· Private foundation
The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k44 grants · $150k
- $10k–50k22 grants · $323k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $55,000 |
| LEBANON OPERA HOUSE | $32,000 |
| UPPER VALLEY MUSIC CENTER | $30,000 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LYME | $30,000 |
| SHAKER BRIDGE THEATER | $30,000 |
| OXFAM AMERICA | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,000 |
| ALICE PECK DAY HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
| COVER | $10,000 |
| NORTHERN STAGE | $10,000 |
| NH PRESERVATION ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| MAYHEW PROGRAM | $10,000 |
| OPERA NORTH | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
119 repeat relationships: 61 still active in FY2026, 58 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC10× · 2017–2026 · $141k · revenue +98%- LOLEBANON OPERA HOUSE IMPROVEMENT CORP9× · 2017–2026 · $123k · revenue +140%
- UVUPPER VALLEY MUSIC CENTER INC9× · 2017–2026 · $112k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- PFPOORE FAMILY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $10k
- TPTHE PARK THEATRE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +110%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To educate a diverse public about the significance of New Hampshire's past and its relationship to our lives today. To this end, the Society collects, preserves, and interprets material pertaining to New Hampshire history.
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The hanover conservancy, the oldest local land trust in new hampshire, protects the land and waters of our community through land conservation and stewardship, education, and advocacy for conservation-oriented public policy.
New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.
It is the mission of the natural resources trust of easton (nrt) to educate the public of significant natural and cultural resources and to acquire and preserve land of special character for the benefit of the public.
The ecotarium's mission is to inspire a passion for science and nature among all members of the community through one-of-a-kind experiences, interactive exhibits, and accessible programming. as new england's leading science and nature…
Massachusetts horticultural society seeks to help people change their lives and communities for the better through growing plants together. for 196 years, massachusetts horticultural society has had a mission to promote the art and science…
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How this is measured
80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 152 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds LEBANON OPERA HOUSE IMPROVEMENT CORP ↗
- Who funds UPPER VALLEY MUSIC CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ZIENZELE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UPPER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds CASTLE PRESERVATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAFEART INC ↗
- Who funds SPAULDING ACADEMY & FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds AUSBON SARGENT LAND PRESERVATION TRUST ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds MAYHEW ↗
- Who funds GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
- Who funds Andover Historical Society ↗
- Who funds Good Neighbor Health Clinic Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICANS CARING TEACHING SHARING INC ↗
- Who funds ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE LIVESTOCK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN STAGE COMPANY ↗
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: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Couch Family Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · Barrette Family Fund · Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Lane & Elizabeth C Dwinell Fdn · Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation · Emily Landecker Foundation Inc · The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation Inc · Claremont Savings Bank Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- World Learning Inc: 39% of income from government
- Advance Transit Inc: 18% of income from government
- Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
- Vital Communities Inc: 5% of income from government
- Northern Stage Company: 5% of income from government
- Huntington Theatre Co Inc: 4% of income from government
- Montshire Museum of Science Inc: 4% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
- Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
- Friends of the Public Garden Inc: 1% of income from government
- Nantucket Historical Association: 1% of income from government
- Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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