Florida · Private foundation
The Ds 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.
- $10M
- Granted FY2020
- 12
- Grants FY2020
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
53% of The Ds Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Ds Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $10M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $12,001
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,000,000
- States reached, FY2020
- 7
- Total assets, FY2020
- $211M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Miami | $12,100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Indiaspora | $317,413 | 5 | 4% |
| Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Achieve Miami Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation | $24,247 | 1 | 0% |
| Barrow Street Nursery School at Greenwich House Inc | $20,570 | 1 | 0% |
| Africa Yoga Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Federation of Jain Associations in North America | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paniit Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ds Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About The Ds Foundation
- How much does The Ds Foundation give?
- The Ds Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $10,303,502 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
- What does The Ds Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Education (48%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are The Ds Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Miami ($12M), Indiaspora ($317k), Wayne State University Research and Technology Park in the City of Detroit ($100k).
- Does The Ds 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 Ds Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Ds Foundation based?
- The Ds Foundation is based in FL.
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