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The Dale Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$298kHealth$126kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kArts & Culture$30kRecreation & Sports$22kHousing & Shelter$20kReligion$20kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Red Cross$100,000
Eva's Foundation Inc$25,000
Dreams Come True$12,500
Barnabas Center Inc$12,500
Millis Ecumenical Food Pantry$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
A PLACE TO TURN INC$10,000
Englewood Helping Hand Inc$5,000
Doctors Without Borders USA Inc$5,000
Humane World for Animals$5,000
Baby2Baby$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $276k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Englewood Helping Hand Inc: $10k → 9%Eva Foundation: $30k → 11%Charity Navigator: $1k → 7%Englewood Helping Hand Inc: $5k → 9%Eva Foundation: $28k → 11%Englewood Helping Hand Inc: $5k → 9%Eva's Foundation Inc: $25k → 11%American Red Cross: $100k → 14%Englewood Helping Hand Inc: $5k → 9%Eva's Foundation Inc: $25k → 11%Eva Foundation: $23k → 11%Eva's Foundation Inc: $20k → 11%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
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
DC
HI
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of The Dale Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Dale Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 8.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$518k · 16 repeat orgs$178k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
12

Total granted

$518k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+50%

Still filing today

81%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • EF
    Evas Foundation Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $150k · revenue +49%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    4× · 2019–2022 · $50k · revenue +97%
  • TI
    TWLOHA INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $43k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • DW
    Doctors Without Boreders USA Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +79%
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.

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Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
2
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
3
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
4
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
5
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
6
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
7
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
10
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
11
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
12
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 33 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Evas Foundation Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesEvas Foundation IncAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapt…Micahs Place Inc: $40,000 · Human ServicesMicahs Place IncENGLEWOOD HELPING HAND INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesENGLEWOOD HELPING HAND INC+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesA Place To Turn Inc: $40,000 · OtherA Place To Turn IncDreams Come True: $25,000 · OtherDreams Come TrueMillis Ecumenical Food Pantry: $20,000 · OtherMillis Ecumenical Food PantryCHARLOTTE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION INC: $20,000 · OtherCHARLOTTE COUNTY HOMELESS COA…CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL: $20,000 · OtherCHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATION…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDoctors Without Boreders USA Inc: $10,000 · OtherDoctors Without Boreders USA …CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $7,500 · Other+7 more: $27,500 · Other+7 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50,000 · HealthDana-Farber Can…TWLOHA INC: $42,500 · HealthTWLOHA INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTH…BARNABAS CENTER INC: $37,500 · Housing & ShelterJOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalWATERORG: $1,000 · InternationalENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 · EnvironmentWORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $7,500 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $1,000 · Environment
Human Services$316,000Other$180,000Health$98,000Housing & Shelter$37,500Arts & Culture$30,000International$21,000Environment$18,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEvas Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTWLOHA INC: $42,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetA Place To Turn Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMicahs Place Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBARNABAS CENTER INC: $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetENGLEWOOD HELPING HAND INC: $25,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCHARLOTTE COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBABY2BABY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERORG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $1,000 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.

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 Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 The Dale Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dale Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Micahs Place Inc: 32% of income from government
  • South Shore Community Action Council Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Worcester County Horticultural Society: 2% of income from government
  • Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Joy of Music Program Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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