of budget716 Squash Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFlorida Sheriffs Association Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReading Power Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan State University of Denver Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 34.

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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.

Keystone Charitable FoundationIL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Keystone Charitable Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way Worldwide · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation

How much does Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation give?
Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $311,948 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Health (29%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
Who are Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Lake Forest College ($1.0M), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ($816k), Metrosquash Nfp ($482k).
Does Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mary and Daniel Dolan 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 Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Keystone Charitable Foundation, Hunter Family Foundation, Hunter Family Foundation.
Where is Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation based?
Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 63 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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