Georgia · Private foundation
The Dozen Dimes 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.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,244
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,725,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $51M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Dozen Dimes Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k 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 | 14 | $3.2M | 29% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $3.0M | 18% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $2.9M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $3.0M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $2.3M | 83% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $692,013 | 9 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Twin Lakes Inc | $325,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Kate's Club Inc | $224,872 | 4 | 2% |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Westside Future Fund Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab | $85,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Atlanta Historical Society Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | $692,013 | 9 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Twin Lakes Inc | $325,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Kate's Club Inc | $224,872 | 4 | 2% |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Westside Future Fund Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $85,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab | $85,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Atlanta Historical Society Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hearing Health Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Lake Foundationinc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Mews Animal Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dozen Dimes 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dozen Dimes Foundation
- How much does The Dozen Dimes Foundation give?
- The Dozen Dimes Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $3,225,244 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Dozen Dimes Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (21%), Health (7%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Dozen Dimes Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation ($692k), Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation ($400k), Camp Twin Lakes Inc ($325k).
- Does The Dozen Dimes Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dozen Dimes 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 Dozen Dimes Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is The Dozen Dimes Foundation based?
- The Dozen Dimes Foundation is based in GA.
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