Rhode Island · Nonprofit
STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON
STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,356 to it, the largest being THE MR & MRS ROBERT N CHAPMAN SON ROBERT B CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST ($28,356). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $211k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $1.6M (+28%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON's grant income comes from Rhode Island funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON has grown faster than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON?
- STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,356 to it, the largest being THE MR & MRS ROBERT N CHAPMAN SON ROBERT B CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST ($28,356). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $28,356 in grants to STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON.
- Who is the largest funder of STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON?
- THE MR & MRS ROBERT N CHAPMAN SON ROBERT B CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $28,356 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STEPHEN W & MERLE DRESNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION C/O JOHN MARGINSON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing