· Private foundation
Morris David Dornfeld 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, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $46k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Bates College | $25,500 |
| Farnsworth Art Museum | $20,000 |
| Center for Furniture Craftmanship | $5,000 |
| Bates College Museum of Art | $5,000 |
| Georges River Land Trust | $5,000 |
| Center for Maine Contemporary Art | $5,000 |
| Sussman House | $3,600 |
| Lights Out Gallery | $2,500 |
| Falmouth Arts Center | $1,000 |
| Waterfall Arts | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 38% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
The mission of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is to inspire, engage and educate through the exhibition, preservation and collection of photographic works. The Museums programs address contemporary, historical, cultural and…
Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…
To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.
Monhegan Museum of Art & History stewards and shares the cultural memory of the Island to connect people to this place, its history and each other.
The arnot art museum is an exhibiting and collecting fine arts museum, accredited by the american association of museums. the museum exhibits its permanent collection of 17th-19th century european paintings and sculpture; 19th century…
The mission of the fitchburg art museum is to inspire creativity and learning, and to contribute to the well-being of our diverse communities in fitchburg, north central massachusetts, and new england. to accomplish the mission, we…
The college's mission is to provide education in fine arts
To illuminate and advance greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations' heritage, living cultures, and homelands.
To support contemporary arts through exhibitions, education and cultural programming and serve as an anchor for artistic activity and community. Granary Arts supports and exhibits regional and international artists, provides educational…
Advance the understanding of contemporary visual arts in Maine communities through sponsorship of exhibits, lectures, workshops, meetings and seminars in connection with matters of artistic concern.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 12 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 PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR FURNITURE CRAFTSMANSHIP ↗
- Who funds Georges River Land Trust ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
- Who funds MAINE FIBERARTS ↗
- Who funds LIGHTS OUT ART GALLERY ↗
- Who funds WATERFALL ARTS ↗
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: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · 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 Morris David Dornfeld Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morris David Dornfeld Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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