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The Dozen Dimes Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$4.0MHealth$1.3MArts & Culture$545kRecreation & Sports$330kHuman Services$225kInternational$150kCommunity Improvement$125kScience & Tech$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $325k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.7M
$45,244
Median grant
4
States reached
$51M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST$2,725,000
CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND$100,000
CAMP TWIN LAKES$75,000
THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION$50,000
NUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE$50,000
THE BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM$50,000
KATE'S CLUB$45,244
BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION$25,000
WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND$25,000
WABE$25,000
EAST LAKE FOUNDATION$25,000
HEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
ALLIANCE THEATRE$10,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%KATE'S CLUB: $100k → 14%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%KATE'S CLUB: $46k → 14%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%KATE'S CLUB: $45k → 14%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%KATE'S CLUB: $33k → 14%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $78k → 6%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $59k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $55k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $100k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $25k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 17 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$15M
$350k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+10%

Still filing today

76%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthRecreation & SportsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $400k · revenue +113%
  • CT
    CAMP TWIN LAKES INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $325k · revenue +25%
  • WF
    WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $125k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • GM
    GEORGIA MUSEUMS INC (BOOTH MUSEUM)
    one grant, 2024 · $200k
  • AE
    Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab
    one grant, 2022 · $85k · revenue +13%
  • AC
    ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +10%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

We conduct fundamental infectious disease research to generate critical new knowledge about pathogens and their interactions with see schedule o for continuationhumans to enable the discovery and development of novel interventions,…

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
7
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
8
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
9
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
12
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $12,399,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST: $2,725,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE TRUST+15 more: $720,000 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,211,000 · Community ImprovementMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $692,013 · Human ServicesKATE'S CLUB INC: $224,872 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $400,000 · HealthHEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $325,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsAtlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab: $85,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE INC: $150,000 · International
Other$15,844,000Community Improvement$1,211,000Human Services$1,041,885Health$430,000Recreation & Sports$330,000Arts & Culture$180,000International$150,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,211,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $692,013 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $325,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetKATE'S CLUB INC: $224,872 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetNUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Educational Telecommunications Collab: $85,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEARING HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Dozen Dimes Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dozen Dimes Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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