Ohio · Private foundation
Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2023
- 45
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 38
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $27M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $280k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 38 | $717k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $594k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $737k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandusky State Theatre Inc | $395,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Erie County Economic Development Charitable Fund | $297,195 | 3 | 15% |
| Erie County Alcohol Drug Addictio | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oh-Go | $65,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Safe Harbour Domestic Violence Shelter Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio Education Coalition | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kinship Incorporated | $25,000 | 2 | 9% |
| The Museum of Carousel Art & History | $20,850 | 2 | 10% |
| United Church Homes Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($689k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn 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: The Mylander Fdn-2001 · Sidney Frohman Foundation · Erie County Community Foundation · The Michelle Wightman-Karrie Wieber Charitable Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Sam S Stein and Rose Stein Foundation · The Wm M & a Cafaro Family Foundation · The Albert G & Olive H Schlink Foundation · Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Firstenergy Foundation · The Murray & Murray Charitable Foundation · David and Jacquie Clark Family Fund
How this is measured
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About Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation
- How much does Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation give?
- Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation reported 45 itemized grants totaling $1,027,829, out of $1,161,329 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 38 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (18%), Arts & Culture (10%), Education (5%).
- Who are Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2023: Sandusky State Theatre Inc ($395k), Erie County Economic Development Charitable Fund ($297k), Erie County Alcohol Drug Addictio ($175k).
- Does Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Mylander Fdn-2001, Sidney Frohman Foundation, Erie County Community Foundation.
- Where is Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation based?
- Randolph J and Estelle M Dorn Foundation is based in OH.
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