Funding search · EIN 831575536 · Westport, CT

Dalio Family Fund

Name: Dalio Family Fund grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

502
grants reported: $220.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $81,894
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

network rise participation research center education health

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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.

Where the money goes

Connecticut public education and youth workforce programs, especially Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven
Game design and computer science education, K-12 through certificates
Ocean exploration, ocean technology, and marine research
Health equity and clinical AI at large hospital systems
Prenatal and maternal nutrition, produce prescription programs
Mental health, mood disorders, and suicide prevention

Typical grant

Median grant is about $82,000, with the middle half between $25,000 and $322,500. The eight-figure and seven-figure checks go to named institutional commitments (the Dalio Center for Health Justice at NewYork-Presbyterian, Endless OS, Harlem Children's Zone, CT RISE) while $10,000 to $50,000 checks land on local Connecticut nonprofits, coding groups, churches, and arts organizations. With 502 grants to 277 recipients over three years, most relationships repeat, often twice in the same year with one unrestricted and one restricted grant.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS”
“RESTRICTED TO SUPPORT”
“game-based learning”
“STRENGTHENING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SCALING CAPACITY”
“health justice”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to game-based learning or game design education; they fund it from summer camps to certificate programs.
Ocean work should connect to technology and exploration (eDNA, Ocean Vision AI), not general conservation.
For a first ask, propose $25,000 to $150,000 with a defined program name, then build toward renewal.
Connecticut delivery sites, especially Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, materially improve fit.

Worth knowing: Connecticut and New York take almost 60 percent of grants, and Westport-adjacent institutions (Greenwich Country Day, Brunswick School, Greenwich Boy Scouts and YMCA) signal relationship-driven local giving. The largest dollars flow to a small set of named, family-branded commitments, so a cold approach realistically competes for the $25,000 to $300,000 band, where recent growth is in game-based education and maternal nutrition.

Top recipients

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

The New York and Presbyterian Hospital3 grants · $20.0M
Tisbest Philanthropy8 grants · $12.9M
Endless Os Foundation Llc3 grants · $11.9M
President and Fellows of Harvard College3 grants · $10.2M
Connecticut Rise Network5 grants · $10.1M
New York and Presbyterian Hospital1 grant · $10.0M
Oceanographic Research and Exploration Foundation1 grant · $10.0M
Gates Philanthropy Partners1 grant · $10.0M
Robin Hood Foundation4 grants · $7.0M
National Philanthropic Tr2 grants · $7.0M

Giving over time

$87.7M

2022

$92.2M

2023

$40.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 502 grants.

