Michigan · Private foundation
Richard R Dossin 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.
- $223k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Richard R Dossin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 | 17 | $223k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $183k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $147k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $146k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $90k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $39k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $58k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $230,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Detroit Historical Society | $205,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eversight | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| De la Salle Collegiate | $34,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Michigan United Cerebral Palsy | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $23,500 | 3 | n/a |
| I Care of Michigan | $23,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Grosse Pointe Lions Charities Inc | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Karmanos Cancer Foundation | $21,000 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $230,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Detroit Historical Society | $205,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Henry Ford Health System | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eversight | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| De la Salle Collegiate | $34,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Michigan United Cerebral Palsy | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $23,500 | 3 | n/a |
| I Care of Michigan | $23,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Grosse Pointe Lions Charities Inc | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Karmanos Cancer Foundation | $21,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Gloria and Thomas R Kitchen Memorial Foundation | $10,500 | 5 | 8% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Paul Parish Grosse Pointe Farms | $7,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Loveland Inter Faith Effort Inc Life Food Pantry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grosse Pointe Shores Improvement Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Belle Isle Conservancy | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| McLaren Macomb | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Macomb Symphony Orchestra | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wayne County Medical Society Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Freedom Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard R Dossin Family 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: Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Richard R Dossin Family Foundation
- How much does Richard R Dossin Family Foundation give?
- Richard R Dossin Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $222,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Richard R Dossin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Human Services (27%), Arts & Culture (23%).
- Who are Richard R Dossin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Leader Dogs for the Blind ($230k), Detroit Historical Society ($205k), Henry Ford Health System ($145k).
- Does Richard R Dossin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard R Dossin 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 Richard R Dossin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lynn & Paul Alandt Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Richard R Dossin Family Foundation based?
- Richard R Dossin Family Foundation is based in MI.
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