Rhode Island · Private foundation
Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson
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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 | 10 | $87k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $91k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $85k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $80k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $60k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $64k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Miguel Education Center | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Angel in Action Ri | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| McAuley Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Kingstown Food Pantry Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Bradley Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jonnycake Center of Westerly Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tri-County Community Action Agency | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Moms of Marieville | $7,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Clothes to Kids Ri Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Sojourner House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Miguel Education Center | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Angel in Action Ri | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| McAuley Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Kingstown Food Pantry Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Bradley Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jonnycake Center of Westerly Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tri-County Community Action Agency | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Moms of Marieville | $7,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Clothes to Kids Ri Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Sojourner House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellow Horse | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($342k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson 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 Rhode Island Community Foundation · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · The Champlin Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Uw Urania C Sherburne · Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association · The Mr & Mrs Robert N Chapman Son Robert B Chapman Charitable Trust · Citizens Community Foundation · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust
How this is measured
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About Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson
- How much does Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson give?
- Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson reported 10 grants totaling $86,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Human Services (16%), Education (13%).
- Who are Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: San Miguel Education Center ($60k), Angel in Action Ri ($28k), McAuley Corporation ($20k).
- Does Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson 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 Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn.
- Where is Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson based?
- Stephen W & Merle Dresner Charitable Foundation C/O John Marginson is based in RI.
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