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The Doerr 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$895k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$897kArts & Culture$396kEducation$59kFood & Nutrition$43kHuman Services$16kHousing & Shelter$11kHealth$9kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
  • $250k+1 grant · $895k
$125,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOERR FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND$895,210
JACKSONVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$125,000
LEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS$10,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SOLES 4 SOULS: $750 → 14%SOLES 4 SOULS: $500 → 14%SOLES 4 SOULS: $500 → 14%MISSION HOUSE: $500 → 14%SOLES 4 SOULS: $500 → 14%MISSION HOUSE: $500 → 14%MISSION HOUSE: $500 → 14%MISSION HOUSE: $500 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 → 14%JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $250 → 14%CLARA WHITE MISSION: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
IN
CT
RI
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$553k · 26 repeat orgs$909k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
22

Total granted

$553k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+53%

Still filing today

65%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $895k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • JS
    Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $330k · revenue +77%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $55k · revenue +44%
  • EI
    EDESIA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $27k · revenue +161%

Funded once

  • FT
    For The Children Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +101%
  • CW
    CLARA WHITE MISSION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +10%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
2
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
3
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
6
Miami Music Project Inc

Miami music project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music. our vision is…

Arts & Culture
7
National Multiple Sclerosis Society

We will cure ms while empowering people affected by ms to live their best lives.

Health
8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
United States Tennis Association Incorporated

The usta mission is growing tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.usta is the national governing body for the sport of tennis and the recognized leader in promoting and developing the sport's growth on every level…

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10
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
11
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
12
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wjct Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
26/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOERR FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $895,210 · OtherDOERR FAMILY CHARITABLE FUNDLEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS: $56,000 · OtherLEAGUE OF AMERICAN ORCHESTRAS+30 more: $65,250 · Other+30 moreJacksonville Symphony Association Inc: $330,000 · Arts & CultureJacksonville Symphony Ass…+3 more: $5,200 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $55,000 · EducationPTA OF PS 32: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $1,250 · EducationEDESIA INC: $26,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $9,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $250 · Housing & ShelterSOLES4SOULS INC: $2,250 · Human ServicesMission House Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesCLARA WHITE MISSION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE LJD JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $750 · Human ServicesPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $2,250 · Youth DevelopmentFor The Children Inc: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,016,460Arts & Culture$335,200Education$58,750Food & Nutrition$35,500Housing & Shelter$7,750Human Services$6,000Youth Development$3,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJacksonville Symphony Association Inc: $330,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEDESIA INC: $26,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $4,100 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWJCT INC: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPTA OF PS 32: $2,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JACKSONVILLE CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMission House Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Augustine Music Festival: $1,950 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSAN MARCO CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $1,400 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFor The Children Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLARA WHITE MISSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LJD JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc Jacksonville Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Jacksonville Symphony Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EDESIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds THE CITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds WJCT INC ↗
  • Who funds PTA OF PS 32 ↗
  • Who funds THE JACKSONVILLE CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC ↗
  • Who funds PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC ↗
  • Who funds SOLES4SOULS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mission House Inc ↗
  • Who funds St Augustine Music Festival ↗
  • Who funds SAN MARCO CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds For The Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds CLARA WHITE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LJD JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Nashville Symphony Association ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗

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.

National Grange Mutua…The Community Foundat…Pga Tour IncPublix Super Markets …Dubow Family Foundati…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Jacksonville Jaguars …The Haskell FoundationThe Thomas M and Iren…United Way of Northea…Csx Foundation IncMayo Clinic Group Ret…
National Grange Mutual Charitable Foundation IncNH32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Grange Mutual Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Pga Tour Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Dubow Family Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · The Haskell Foundation · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · United Way of Northeast Florida Inc · Csx Foundation Inc · Mayo Clinic Group Return

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Doerr Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Doerr Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Clara White Mission Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Doerr Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Doerr Foundation Inc 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.

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 49 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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