Funding search · EIN 136160958 · White Plains, NY

Dears Foundation

Name: Dears 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.

60
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

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.

Top recipients

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

The Michael J Fox Foundation for Pa3 grants · $130,000
Brown University3 grants · $105,000
Northwell Health Foundation3 grants · $100,000
Harvard University3 grants · $90,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Bli4 grants · $65,000
Mazon4 grants · $55,000
Anti-Defamation League3 grants · $45,000
The Als Association3 grants · $45,000
Alpert Medical School of Brown Univ2 grants · $45,000
President and Fellows of Harvard Un1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

$248,500

2021

$275,000

2022

$215,000

2023

$290,000

2024

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Pa · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$40,000
Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkin · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
President and Fellows of Harvard Un · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Pa · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Pa · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Alpert Medical School of Brown Univ · Providence, RI · 2024
Unrestricted
$35,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Unrestricted
$35,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$35,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2021
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Northwell Health Foundation · New Hyde Park, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
The Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
New York-Presbyterian · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Unrestricted
$20,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Bli · Warrington, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$15,000
Amer Friends Magen David Adams · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Hadassah Womens · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Hillel International · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Bli · Warrington, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Mazon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Bli · Warrington, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Bli · Warrington, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Mazon · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
American Committee for the Weizmann · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$15,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$15,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
Unrestricted
$15,000
Mazon · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Alpert Medical School of Brown Univ · Providence, RI · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Amer Comm for Weizmann Inst · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Jewish National Fund · Rockville Centre, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Committee for the Weizmann · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Mazon · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
New York-Presbyterian · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Committee for the Weizmann · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Friends of Magen David Ado · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Hadassah · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Honest Reporting · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
New York Presbyterian · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Honest Reporting · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jewish National Fund USA · Rockville Centre, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jewish National Fund USA · Rockville Centre, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Honest Reporting · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jewish National Fund USA · Rockville Centre, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Council of Jewish Women · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,500
Jewish Federation and Foundation of · West Nyack, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,000
Fare · McLean, VA · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,000
The Blue Card · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted

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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.