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The Dalis Foundation

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.

$849k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2024
5
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$450,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 53
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$9.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Dalis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyEnvironmentEducationHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$838k61%
FY20235$260k20%
FY202242$1.0M60%
FY202110$172k20%
FY202041$693k61%
FY201953$733kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.2MHealth$537kArts & Culture$412kHuman Services$391kEnvironment$225kInternational$205kEducation$180kPublic Safety & Disaster$130kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Virginia Arts Festival Inc$250,00031%
Because International Corp$125,00043%
Operation Blessing Inc$120,0003n/a
The Hurrah Players Inc$107,50028%
Mercy Chefs Inc$88,00041%
World Central Kitchen Inc$80,00020%
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia$80,00040%
Stand Up to Cancer$70,00030%
Mercy Medical Angels$67,50051%
Conch Republic Marine Army$50,000113%
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All grantees of The Dalis Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Virginia Arts Festival Inc$250,00031%
Because International Corp$125,00043%
Operation Blessing Inc$120,0003n/a
The Hurrah Players Inc$107,50028%
Mercy Chefs Inc$88,00041%
World Central Kitchen Inc$80,00020%
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia$80,00040%
Stand Up to Cancer$70,00030%
Mercy Medical Angels$67,50051%
Conch Republic Marine Army$50,000113%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$45,00030%
Norfolk Casa Inc$30,00038%
Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Inc$30,00023%
SupportWorks Housing$30,00030%
Hope House Foundation$30,00030%
Empowerment Center for Children Youth and Families$30,000227%
Daniel's Grace$27,500356%
Perkin Educational Opportunities Foundation Inc$27,000151%
Plant a Million Corals Foundation Inc$25,00023%
Chesapeake Bay Academy$25,00011%
Fusalmo USA Corporation$25,0001n/a
The Governor's School for the Arts Foundation$25,000111%
Louise W Eggleston Center Inc$25,00030%
Reach Out International$22,000113%
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Chesapeake Care Inc$20,00021%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc$20,00010%
Mental Health America Inc$20,00010%
Meals of Virginia Beach Inc$20,00017%
Camp Southern Ground Inc$20,00020%
Full Circle Foundation$20,00021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,00020%
Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop$17,50026%
Eastern Virginia Medical School$15,0001n/a
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens$15,00011%
Donorschooseorg$15,00010%
Tidewater Orchid Society$10,0001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Trinity Services Inc$10,00010%
Thrive Peninsula Formerly Duco$10,00011%
The 5 Gyres Institute$10,00011%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10,00010%
Hope for Life Rescue Inc$10,00011%
Heart for Orphans Inc$10,00012%
Give Something Back Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Best Friends Animal Society$10,00010%
Mustard Seed Ranch$10,00011%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Kennedys Angel Gowns Inc$10,0001n/a
Concerns of Police Survivors Inc$10,00010%
An Achievable Dream Inc$10,00020%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$10,00011%
Norfolk Rowing Center Inc$10,0001n/a
The Ocean Foundation$10,00010%
Virginia Wesleyan University$10,00010%
Dive Pirates Foundation$10,00014%
Vanguard Landing Inc$10,00011%
Jewish Family Services Inc$10,00010%
Ocearch$10,00011%
Virginia Beach Adaptive Watersports Inc$7,500118%
Untamed Spirit Therapeutic and Educational Program$7,50014%
Connect With a Wish Inc$7,50012%
Hospice House Inc$7,50011%
Children's Alopecia Project$5,0001n/a
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$5,00010%
Fop 3 Foundation$5,0001n/a
Virginia Chorale$5,00013%
Artula Institute for Art and Environmental Ed$5,00010%
Animal Resources of Tidewater$5,00013%
Virginia Beach Spca$5,00010%
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$5,00010%
Youth Sailing Virginia Inc$5,00012%
Law Enforcement United Inc$5,00011%
Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$5,00010%
Newport News Police Dept Foundation$5,00016%
Reach Foundation Inc (Reach Enriches All Children)$5,00010%
The Elizabeth River Project$5,00010%
Sugar Plum Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Dalis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 69 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Virginia Arts Festival Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBecause International Corp: $125,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetThe Hurrah Players Inc: $107,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $88,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Southeastern Virginia: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStand Up to Cancer: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $67,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetConch Republic Marine Army: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorfolk Casa Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetVirginia Beach Rescue Squad Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSupportWorks Housing: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHope House Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEmpowerment Center for Children Youth and Families: $30,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetDaniel's Grace: $27,500 over 3y, 56% of budgetPerkin Educational Opportunities Foundation Inc: $27,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetPlant a Million Corals Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetChesapeake Bay Academy: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Governor's School for the Arts Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLouise W Eggleston Center Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetReach Out International: $22,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetVirginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChesapeake Care Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHimalayan Cataract Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMental Health America Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMeals of Virginia Beach Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetCamp Southern Ground Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFull Circle Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTidewater Wooden Boat Workshop: $17,500 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetThe Hermitage Museum and Gardens: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThrive Peninsula Formerly Duco: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe 5 Gyres Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Life Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHeart for Orphans Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMustard Seed Ranch: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetConcerns of Police Survivors Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAn Achievable Dream Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCaptains for Clean Water Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVirginia Wesleyan University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA57.9× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Townebank Foundation · Sentara Health · Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation · The Blocker Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Goode Family Foundation · The Helen G Gifford Foundation · Beazley Foundation Incorporated · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · Sterzing Charitable Trust

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.

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About The Dalis Foundation

How much does The Dalis Foundation give?
The Dalis Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $849,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 53 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Dalis Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Health (14%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are The Dalis Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Virginia Arts Festival Inc ($250k), Because International Corp ($125k), Operation Blessing Inc ($120k).
Does The Dalis Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Dalis 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 The Dalis Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hampton Roads Community Foundation, United Way of South Hampton Roads, Townebank Foundation.
Where is The Dalis Foundation based?
The Dalis Foundation is based in FL.

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 127 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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