Funding search · EIN 746121656 · Houston, TX

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation

Name: Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

74
grants reported: $5.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $65,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

advancement studies violin

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Funding pattern

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3 grants matching “encore” · $47,600

$18,500
Encore Chamber Music Institute · Gates Mill, OH · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$18,000
Encore Chamber Music Institute · Gates Mill, OH · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$11,100
Encore Chamber Music Institute · Gates Mill, OH · 2022
Advancement of violin studies

Top recipients

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

The Shephard School of Music - Rice University3 grants · $570,000
University of Colorado at Boulder3 grants · $446,000
The Colburn School3 grants · $437,750
Aspen Music Festival School3 grants · $390,000
New England Conservatory3 grants · $380,600
University of Michigan3 grants · $367,025
Starling Project Foundation3 grants · $310,000
Curtis Institute of Music3 grants · $265,000
Salt Lake Music School Foundation Dba Gifted Music School3 grants · $250,000
Music Academy of the West3 grants · $240,000

Giving over time

$1.7M

2022

$1.6M

2023

$2.2M

2024

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Starling Project Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$200,000
The Shephard School of Music - Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$185,000
The Shephard School of Music - Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$185,000
The Shephard School of Music - Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$166,000
University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$160,750
The Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$151,625
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$150,000
Aspen Music Festival School · Aspen, CO · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$148,500
The Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$141,000
New England Conservatory · Boston, MA · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$140,000
University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$140,000
University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$135,400
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$128,500
The Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$122,600
New England Conservatory · Boston, MA · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$120,000
Aspen Music Festival School · Aspen, CO · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$120,000
Aspen Music Festival School · Aspen, CO · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$117,000
New England Conservatory · Boston, MA · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$105,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$100,000
College Conservatory of Music · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$100,000
Salt Lake Music School Foundation Dba Gifted Music School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$90,000
Bowdin College · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$90,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$90,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$88,000
Cleveland Institute of Music · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$85,000
Sounding Point Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$80,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$80,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$80,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$75,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$75,000
Salt Lake Music School Foundation Dba Gifted Music School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$75,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$75,000
Salt Lake Music School Foundation Dba Gifted Music School · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$75,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$70,000
Bowdin College · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$70,000
Bowdin College · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$65,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$65,000
College Conservatory of Music · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$65,000
College Conservatory of Music · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$64,400
Meadowmount School of Music · Westport, NY · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$60,000
Music Academy of the West · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$60,000
Sounding Point Foundation · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$50,000
The Festival Institute at Round Top · Round Top, TX · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$47,000
Heifetz Institute · Staunton, VA · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$40,000
Kneisel Hall · Blue Hill, ME · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$40,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$40,000
Meadowmount School of Music · Westport, NY · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$38,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$35,000
Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$35,000
Kneisel Hall · Blue Hill, ME · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$35,000
Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$35,000
Kneisel Hall · Blue Hill, ME · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$35,000
Steans Music Institute · Highland Park, IL · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$31,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$30,000
Coleman Violin Studio · Seattle, WA · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$30,000
Starling Project Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$30,000
Starling Project Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$25,000
Yellow Barn Music School and Festival · Putney, VT · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$25,000
Yellow Barn Music School and Festival · Putney, VT · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$25,000
Yellow Barn Music School and Festival · Putney, VT · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$20,800
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$20,000
Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$20,000
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$19,200
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$18,500
Encore Chamber Music Institute · Gates Mill, OH · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$18,000
Coleman Violin Studio · Seattle, WA · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$18,000
Encore Chamber Music Institute · Gates Mill, OH · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$18,000
Coleman Violin Studio · Seattle, WA · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$15,000
Friends of McGill · New Rochelle, NY · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$12,500
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Advancement of violin studies
$11,100
Encore Chamber Music Institute · Gates Mill, OH · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$10,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Advancement of violin studies
$4,000
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Advancement of violin studies
$3,500
String Insiders · McKinney, TX · 2022
Advancement of violin studies

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