Connecticut · Private foundation
Max and Bertha Dressler 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $654k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $25k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $19k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $24k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $21k | 8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury Land Trust Inc | $62,750 | 8 | 1% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $14,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greenpeace Inc | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $5,258 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Partnership With Native Americans | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation
- How much does Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation give?
- Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (45%), Education (31%), International (9%).
- Who are Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Roxbury Land Trust Inc ($63k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($15k), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($13k).
- Does Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Max and Bertha Dressler 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.
- Where is Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation based?
- Max and Bertha Dressler Foundation is based in CT.
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