Montana · Private foundation
The Dancu 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.
- $250k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $245,525
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $245,525
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Dancu Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $246k 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 | 2 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $251k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $733k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $376k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $221k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $157k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky Community Organization | $491,050 | 2 | 5% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $68,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cherokee Employee Scholarship Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 6% |
| National Park Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Atlanta Police Foundation Inc | $5,072 | 2 | 0% |
| Ferst Readers Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Calvary Women's Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainforest Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Urban Forest | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky Community Organization | $491,050 | 2 | 5% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $68,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cherokee Employee Scholarship Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 6% |
| National Park Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Atlanta Police Foundation Inc | $5,072 | 2 | 0% |
| Ferst Readers Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Calvary Women's Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainforest Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Urban Forest | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chastain Park Conservancy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Haven Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 28% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| FixGeorgiaPets Inc | $550 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Sandy Springs Library | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Dancu Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Dancu Foundation Inc
- How much does The Dancu Foundation Inc give?
- The Dancu Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $250,144 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Dancu Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Recreation & Sports (25%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Dancu Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Big Sky Community Organization ($491k), Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc ($69k), The Cherokee Employee Scholarship Foundation Inc ($30k).
- Does The Dancu Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dancu 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 The Dancu Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Dancu Foundation Inc based?
- The Dancu Foundation Inc is based in MT.
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