Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Dobson 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.
- $242k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 48
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 55% of the organizations The Dobson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 | 29 | $242k | 34% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $235k | 55% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $251k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $238k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $468k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $238k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $349k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $244k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Museum of Racing Inc | $212,220 | 8 | 2% |
| Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | $110,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Friends of Hog Island Aka Fohi | $100,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Yale University | $86,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster Inc | $51,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | $46,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lancaster Historical Society Inc | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 77 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dobson 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: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Lancaster County Community Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · High Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Davis Conservation Foundation · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · The Nature Conservancy · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Ferree Foundation · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Dobson Foundation Inc
- How much does The Dobson Foundation Inc give?
- The Dobson Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $241,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Dobson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (37%), Environment (19%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are The Dobson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Museum of Racing Inc ($212k), Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust ($111k), Friends of Hog Island Aka Fohi ($100k).
- Does The Dobson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dobson 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 Dobson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Lancaster County Community Foundation, The Steinman Foundation.
- Where is The Dobson Foundation Inc based?
- The Dobson Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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