Colorado · Private foundation
The Dorsey Family 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.
- $101k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Dorsey Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 9 | $101k | 78% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $125k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $132k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Christian Schools | $215,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Dallas Safari Club | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ruffed Grouse Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Double D Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knock Knock Angels | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jack Creek Preserve Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Christian Schools | $215,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation | $75,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Dallas Safari Club | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ruffed Grouse Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Double D Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knock Knock Angels | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Jack Creek Preserve Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Origins Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Naturebridge | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($101k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dorsey 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: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dorsey Family Foundation
- How much does The Dorsey Family Foundation give?
- The Dorsey Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $100,744 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Dorsey Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Animals (28%), Recreation & Sports (16%).
- Who are The Dorsey Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Denver Christian Schools ($215k), Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation ($75k), Dallas Safari Club ($10k).
- Does The Dorsey Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dorsey 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 Dorsey Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Dorsey Family Foundation based?
- The Dorsey Family Foundation is based in CO.
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