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The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd

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.

$750k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$140,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 49
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$16M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$750k17%
FY202423$700k13%
FY202319$780k11%
FY202232$1.0M41%
FY202145$689k51%
FY202049$654kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$3.4MHealth$970kInternational$105kEducation$58kReligion$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
NE
NM
SC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 74 grantees
All grantees of The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc$695,00062%
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$273,00051%
Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc$210,00041%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$192,00050%
New York City Center Inc$123,00050%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$123,00050%
New York City Ballet Inc$122,20050%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$122,20050%
Count Basie Theatre Inc$120,00040%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$118,70050%
Northwell Health Foundation$110,00050%
Blood Cancer United Inc$105,00050%
Deborah Hospital Foundation$105,00050%
New York Shakespeare Festival$100,00030%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$95,00030%
American Cancer Society Inc$95,00040%
American Lyric Theater Center Inc$85,000313%
New DramatistsInc$78,20041%
Charleston Stage Company Inc$78,20041%
Teatro Grattacielo Inc$75,000410%
Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc$75,00040%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$75,00030%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$72,20040%
Nyu Langone Hospitals$70,00030%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$70,00030%
Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Inc$65,00031%
Spanish Theatre Repertory Company Ltd$50,00021%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$45,00020%
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc$37,00020%
Michael Magro Foundation Inc$30,00024%
McCarter Theatre Company$25,00010%
The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$25,00010%
The South Carolina Historical Society$25,00012%
University of Michigan$25,00014%
Nassau County Museum of Art$20,00021%
Cancer Support Community$15,00010%
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Foundation Inc$12,00011%
Cancer Hope Network$10,00013%
Gina Gibney Dance Inc$7,50010%
Ballet Tech Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Braata Productions Inc$7,50014%
Dova Inc$7,50012%
Charleston Gaillard Management Corporation$7,50010%
Abraham In Motion Inc$7,50010%
Ars Nova Theater I Inc$7,50010%
Amas Musical Theatre Inc$7,50012%
Two Chairs Inc$7,50013%
Harlem School of the Arts Inc$5,00010%
American Composers Forum$5,00010%
Fault Line Theatre Inc$5,00016%
School of American Ballet Inc$5,00010%
Kean University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Pioneers Go East Collective Inc$5,00019%
Page Seventy-Three Productions Inc$5,00011%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$5,00010%
Urban Arts Partnership$5,0001n/a
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc$5,00010%
National Dance Institute Nm Inc$5,00010%
The Arts Project of Cherry Grove Ny Inc$5,00017%
Save the Music Foundation$5,00010%
The Working Theatre Co Inc$5,00011%
The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc$5,00010%
National Queer Theater$3,00012%
Red Bull Theater Inc$3,00010%
St Marys Foundation for Children Inc$3,00010%
Atlantic Theater Company$3,00010%
Playwrights Horizons Inc$3,00010%
Concert Artists Guild Inc$3,00010%
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$3,00010%
Composers Now Inc$3,0001n/a
Jack Arts Inc$3,00011%
Tada Theatre and Dance Alliance Inc$3,00010%
Lake George Music Festival$2,50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($601k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMarian and Edward Macdowell Inc: $695,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetTheatre for a New Audience Inc: $273,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetGlimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc: $210,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $192,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNew York City Center Inc: $123,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBrooklyn Academy of Music Inc: $123,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $122,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Corporation: $122,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCount Basie Theatre Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $118,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $110,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDeborah Hospital Foundation: $105,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $95,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lyric Theater Center Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetNew DramatistsInc: $78,200 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCharleston Stage Company Inc: $78,200 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTeatro Grattacielo Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetDance Theatre of Harlem Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJazz at Lincoln Center Inc: $72,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNyu Langone Hospitals: $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLymphoma Research Foundation: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSpanish Theatre Repertory Company Ltd: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetApollo Theater Foundation Inc: $37,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMichael Magro Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe South Carolina Historical Society: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetNassau County Museum of Art: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCancer Support Community: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClaxton-Hepburn Medical Center Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCancer Hope Network: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetGina Gibney Dance Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBallet Tech Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBraata Productions Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetDova Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCharleston Gaillard Management Corporation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAbraham In Motion Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArs Nova Theater I Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmas Musical Theatre Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTwo Chairs Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHarlem School of the Arts Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 71.

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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.

The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNY43.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Alliance of Resident Theatres New York Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc · The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · The Ford Foundation · The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc · The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation Inc · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc

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.

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About The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd

How much does The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd give?
The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd reported 24 grants totaling $750,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 49 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (74%), Health (21%), International (2%).
Who are The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc ($695k), Theatre for a New Audience Inc ($273k), Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc ($210k).
Does The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd 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 Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc, The Shubert Foundation Inc, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
Where is The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd based?
The Dubose & Dorothy Heyward Mem Fd is based in PA.

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 95 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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