New Jersey · Private foundation
The Doherty 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,481
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $32k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations The Doherty Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $13k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $25k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $21k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $72k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $27k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $44k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $126k | 77% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Peck School | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Marys Abbey | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $22,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Tri-County Scholarship Fund | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hotchkiss School | $4,646 | 2 | 0% |
| Mt Vernon Baptist Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Camp Inc | $2,575 | 1 | 0% |
| Timothy J Piazza Memorial Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Playwrights Horizons Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wylder Nation Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($225k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Doherty 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Doherty Foundation
- How much does The Doherty Foundation give?
- The Doherty Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $12,981 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Doherty Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (49%), Education (32%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Doherty Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Peck School ($50k), St Marys Abbey ($25k), Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc ($22k).
- Does The Doherty Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Doherty 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 Doherty Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is The Doherty Foundation based?
- The Doherty Foundation is based in NJ.
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