Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Doran Family Foundation
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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,418
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Doran Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k 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 | 7 | $87k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $297k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $204k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $121k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $69k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | $165,990 | 1 | 0% |
| World Affairs Council of Philadelphia | $94,315 | 2 | 2% |
| Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania | $90,093 | 4 | 0% |
| Face to Face Inc | $86,306 | 3 | 1% |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Highland Park Presbyterian Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Health Equity | $21,166 | 1 | 2% |
| World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Cape Arundel Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | $165,990 | 1 | 0% |
| World Affairs Council of Philadelphia | $94,315 | 2 | 2% |
| Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania | $90,093 | 4 | 0% |
| Face to Face Inc | $86,306 | 3 | 1% |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Highland Park Presbyterian Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Health Equity | $21,166 | 1 | 2% |
| World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Cape Arundel Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennebunkport Conservation Trust | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($269k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Doran Family 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: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Doran Family Foundation
- How much does The Doran Family Foundation give?
- The Doran Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $87,418 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Doran Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (22%), International (17%).
- Who are The Doran Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Springside Chestnut Hill Academy ($166k), World Affairs Council of Philadelphia ($94k), Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania ($90k).
- Does The Doran Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Doran Family 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 Doran Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Doran Family Foundation based?
- The Doran Family Foundation is based in PA.
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