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The Dmk 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
18
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 18
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$24M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Dmk Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalMembership BenefitOther
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 arriving21$1.1M33%
FY202318$941k44%
FY202218$825k44%
FY202118$820k50%
FY202016$620kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$1.4MHealth$841kEducation$765kMembership Benefit$300kPhilanthropy$220kArts & Culture$216kFood & Nutrition$210kHuman Services$134kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
NJ
CT
CA
AZ
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wild Salmon Center$550,00052%
Colby College Charitable Tr$400,0004n/a
The Actors' Fund of America$300,00020%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$300,00032%
Environmental Working Group$260,00051%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$210,00030%
Oceana Inc$200,00011%
The Trustees of Princeton University$190,00020%
Ocean Defenders Alliance$170,000413%
Belmont Hill School Inc$150,00050%
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All grantees of The Dmk Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wild Salmon Center$550,00052%
Colby College Charitable Tr$400,0004n/a
The Actors' Fund of America$300,00020%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$300,00032%
Environmental Working Group$260,00051%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$210,00030%
Oceana Inc$200,00011%
The Trustees of Princeton University$190,00020%
Ocean Defenders Alliance$170,000413%
Belmont Hill School Inc$150,00050%
The Surfrider Foundation$115,00040%
Laguna Dance Festival$110,000521%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$98,00031%
Body Traffic$60,00023%
The Albertsons Companies Foundation$60,00010%
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$50,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50,00020%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$50,00020%
Neurovascular Foundation$50,000324%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$50,00010%
Direct Relief$50,00010%
Gofundmeorg$50,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50,00010%
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc$50,00020%
Earth Island Institute Inc$40,00010%
Earthjustice$25,00010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$25,00010%
Sierra Club Foundation$20,00010%
National Forest Foundation$20,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$20,00010%
Gift of Life Marrow Registry Inc$18,00010%
Good Shepherd Shelter of Los Angeles$12,5001n/a
The Boston Globe Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Henry Street Settlement$10,00020%
Tobies Small Dog Rescue$10,00022%
Institute on Aging$6,50020%
Caa Foundation$5,00011%
Jabberwocky Theatre Company$5,00011%
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found$5,00010%
Scottsdale Artists' School Inc$1,25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dmk Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWild Salmon Center: $550,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $300,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDavid Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace: $300,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetEnvironmental Working Group: $260,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $210,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOceana Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $190,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Defenders Alliance: $170,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetBelmont Hill School Inc: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $115,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLaguna Dance Festival: $110,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetThe Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation: $98,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBody Traffic: $60,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetThe Albertsons Companies Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of Los Angeles: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNeurovascular Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGofundmeorg: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEarthjustice: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Forest Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGift of Life Marrow Registry Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Boston Globe Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHenry Street Settlement: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTobies Small Dog Rescue: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetInstitute on Aging: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaa Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJabberwocky Theatre Company: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetScreen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScottsdale Artists' School Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 38.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA13.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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How do I get to The Dmk Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Dmk Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Dmk Foundation

How much does The Dmk Foundation give?
The Dmk Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $1,100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Dmk Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Health (19%), Education (18%).
Who are The Dmk Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Wild Salmon Center ($550k), Colby College Charitable Tr ($400k), The Actors' Fund of America ($300k).
Does The Dmk Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Dmk 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 Dmk Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is The Dmk Foundation based?
The Dmk Foundation is based in CA.

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 50 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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