Maryland · Private foundation
The Dusty Foundation Inc
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.
- $37k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 20% of the organizations The Dusty Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 7 | $37k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $28k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $39k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $80k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way Suncoast Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Becoming Jackson Whole | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Teton Science Schools Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Asolo Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhino Conservation Botswana Trust USA | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| United Gays & Lesbians of Wyoming | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Endangered Species Fund | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way Suncoast Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Becoming Jackson Whole | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Teton Science Schools Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Asolo Theatre Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rhino Conservation Botswana Trust USA | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| United Gays & Lesbians of Wyoming | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Endangered Species Fund | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $1,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Safe Children Coalition Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Money Matters Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Meadville Theological School of Lombard College | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dusty Foundation Inc 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: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dusty Foundation Inc
- How much does The Dusty Foundation Inc give?
- The Dusty Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $37,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Dusty Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Education (18%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The Dusty Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way Suncoast Inc ($70k), Hobart and William Smith Colleges ($30k), Becoming Jackson Whole ($20k).
- Does The Dusty Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dusty Foundation Inc 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 Dusty Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Dusty Foundation Inc based?
- The Dusty Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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