Oklahoma · Private foundation
The Dotson Family Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $100k
- Granted FY2021
- 6
- Grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 60% of the organizations The Dotson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $95k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $41k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $175k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance League of Tulsa Inc | $88,334 | 1 | 3% |
| Pembroke Hill School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Johns Episcopal Church | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts Alliance Tulsa Inc | $12,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Hearts for Hearing Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bushenyi Alliance for Rural Health& Development Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma Inc | $4,640 | 1 | 0% |
| The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc | $4,322 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance League of Tulsa Inc | $88,334 | 1 | 3% |
| Pembroke Hill School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Johns Episcopal Church | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts Alliance Tulsa Inc | $12,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Hearts for Hearing Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bushenyi Alliance for Rural Health& Development Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma Inc | $4,640 | 1 | 0% |
| The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc | $4,322 | 2 | 0% |
| Sheffield Place | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp O-AT-KA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tulsa Lawyers for Children Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tulsa Historical Society | $800 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dotson 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 Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · The Gelvin Foundation · The Hardesty Family Foundation Inc · One Gas Foundation Inc · John and Donnie Brock Foundation · The Oxley Foundation · Mervin Bovaird Foundation · Ralph and Frances McGill Foundation the Trust Company of Oklahoma · Tulsa Community Foundation · Sanford P & Irene F Burnstein Foundation Irene F Burnstein Co-Trustee · Grace & Franklin Bernsen Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dotson Family Foundation
- How much does The Dotson Family Foundation give?
- The Dotson Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $100,308 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does The Dotson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2021, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Religion (23%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are The Dotson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2021: Assistance League of Tulsa Inc ($88k), Pembroke Hill School ($20k), St Johns Episcopal Church ($18k).
- Does The Dotson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dotson 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 Dotson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sharna and Irvin Frank Foundation, The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, The Gelvin Foundation.
- Where is The Dotson Family Foundation based?
- The Dotson Family Foundation is based in OK.
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