Maryland · Private foundation
The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman 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.
- $152k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $64,806
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $152k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $90k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $138k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $162k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $275k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | $64,806 | 1 | n/a |
| National Symphony Orch Assn of Washington DC | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brookings Institution | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Alfred Friendly Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Mpt Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civic Nation | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montgomery College Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | $64,806 | 1 | n/a |
| National Symphony Orch Assn of Washington DC | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Brookings Institution | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Alfred Friendly Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Mpt Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civic Nation | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montgomery College Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shakespeare's Birthplace America Inc | $625 | 1 | 6% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($712k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation
- How much does The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation give?
- The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $151,606 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (78%), Religion (7%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Scotland African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ($65k), National Symphony Orch Assn of Washington DC ($25k), Amherst College Trustees ($25k).
- Does The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman 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 Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation based?
- The Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation is based in MD.
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