Funding search · EIN 366079161 · Darien, CT
The Dave Hokin Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 43
- grants reported
- $135,592
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $2,000
- 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.
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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.
- Cancer Research Foundation2 grants · $20,000
- Shakespeare On the Sound4 grants · $19,500
- Greater Chicago Food Depository1 grant · $10,000
- The Putney School1 grant · $10,000
- Lyric Opera of Chicago1 grant · $10,000
- Center On Halsted1 grant · $10,000
- Horizons at Foote4 grants · $9,500
- Northfield Mount Hermon School2 grants · $6,000
- Fractured Atlas1 grant · $5,000
- Open Doors1 grant · $4,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 43 reported grants, largest first.
- $10,000
Cancer Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
- $10,000
Center On Halsted · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
- $10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
- $10,000
Cancer Research Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
- $10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
- $10,000
The Putney School · Putney, VT · 2023
General fund
- $9,000
Shakespeare On the Sound · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General fund
- $7,500
Shakespeare On the Sound · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General fund
- $5,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2024
General fund
- $5,000
Northfield Mount Hermon School · Mount Hermon, MA · 2024
General fund
- $4,000
Open Doors · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General fund
- $3,000
New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General fund
- $3,000
Horizons at Foote · New Haven, CT · 2023
General fund
- $2,500
Darien Library · Darien, CT · 2024
General fund
- $2,500
Family Centers · Greenwich, CT · 2024
General fund
- $2,500
Horizons at Foote · New Haven, CT · 2024
General fund
- $2,500
Westport Public Library · Westport, CT · 2024
General fund
- $2,500
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2021
Crisis in ukraine
- $2,000
Horizons at Foote · New Haven, CT · 2023
General fund
- $2,000
Shakespeare On the Sound · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General fund
- $2,000
Downtown Driggs Association · Driggs, ID · 2021
General fund of organization
- $2,000
Horizons at Foote · New Haven, CT · 2021
General fund of organization
- $1,400
Person-To-Person · Darien, CT · 2023
Opus campership program
- $1,200
New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
- $1,000
Darien Nature Center · Darien, CT · 2024
General fund
- $1,000
Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County · Stamford, CT · 2024
General fund
- $1,000
Friends of the Teton River · Driggs, ID · 2024
General fund
- $1,000
Teton Regional Land Trust · Driggs, ID · 2024
General fund
- $1,000
The Wnet Group · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
- $1,000
Triangle Community Center · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General fund
- $1,000
Rowayton Library · Rowayton, CT · 2023
General fund
- $1,000
Westport Country Playhouse · Westport, CT · 2023
General fund
- $1,000
Westport Public Library · Westport, CT · 2023
General fund
- $1,000
Safe Harbor Humane Society · Kenosha, WI · 2022
Memoriam
- $1,000
Northfield Mount Hermon School · Mount Hermon, MA · 2021
Annual fund
- $1,000
Shakespeare On the Sound · Norwalk, CT · 2021
General fund of organization
- $1,000
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
For dr. Orly kohn's research
- $742
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General fund
- $500
Person-To-Person · Darien, CT · 2024
General fund
- $500
Rowayton Library · Rowayton, CT · 2024
General fund
- $500
The Foote School · New Haven, CT · 2024
General fund
- $500
Rowayton Civic Association · Rowayton, CT · 2023
General fund
- $250
Westport Country Playhouse · Westport, CT · 2024
General fund
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