Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Dobranski 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.
- $73k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,030
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $329k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations The Dobranski Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 12 | $73k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $13k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $15k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $15k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $16k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $13k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $15k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $27k | 73% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell School | $62,225 | 9 | 0% |
| Inner Loop Inc | $59,041 | 5 | 1% |
| Washington Humane Society | $16,430 | 6 | 0% |
| Yale University | $9,788 | 6 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $7,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pen Faulkner Foundation | $4,331 | 3 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $4,057 | 4 | 0% |
| Rorschach Theatre | $3,190 | 3 | 0% |
| Yale University | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell School | $62,225 | 9 | 0% |
| Inner Loop Inc | $59,041 | 5 | 1% |
| Washington Humane Society | $16,430 | 6 | 0% |
| Yale University | $9,788 | 6 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $7,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pen Faulkner Foundation | $4,331 | 3 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $4,057 | 4 | 0% |
| Rorschach Theatre | $3,190 | 3 | 0% |
| Yale University | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Writers Center | $1,167 | 5 | 0% |
| Life Source Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parent Encouragement Program Inc | $515 | 1 | 0% |
| Avalon Theatre Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Worldbuilders Inc | $473 | 1 | 0% |
| Harmonic Music Foundation | $256 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| National Links Trust | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Van Ness Group Inc | $211 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens | $170 | 2 | 0% |
| The Phillips Collection | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Xerces Society Inc | $35 | 1 | 0% |
| Science Spark | $20 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dobranski Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Harold Rubenstein Family Charitable Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Latino Economic Development Corporation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Dobranski Foundation Inc
- How much does The Dobranski Foundation Inc give?
- The Dobranski Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $73,269 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Dobranski Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Arts & Culture (38%), Animals (13%).
- Who are The Dobranski Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lowell School ($62k), Inner Loop Inc ($59k), Washington Humane Society ($16k).
- Does The Dobranski Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dobranski 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 Dobranski Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Nora Roberts Foundation, Harold Rubenstein Family Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Dobranski Foundation Inc based?
- The Dobranski Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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