Funding search · EIN 226424850 · Boston, MA

Doran Family 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.

49
grants reported
$668,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Alexander Twilight Academy5 grants · $210,000
  • The American Exchange Project2 grants · $45,000
  • Sheltering Arms Foundation2 grants · $30,000
  • Boston Symphony Orchestr1 grant · $25,000
  • Cure Alzheimer'S Fund1 grant · $25,000
  • Wellington Management Foundation1 grant · $25,000
  • Harvard Business School1 grant · $25,000
  • The Vineyard Haven Public1 grant · $25,000
  • Social Finance1 grant · $25,000
  • African Mission1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$432,000
2022
$90,000
2023
$96,000
2024
$50,000
2025

Grant history

All 49 reported grants, largest first.

  • $50,000

    Alexander Twilight Academy · Boston, MA · 2025

    General operating purpose

  • $50,000

    Alexander Twilight Academy · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $50,000

    Alexander Twilight Academy · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating purpose

  • $50,000

    Alexander Twilight Academy · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    The Vineyard Haven Public · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    African Mission · Chattanooga, TN · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestr · Boston, MA · 2022

    Susan paine fund

  • $25,000

    Cure Alzheimer'S Fund · Wellesley Hills, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    Henry and Alison McCance Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    The American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $25,000

    Wellington Management Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $20,000

    Church of the Redeemer · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $20,000

    The American Exchange Project · Sudbury, MA · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Sheltering Arms Foundation · Glen Allen, VA · 2023

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Friends of Fairsted · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Multiple Sclerosis Foundation · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    New Profit · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Sheltering Arms Foundation · Glen Allen, VA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    The Winsor School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Trustees of Phillips Academy · Andower, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $10,000

    Alexander Twilight Academy · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $10,000

    Apple Orchard Scholarship Fund · Brookline, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $10,000

    MacArthur Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    The Winsor School · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    152 Commonwealth Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    Mahler & Lewitt Studios · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    Martha'S Vineyard Film Society · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    Martha'S Vineyard Museum · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    Uva Health Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    Vineyard Preservation Trust · Edgartown, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $3,000

    Friends of Ceeli Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $2,000

    Enneagram Prison Project · Los Gatos, CA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $2,000

    San Juan Preservation Trust · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Room To Grow · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Disabled American Veterans · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Friday Harbor Food Bank · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Friends of the San Juans · Friday Harbor, WA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Ms Society · Waltham, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Paralyzed Veterans of America · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Steps To Success · Brookline, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    The Jackson Laboratory · Bar Harbor, ME · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Vineyard Conservation Society · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $500

    MIT Visual Arts Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $500

    National Police Association · Stafford, TX · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $500

    New England Conservatory · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

  • $500

    Newton Wellesley Hospital · Newton, MA · 2022

    General operating purpose

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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.