Illinois · Private foundation
The Dowd 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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Dowd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625 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 | 6 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $1k | 88% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Opinion Foundation Inc | $1,550 | 5 | 0% |
| St Pius V Shrine | $1,180 | 2 | n/a |
| Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc | $650 | 4 | 0% |
| St Michael's Media Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartbeat International Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Canons Regular of St John Cantius | $115 | 1 | 0% |
| The Amdg Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Roman Catholic Faithful | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Vaccine Information Center | $100 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Opinion Foundation Inc | $1,550 | 5 | 0% |
| St Pius V Shrine | $1,180 | 2 | n/a |
| Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc | $650 | 4 | 0% |
| St Michael's Media Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartbeat International Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Canons Regular of St John Cantius | $115 | 1 | 0% |
| The Amdg Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Roman Catholic Faithful | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Vaccine Information Center | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Prager University Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas More Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Peter Church | $15 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dowd 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: American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dowd Foundation
- How much does The Dowd Foundation give?
- The Dowd Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $2,160 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Dowd Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (64%), Arts & Culture (11%), Social Science (4%).
- Who are The Dowd Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Opinion Foundation Inc ($2k), St Pius V Shrine ($1k), Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc ($650).
- Does The Dowd Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dowd 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 Dowd Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Dowd Foundation based?
- The Dowd Foundation is based in IL.
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