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The Dopkin Singer Dannenberg Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Dopkin Singer Dannenberg Foundation Inc

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.

$21k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$93kAnimals$39kArts & Culture$31kEducation$31kEnvironment$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kReligion$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$324k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Shanta Foundation$9,000
University of Maine Foundation FBO Shelter Music Maine$2,000
Reading Musical Foundation$2,000
Helping Up Mission$1,560
SISAL Foundation$1,200
Mastery Charter School$1,000
Red Creek Wildlife Rescue$1,000
The Gentle Barn Foundation$1,000
Landsdowne Sr High School$1,000
World Central Kitchen$522
Individual grant recipient$500
SPCA InternationalVucjak Shelter$200
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SISAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $2k → 12%Mastery Charter School: $1k → 22%THE GENTLE BARN: $5k → 14%NOWZAD: $1k → 8%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $2k → 14%DEER HILL FOUNDATIONS: $1k → 15%ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%One Family Fund: $2k → 7%ONE TREE PLANTED: $1k → 10%HAR SINAI: $1k → 11%SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE CHARTER: $1k → 19%University of Maine Foundation FBO Shelter Music Maine: $2k → 15%SISAL Foundation: $1k → 11%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $2k → 12%MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $1k → 22%The Gentle Barn Foundation: $5k → 14%ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%ONE TREE PLANTED: $1k → 10%HAR SINAI: $1k → 11%SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE CHARTER: $1k → 19%SISAL Foundation: $1k → 11%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $1k → 12%MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $1k → 22%THE GENTLE BARN: $4k → 14%ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%LANDSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 11%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $1k → 12%MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $1k → 22%THE GENTLE BARN: $4k → 14%ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%LANSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOL: $1k → 11%Red Creek Wildlife Rescue: $1k → 12%MASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $1k → 22%THE GENTLE BARN: $4k → 14%FRACTURED ATLAS - LISTEN CLOSELY: $5k → 17%LANSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOL: $1k → 11%Helping Up Mission: $2k → 19%Mastery Charter School: $1k → 22%THE GENTLE BARN: $3k → 14%Landsdowne Sr High School: $1k → 11%SW Baltimore Charter School: $1k → 19%THE GENTLE BARN: $2k → 14%LANSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOL: $1k → 11%SW BALTIMORE CHARTER SCHOOL: $1k → 19%The Gentle Barn Foundation: $1k → 14%Landsdowne Sr High School: $1k → 11%SW BALTIMORE CHARTER SCHOOL: $1k → 19%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

ME
VT
NH
MN
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DC
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$194k · 23 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
6

Total granted

$194k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+7%

Still filing today

52%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SF
    Shanta Foundation Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +154%
  • TG
    THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +22%
  • RM
    READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • FA
    FRACTURED ATLAS - LISTEN CLOSELY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • OF
    ONE FAMILY FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -18%
  • DH
    Deer Hill Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +203%
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
Global Forest Generation

Global Forest Generation restores and protects forest ecosystems in partnership with grassroots leaders and local communities across vast landscapes which play a critical role in preserving water, protecting biodiversity, storing carbon,…

Environment
2
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
Marine Megafauna Foundation

Save threatened marine life using pioneering research, education, and sustainable conservation solutions

International
5
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth's mission is to empower everyone, everywhere, with the knowledge, inspiration, and opportunity to heal the Earth and reclaim our future.

Environment
6
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc

The Fossey Fund is dedicated to the conservation and study of gorillas in Africa through a successful, people-centered approach: 1) Providing daily protection to gorillas, 2) Scientific research providing critical data on gorillas and…

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7
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
8
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
9
Wildlife Conservation Global Inc

Wildlife conservation global, inc. operates the okapi conservation project (ocp) which works in the democratic republic of the congo with the institute in congo for the conservation of nature (iccn) and local communities throughout the…

Animals
10
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
11
The One Campaign

The ONE Campaign ("ONE") continued its work to educate and raise awareness among the public, media and policymakers around the world about the importance of official development assistance and international programs that (Continued on…

Unclassified
12
Regenerative Farms Inc

To scale up forest protection and transition to regenerative agriculture by incubating adoption of the Regeneration Hub model. RF fulfills its Mission to catalyze planetary regeneration, empower women & indigenous communities in order to…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Central Kitchen Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Cristina Foundation Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Shanta Foundation Inc: $85,000 · Community ImprovementShanta Foundation IncSISAL FOUNDATION: $5,471 · OtherSISAL FOUNDATIONMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS: $5,350 · OtherMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOL…FRACTURED ATLAS - LISTEN CLOSELY: $5,000 · OtherFRACTURED ATLAS - LIST…LANSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOL: $3,000 · OtherLANSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOLLANDSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOL: $3,000 · OtherLANDSDOWNE HIGH SCHOOLSW Baltimore Charter School: $3,000 · OtherSW Baltimore Charter S…Individual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherLandsdowne Sr High School: $2,000 · OtherMastery Charter School: $2,000 · OtherRed Creek Wildlife Rescue: $1,750 · OtherHELPING UP MISSION INC: $1,560 · OtherONE TREE PLANTED INC: $2,500 · OtherONE TREE PLANTED INC+6 more: $4,721 · Other+6 moreTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $27,608 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOU…RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $6,750 · AnimalsRED CREEK WILDLIFE …+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsREADING MUSICAL FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Arts & CultureREADING MUSIC…Groupmuse Foundation Inc: $1,600 · Arts & CultureGroupmuse Fou…THE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $5,500 · EducationSOUTHWEST BALTIMORE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $3,350 · EducationUniversity of Maine Foundation: $2,000 · EducationWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,022 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 · InternationalONE FAMILY FUND: $1,500 · InternationalTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $3,500 · Environment
Community Improvement$85,000Other$41,352Animals$35,358Arts & Culture$24,100Education$10,850International$6,522Environment$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetShanta Foundation Inc: $85,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $27,608 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetREADING MUSICAL FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetRED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $6,750 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST BALTIMORE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $3,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,022 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Maine Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGroupmuse Foundation Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHELPING UP MISSION INC: $1,560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE FAMILY FUND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BIOME INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDeer Hill Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNOWZAD DOGS NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 Shanta Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds READING MUSICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTUARIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST BALTIMORE CHARTER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE TREE PLANTED INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Maine Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Groupmuse Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds HELPING UP MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE FAMILY FUND ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT BIOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Deer Hill Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NOWZAD DOGS NFP ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CRISTINA FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH11.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Dopkin Singer Dannenberg Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dopkin Singer Dannenberg Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 31 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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By state
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