$10.0M
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
Restricted to support the dalio center for health justice
$10.0M
Gates Philanthropy Partners · City of Industry, CA · 2023
Restricted to support polio eradication
$10.0M
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted to support the dalio center for health justice
$10.0M
New York and Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
Restricted to support the dalio center for health justice
$10.0M
Oceanographic Research and Exploration Foundation · Westport, CT · 2022
To support general operations
$8.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Restricted to kissinger professorship of statecraft and world order endowment fund
$5.0M
National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Restricted to polio eradication projects
$4.6M
Tisbest Philanthropy · Seattle, WA · 2023
To support a program to encourage giving
$4.3M
Endless Os Foundation Llc · Westport, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$4.2M
Endless Os Foundation Llc · Westport, CT · 2024
To support general operations
$3.4M
Endless Os Foundation Llc · Westport, CT · 2022
To support general operations
$3.0M
Greenwich Town Party · Old Greenwich, CT · 2022
Restricted to support the 2022 greenwich town party
$2.8M
Tisbest Philanthropy · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support a program to encourage giving
$2.6M
Connecticut Rise Network · New Haven, CT · 2022
To support general operations
$2.5M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Restricted to support ai innovation in the clinical practice
$2.5M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Restricted to support ai innovation
$2.5M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted to support services that prepare disconnected youth for the workforce
$2.5M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Restricted to support the human-centered ai seed funding program
$2.5M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Restricted to support training and services that prepare disconnected youth for the workforce
$2.5M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Restricted to support the human-centered seed funding program
$2.0M
Connecticut Rise Network · New Haven, CT · 2024
Restricted to provide general operating and programming support to achieve rise mission
$2.0M
Harlem Childrens Zone · New York, NY · 2024
Restricted to strengthening infrastructure and scaling capacity across the country
$2.0M
Connecticut Rise Network · New Haven, CT · 2023
Restricted to provide general operating and programming support
$2.0M
National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
Restricted to the donor advisory fund
$2.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Restricted to the henry a. Kissinger statecraft and world order research fund
$2.0M
Connecticut Rise Network · New Haven, CT · 2022
To support general operations
$2.0M
Project Ceti · New York, NY · 2022
To support general operations
$2.0M
Tisbest Philanthropy · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support a program to encourage giving
$1.6M
Grameen America · New York, NY · 2022
Restricted to provide operating support for ct expansion plans
$1.6M
Tisbest Philanthropy · Seattle, WA · 2024
To support a program to encourage giving
$1.5M
Roca · Chelsea, MA · 2024
Restricted to support the hartford young mothers program
$1.5M
Connecticut Rise Network · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$1.5M
Greenwich Town Party · Old Greenwich, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$1.5M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Restricted to support the roland griffiths endowment fund
$1.5M
Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
To support general operations and capacity building through the ct opportunity project
$1.3M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Restricted to support ai innovation
$1.2M
Avatar Alliance Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Restricted to support collaborative efforts that raise awareness and facilitate educational outreach related to oceans and ocean exploration
$1.2M
Fast Forward · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Restricted to support startup and growth accelerator programs
$1.1M
Tisbest Philanthropy · Seattle, WA · 2022
To support a program to encourage giving
$1.0M
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute · Moss Landing, CA · 2024
Restricted to support ocean vision ai project
$1.0M
National Committee On United States China Relations · New York, NY · 2024
To support general operations
$1.0M
The Richard and Barbara Whitcomb Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2024
To support general operations
$1.0M
Compass Youth Collaborative · Hartford, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
Conncorp Llc · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
Our Piece of the Pie · Hartford, CT · 2023
Restricted to support the hartford youth service corps programing
$1.0M
Our Piece of the Pie · Hartford, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
Pioneer Works Art Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Restricted to support nyc's first public observatory
$1.0M
Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
For general support and capacity building through the ct opportunity project
$1.0M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted to support the learning and technology fund
$1.0M
The Richard and Barbara Whitcomb Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
Volcker Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations
$1.0M
Children Awaiting Parents · Rochester, NY · 2022
To support general operations
$1.0M
Compass Youth Collaborative · Hartford, CT · 2022
To support general operations and capacity building through the ct opportunity project
$1.0M
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and · Fairfield, IA · 2022
To support general operations
$1.0M
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2022
To support general operations and capacity building through the ct opportunity project
$1.0M
Gofundme Org · Los Altos, CA · 2022
Restricted to support stand with ukraine
$1.0M
Henry M Paulson Jr Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general operations
$1.0M
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2022
To support general operations
$1.0M
Our Piece of the Pie · Hartford, CT · 2022
To support general operations and capacity building through the ct opportunity project
$1.0M
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Restricted to the learning and technology fund
$1.0M
Roca · Chelsea, MA · 2022
Restricted to support the hartford young mothers program
$1.0M
The Richard and Barbara Whitcomb Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2022
To support general operations
$1.0M
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Restricted to support the yale center for emotional intelligence
$950,000
Games for Change · New York, NY · 2024
Restricted to support scaling the games for change student challenge
$763,618
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Restricted to support dr. Kay jamison's mood disorder program
$760,000
Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2024
To support general operations
$750,000
Catalyst Ct · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
To support general operations
$750,000
Marty Hennessy Inspiring Children Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
To support general operations
$750,000
Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$741,028
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Restricted to support dr. Kay jamison's mood disorder program
$736,675
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Restricted to support the work of dr. Depaulo
$700,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$650,000
The Carver · Norwalk, CT · 2023
To support general operations
$638,300
Roca · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Restricted to ensure stability of the missions, programs and ongoing operations
$554,792
Catalyst Ct · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Restricted to ensure stability of the missions, programs and ongoing operations
$545,660
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Restricted to support dr. Kay jamison's mood disorder program
$542,500
Fund for Teachers a Foundation To Recognize Stimulate and Enhance · Houston, TX · 2023
To support general operations
$519,789
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Llc · Laurel, MD · 2024
Restricted to developing and testing new edna technology as well as collaboration with oceanx education
$515,375
Roca · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Restricted to support the young mothers program
$500,000
Greenwich Country Day School · Greenwich, CT · 2024
Restricted to support innovative stem and gaming programs for students
$500,000
Henry M Paulson Jr Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general operations
$500,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
To support general operations
$500,000
Domus Kids · Stamford, CT · 2023
Restricted to conduct implementation and outcomes evaluation for child trends project
$500,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support general operations
$500,000
Foundation for Learning Equality · La Jolla, CA · 2023
To support general operations
$500,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023
To support general operations
$500,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Restricted to support the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
$500,000
Kipp New York · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted to support the high school stem program
$500,000
Our Piece of the Pie · Hartford, CT · 2023
Restricted to conduct an implementation and outcomes evaluation
$500,000
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted to support the education technology initiative
$500,000
Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Restricted to providing eye exams and eyeglasses to ct public school students
$500,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
Restricted to support the adam d. Weinberg endowment fund
$500,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
To support general operations
$500,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Restricted to support the yale financial crisis fund
$500,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support general operations
$500,000
Foundation for Learning Equality · La Jolla, CA · 2022
To support general operations
$500,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Restricted to support the dept of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
$500,000
National Committee On United States China Relations · New York, NY · 2022
To support general operations

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.