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Danielson Foundation

Name: Danielson Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

197
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services social educational arts humanities environmental health hospitals

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Funding pattern

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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.

Shawnigan USA Fund4 grants · $150,500
Liberty Hill Foundation - Cassandra Fund4 grants · $75,000
Santa Catalina School - the Idea Endowment4 grants · $70,500
Santa Catalina School4 grants · $67,000
Outright Action International4 grants · $55,000
Barnard College3 grants · $55,000
Human Rights Watch4 grants · $55,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $52,900
Art Institute of Chicago4 grants · $49,000
University of Chicago2 grants · $42,000

Giving over time

$345,000

2021

$342,000

2022

$342,085

2023

$335,000

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 197 grants.

$45,000
Shawnigan USA Fund · Seattle, WA · 2023
Educational
$42,500
Shawnigan USA Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
Educational
$37,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Educational
$33,000
Shawnigan USA Fund · Bothell, WA · 2022
Educational
$30,000
Shawnigan USA Fund · Seattle, WA · 2021
Educational
$25,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Arts and humanities
$23,500
Santa Catalina School · Monterey, CA · 2021
Educational
$20,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2024
Educational
$20,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2023
Educational
$20,000
Liberty Hill Foundation - Cassandra Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Social services
$20,000
Liberty Hill Foundation - Cassandra Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Social services
$20,000
Liberty Hill Foundation - Cassandra Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Social services
$18,500
Santa Catalina School - the Idea Endowment · Monterey, CA · 2023
Educational
$18,500
Santa Catalina School - the Idea Endowment · Monterey, CA · 2022
Educational
$18,500
Santa Catalina School - the Idea Endowment · Monterey, CA · 2021
Educational
$17,500
Santa Catalina School · Monterey, CA · 2022
Educational
$15,500
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2021
Social services
$15,000
Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Social services
$15,000
Liberty Hill Foundation - Cassandra Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Social services
$15,000
Rainbow Railroad · New York, NY · 2024
Social services
$15,000
Santa Catalina School - the Idea Endowment · Monterey, CA · 2024
Educational
$15,000
Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Social services
$15,000
Outright Action International · New York, NY · 2023
Social services
$15,000
Barnard College · New York, NY · 2022
Educational
$15,000
Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Social services
$15,000
Outright Action International · New York, NY · 2022
Social services
$15,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022
Educational
$15,000
Los Angeles Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts and humanities
$15,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
Educational
$15,000
Outright Action International · New York, NY · 2021
Social services
$14,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Social services
$13,600
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2024
Social services
$13,500
Santa Catalina School · Monterey, CA · 2024
Educational
$12,500
Santa Catalina School · Monterey, CA · 2023
Educational
$12,000
Museo Reina Sofia Foundation (USA) · New York, NY · 2024
Arts and humanities
$12,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Social services
$11,400
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Social services
$11,085
Museo Reina Sofia Foundation (USA) · New York, NY · 2023
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Four Winds · Deer Harbor, WA · 2024
Social services
$10,000
Los Angeles Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Outright Action International · New York, NY · 2024
Social services
$10,000
Robert Louis Stevenson High School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2024
Educational
$10,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2024
Educational
$10,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Artists Space · New York, NY · 2023
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Four Winds · Deer Harbor, WA · 2023
Social services
$10,000
J Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts and humanities
$10,000
Rainbow Railroad · New York, NY · 2023
Social services
$10,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2023
Educational
$10,000
Four Winds · Deer Harbor, WA · 2022
Social services
$10,000
Astraea Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Social services
$10,000
Four Winds · Deer Harbor, WA · 2021
Social services
$10,000
Gulliver Schools · Miami, FL · 2021
Educational
$10,000
Human Rights Watch · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Social services
$9,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Arts and humanities
$7,500
University of St Andrews American Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Educational
$7,500
Vizcayans - General Operating Fund · Miami, FL · 2023
Arts and humanities
$7,500
Vizcayans - General Operating Fund · Miami, FL · 2022
Arts and humanities
$7,500
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Arts and humanities
$7,500
Vizcayans · Miami, FL · 2021
Arts and humanities
$7,000
Rainbow Railroad USA · New York, NY · 2022
Social services
$7,000
Hospice Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley · Ketchum, ID · 2021
Hospitals, health, and medical
$5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
Hospitals, health, and medical
$5,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Environmental
$5,000
Groton School - Annual Fund · Groton, MA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Groton School - Red Jr Scholarship Fund · Groton, MA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
National Center for Lesbian Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Social services
$5,000
Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2024
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Vizcayans · Miami, FL · 2024
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Vizcayans - General Operating Fund · Miami, FL · 2024
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Yale University-Richard E Danielson Jr Scholarship Fund · New Haven, CT · 2024
Educational
$5,000
American Redcross · Boone, IA · 2023
Hospitals, health, and medical
$5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Environmental
$5,000
Groton School - Annual Fund · Groton, MA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Groton School - Red Jr Scholarship Fund · Groton, MA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
National Center for Lesbian Rights · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Social services
$5,000
Robert Louis Stevenson High School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2023
Arts and humanities
$5,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Vizcayans · Miami, FL · 2023
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Yale University-Richard E Danielson Jr Scholarship Fund · New Haven, CT · 2023
Educational
$5,000
British Schools & Universities Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Deering Estate Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022
Other
$5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Environmental
$5,000
Groton School - Annual Fund · Groton, MA · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Groton School - Red Jr Scholarship Fund · Groton, MA · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Robert Louis Stevenson High School · Pebble Beach, CA · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2022
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Vizcayans · Miami, FL · 2022
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Yale University-Richard E Danielson Jr Scholarship Fund · New Haven, CT · 2022
Educational
$5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2021
Social services
$5,000
British Schools & Universities Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Educational
$5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Environmental
$5,000
Groton School - Annual Fund · Groton, MA · 2021
Educational
$5,000
Groton School - Red Jr Scholarship Fund · Groton, MA · 2021
Educational
$5,000
Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2021
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Vizcayans - General Operating Fund · Miami, FL · 2021
Arts and humanities
$5,000
Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2021
Educational
$5,000
Yale University-Richard E Danielson Jr Scholarship Fund · New Haven, CT · 2021
Educational

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