Georgia · Private foundation
Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc
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.
- $600k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 36 | $600k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 38 | $506k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $507k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $507k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $420k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $438k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $422k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $407k | 28% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Atlanta Opera Inc | $275,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $170,500 | 9 | 0% |
| North Avenue Presbyterian Church | $154,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Lovett School Inc | $150,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Gainesville Independent School Inc Aka Lakeview Academy | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Atlanta Historical Society Inc | $138,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Inc | $131,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Atlanta Union Mission Corporation | $123,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shepherd Center Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Inc | $118,000 | 4 | 2% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc
- How much does Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc give?
- Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $600,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (25%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Atlanta Opera Inc ($275k), The University of Georgia Foundation ($171k), North Avenue Presbyterian Church ($154k).
- Does Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc 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 Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Georgia Power Foundation Inc, The Imlay Foundation Inc.
- Where is Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc based?
- Roy and Janet Dorsey Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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