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Joel Dean Foundation

Name: Joel Dean Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

263
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

15 grants matching “hastings” · $36,750

$6,500
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2025
Program support
$2,400
Hastings Historical Society · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2025
Program support
$2,350
Hastings-On-Hudson Village · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2025
Program support
$6,000
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Hastings Historical Society · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2024
Program support
$750
Hastings-On-Hudson Volunteer Fire Department · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2024
Program support
$400
Hastings-On-Hudson Village · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2023
Program support
$1,300
Hastings Historical Society · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2023
Program support
$600
Hastings-On-Hudson Village · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2023
Program support
$300
Hastings-On-Hudson Village · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2022
Program support
$1,250
Hastings Historical Society · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2022
Program support
$600
Hastings-On-Hudson Village · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2022
Program support
$300
Hastings-On-Hudson Village · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2022
Program support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Opera San Jose4 grants · $434,000
Oberlin College6 grants · $324,000
Columbia University8 grants · $278,000
Berea College2 grants · $103,000
Johns Hopkins University2 grants · $73,000
Friends and Benefactors of Marymount International School of Paris2 grants · $51,500
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Rshm2 grants · $25,750
Student Conservation Association3 grants · $25,000
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District4 grants · $24,500
Camp Joy Foundation4 grants · $23,900

Giving over time

$503,900

2022

$470,000

2023

$462,000

2024

$539,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 263 grants.

$146,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Dean biological sciences fund
$141,000
Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH · 2022
Endowment
$112,000
Opera San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2025
Program support
$110,000
Opera San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2024
Program support
$110,000
Oberlin College · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment
$110,000
Opera San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2022
Program support
$102,000
Opera San Jose · San Jose, CA · 2023
Program support
$71,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Endowment
$54,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Dean biological sciences fund
$52,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2025
Endowment
$51,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2024
Endowment
$50,000
Oberlin College · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Endowment
$31,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Dean biological sciences fund
$27,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
Dean biological sciences fund
$26,500
Friends and Benefactors of Marymount International School of Paris · New York, NY · 2025
Digital lab equipment, computer technology, software and aps
$25,000
Friends and Benefactors of Marymount International School of Paris · New York, NY · 2024
Digital lab equipment, computer technology, software and aps
$21,750
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Rshm · Tarrytown, NY · 2023
Computer technology, software, and apps
$12,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$11,050
Camp Joy Foundation · Clarksville, OH · 2025
Program support
$11,050
Camp Joy Foundation · Clarksville, OH · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · San Jose, CA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Givewell Top Charities Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Student Conservation Association · Charlestown, NH · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Givewell Top Charities Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Oberlin College · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment
$10,000
Student Conservation Association · Charlestown, NH · 2023
Program support
$10,000
The Leadership Conference On Civil and Human Rights · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH · 2022
Endowment
$10,000
Theatreworks · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Program support
$9,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2025
Program support
$7,500
Against Malaria Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Program support
$7,500
Disability Rights Education Defense Fund · Deerfield, MA · 2025
Program support
$7,500
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Friends of Acadia · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025
Program support
$7,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Theatre Works · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Program support
$6,500
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2025
Program support
$6,000
Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2025
Program support
$6,000
Waynflete School · Portland, ME · 2025
Program support
$6,000
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2024
Program support
$6,000
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District · Hastingsonhudson, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington Dc, DC · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Christ House · Washington Dc, DC · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Classical Kdfc · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Ink People Centers for Arts and Culture · Eureka, CA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Kqed Public Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$5,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Student Conservation Association · Charlestown, NH · 2025
Program support
$5,000
The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation · Newark, NJ · 2025
Program support
$5,000
The Medical Letter · New Rochelle, NY · 2025
Program support
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Wamu 885 Fm · Washington Dc, DC · 2025
Program support
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Humane Society of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · San Jose, CA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
National Public Radio Wamu 885 · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Texas Equal Access Fund · Dallas, TX · 2024
Program support
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Massachusetts Audobon Society · Lincoln, MA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
San Jose Jazz · San Jose, CA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Trustees of the Reservations · Boston, MA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Downtown College Prep · San Jose, CA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Montalvo Arts Center · Saratoga, CA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
San Jose Jazz · San Jose, CA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA · 2022
Program support
$4,000
City Lights Theater Company · San Jose, CA · 2025
Program support
$4,000
Ymca of Silicon Valley · Saratoga, CA · 2025
Program support
$4,000
Kqed Public Radio · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
$4,000
Downtown College Prep · San Jose, CA · 2023
Program support
$4,000
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Rshm · Tarrytown, NY · 2022
Computer technology, software and aps
$3,000
Columbia College · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Harvey Mudd College · Claremont, CA · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Oberlin College · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Endowment
$3,000
Appalachian Mountain Club · Boston, MA · 2024
Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.