New York · Private foundation
The David a Dechman Foundation
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $515,513
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations The David a Dechman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 15 | $1.0M | 47% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $838k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.3M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.1M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.4M | n/a |
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $585,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Media Matters for America | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Glsen Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| New York Live Arts Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Centerline Liberties Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Aperture Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Advancement Project | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Academy in Rome | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Equality Florida Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The David a Dechman Foundation 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
About The David a Dechman Foundation
- How much does The David a Dechman Foundation give?
- The David a Dechman Foundation reported 21 itemized grants totaling $1,061,763, out of $1,161,763 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The David a Dechman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Health (5%), Civil Rights (4%).
- Who are The David a Dechman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($585k), Media Matters for America ($175k), Glsen Inc ($150k).
- Does The David a Dechman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The David a Dechman 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 David a Dechman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The David a Dechman Foundation based?
- The David a Dechman Foundation is based in NY.
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