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Robert E Dillon 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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$19kCommunity Improvement$7kEducation$7kHuman Services$6kHealth$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kCivil Rights$4kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$14k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARIA MATER DEI MISSION INC$2,000
WESTFIELD UNITED FUND$1,000
ORDER OF MALTA$1,000
AMHERST COLLEGE$1,000
EQUESTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM$1,000
BRIDGTON FOOD PANTRY$1,000
MOTHER DEAR'S COMMUNITY CENTER INC$500
ELIZABETH COALITION TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS$500
DIVINE MERCY UNIVERSITY$500
MALTESER INTERNATIONAL$500
ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $500 → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $500 → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $500 → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $500 → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $500 → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $500 → 10%ELIZABETH COALITION TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS: $500 → 10%ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $250 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
IN
NJ
MO
VA
MD
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$55k · 15 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
6

Total granted

$55k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+2%

Still filing today

47%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsHealthInternationalEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NS
    NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +34%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $3k · revenue +462%
  • CC
    CO2 COALITION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • SM
    ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $500
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

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.

1
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
5
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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7
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
9
University of Maryland Obstetrical Andgynecological Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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10
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope for Haiti Inc; the most unlike its peers is Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ORDER OF MALTA AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $10,150 · OtherORDER OF MALTA AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONWESTFIELD UNITED FUND: $7,000 · OtherWESTFIELD UNITED FUNDMARIA MATER DEI MISSIONS INC: $6,000 · OtherMARIA MATER DEI MISSIONS INCMAINE VITAE SOCIETY: $4,500 · OtherMAINE VITAE SOCIETYCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $4,000 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESELIZABETH COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $2,500 · OtherELIZABETH COALITION FOR THE HOMELESSEQUESTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,750 · Other+8 more: $5,950 · Other+8 moreNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $5,000 · EducationNICHOLS SCH…AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $1,000 · EducationAMHERST COL…The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc: $500 · EducationThe Institu…ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $3,250 · Human ServicesElizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless Inc: $500 · Human ServicesFIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY: $2,000 · Civil RightsStudents for Life of America Inc: $1,500 · Civil RightsCO2 COALITION: $3,000 · EnvironmentHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $1,500 · InternationalBRIDGTON FOOD PANTRY: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$43,850Education$6,500Human Services$3,750Civil Rights$3,500Environment$3,000International$1,500Food & Nutrition$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $3,250 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCO2 COALITION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR HAITI INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGTON FOOD PANTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetORDER OF MALTA WORLDWIDE RELIEF MALTESER INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CO2 COALITION ↗
  • Who funds FIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds Students for Life of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGTON FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds ORDER OF MALTA WORLDWIDE RELIEF MALTESER INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS ↗
  • Who funds Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC ↗

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.

The Ayco Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ayco Charitable FoundationNY11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert E Dillon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert E Dillon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Robert E Dillon Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert E Dillon Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 26 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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