Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Francis J Dixon Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 50
- Grants FY2025
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $308,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 39
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations The Francis J Dixon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k 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 | 50 | $1.2M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 39 | $857k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $1.5M | 52% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $771k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $396k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $554k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers in Medicine | $1,747,438 | 6 | 44% |
| Union Community Care | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Lebanon County Inc | $274,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Wepa Empowerment Center Inc | $194,500 | 3 | 25% |
| Lebanon Area Fair | $94,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Keystone Service Systems Inc | $93,186 | 2 | 0% |
| Power Packs Project | $90,159 | 3 | 2% |
| Lebanon Foundation Inc | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lebanon County Fire Fighters Assoc | $70,000 | 2 | 47% |
| The Caring Cupboard Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Francis J Dixon Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: United Way of Lebanon County Inc · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · The Bishop Foundation · Laurie & Dave Foundation · Lancaster County Community Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Members 1st Charitable Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Ferree Foundation · Wellspan Health
How this is measured
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About The Francis J Dixon Foundation
- How much does The Francis J Dixon Foundation give?
- The Francis J Dixon Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $1,209,161 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 39 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Francis J Dixon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (48%), Philanthropy (17%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are The Francis J Dixon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Volunteers in Medicine ($1.7M), Union Community Care ($300k), United Way of Lebanon County Inc ($274k).
- Does The Francis J Dixon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Francis J Dixon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Francis J Dixon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Lebanon County Inc, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, The Bishop Foundation.
- Where is The Francis J Dixon Foundation based?
- The Francis J Dixon Foundation is based in PA.
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