Funding search · EIN 136168259 · Lancaster, PA

The Dobson Foundation

Name: The Dobson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

153
grants reported: $964,675
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

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Top recipients

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

Cornell Lab of Orinthology4 grants · $65,000
Yale University4 grants · $64,200
Planned Parenthood of Nyc4 grants · $60,000
National Museum of Racing2 grants · $55,500
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust4 grants · $50,000
Seabird Institute3 grants · $50,000
The Peregrine Fund4 grants · $45,000
National Audubon Society2 grants · $41,155
Friends of Hog Island4 grants · $40,000
Earthjustice4 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$237,505

2022

$250,650

2023

$234,770

2024

$241,750

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 153 grants.

$35,000
National Museum of Racing · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$30,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$22,700
Yale University · Boothbay, ME · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,650
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,505
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,500
National Museum of Racing · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
Cornell Lab of Orinthology · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
Cornell Lab of Orinthology · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
Seabird Institute · Rockland, ME · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
The Peregrine Fund · Bremen, ME · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
Seabird Institute · Bremen, ME · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$20,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$15,350
Lancaster County Historical Society · Lancaster, PA · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$15,000
Cornell Lab of Orinthology · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$15,000
Friends of Hog Island · Bremen, ME · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$14,970
National Museaum of Racing · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$12,000
National Museum of Dance · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$11,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$11,000
Lancaster County Historical Society · Lancaster, PA · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Earthjustice · New York, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Enviornmental Advocates of Ny · Albany, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Freiends of Susquehana River Art · York, PA · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Lancaster Conservancy · Annapolis, MD · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Seabird Institute · Rockland, ME · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
The Peregrine Fund · Bremen, ME · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Audubon Society New York · New York, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Bigelow Laboratory 4 Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Birdlife International · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · New York, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Earthjustice · New York, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Friends of Hog Island · Middlebury, CT · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Lancaster History · Lancaster, PA · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Nyc Bird Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Founda · Elkton, MD · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
The Nature Studies Conservatory · Arlington, VA · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Yale University · Boothbay, ME · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Bigelow Laboratory 4 Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · Boothbay, ME · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Friends of Bird Life · New York, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
The Nature Studies Conservatory · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Cornell Lab of Orinthology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
Friends of Hog Island · Bremen, ME · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$10,000
National Steeplechase Association · Elkton, MD · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Amazon Conservation Association · Washington, DC · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · New York, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Friends of Hog Island · Middlebury, CT · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Friends of Lopez Island Pool · Lopez Island, WA · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
St Lukes School · New York, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Birdnote · Lancaster, PA · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Audubon Society Maine · Falmouth, ME · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Avenues for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Earthjustice · New York, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Friends of Lopez Island and Pool · Lopez Island, WA · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Lancaster Conservancy · Lancaster, PA · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Lancaster Farmland Trust · Strasburg, PA · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Nyc Audubon · New York, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
The Adriondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Westover School Middlebury Ct · Middlebury, CT · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union · Washington, DC · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Audubon Society Maine · Falmouth, ME · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratory 4 Ocean Sciences · East Boothbay, ME · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Earthjustice · New York, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Friends of Bird Life · New York, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Friends of Lopez Island and Pool · Lopez Island, WA · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Lancaster Farmland Trust · Strasburg, PA · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
National Resources Defense Council · Albany, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
New York Civil Liberties Unio · New York, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Nyc Audubon · New York, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
Rachels Network · Washington, DC · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
The Adriondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
The Nature Studies Conservatory · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
The Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$2,500
Jalopy Theatre · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$2,500
Saratoga Historical Society · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$2,000
American School of Classical Studie · Princeton, NJ · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$2,000
Green City Force · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$2,000
Environmental Advocates of New York · Albany, NY · 2022
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,500
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,500
Birdlife International · 2023
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,000
Gladys Porter Zoo · Brownsville, TX · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,000
Lancaster Farmland Trust · Washington, DC · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,000
National Maratime Historical Societ · Peekskill, NY · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,000
We Conserva Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,000
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose
$1,000
Boothbay Region Land Trust · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2024
To accomplish 501c3 purpose

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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.