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Robert Jensen Dau Foundation

Name: Robert Jensen Dau Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

41
grants reported: $524,416
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

music dyslexia emerging prize robert short story writers

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Pen America3 grants · $111,000
Chicago Botanic Garden4 grants · $80,000
Great Lakes Center for the Arts2 grants · $79,000
The Ferris Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice2 grants · $47,911
Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation4 grants · $36,000
Charlevoix-Emmet Isd3 grants · $21,355
Church of the Holy Comforter4 grants · $20,000
Great Lakes Contra1 grant · $16,900
Bay View Association4 grants · $16,250

Giving over time

$183,911

2022

$87,900

2023

$125,000

2024

$127,605

2025

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$51,500
Great Lakes Center for the Arts · Bay Harbor, MI · 2025
General funds
$50,000
The Ferris Foundation · Big Rapids, MI · 2022
General funds
$39,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2024
To fund the robert j dau short story prize for emerging writers.
$39,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2022
To fund the robert j dau short story prize for emerging writers.
$33,000
Pen America · New York, NY · 2025
To fund the robert j dau short story prize for emerging writers.
$27,500
Great Lakes Center for the Arts · Bay Harbor, MI · 2024
General funds
$25,000
Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice · Bay Harbor, MI · 2023
Educational programming
$22,911
Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice · Bay Harbor, MI · 2022
Educational programming
$20,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General funds
$20,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General funds
$20,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General funds
$20,000
Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General funds
$18,000
Charlevoix-Emmet Isd · Charlevoix, MI · 2022
General funds
$16,900
Great Lakes Contra · Bay Harbor, MI · 2023
General funds
$15,000
Little Traverse Conservancy · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
General funds
$12,000
Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2024
Dyslexia support
$12,000
Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2023
Dyslexia support
$9,000
Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2022
Dyslexia support
$5,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2025
General funds
$5,000
City Kids Wilderness Project · Washington, DC · 2025
General funds
$5,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2024
General funds
$5,000
Bay View Association · Petoskey, MI · 2023
General funds
$5,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2023
General funds
$5,000
Church of the Holy Comforter · Kenilworth, IL · 2022
General funds
$5,000
City Kids Wilderness Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Upith development program
$5,000
Culpepper Gardens · Arlington, VA · 2022
General funds
$5,000
First Shift Justice Project · Washington, DC · 2022
General funds
$4,000
Bay View Chamber Music · Petoskey, MI · 2025
Sponsorship of music series
$4,000
Bay View Association · Petoskey, MI · 2024
General funds
$4,000
Bay View Association · Petoskey, MI · 2022
General funds
$3,250
Bay View Association · Petoskey, MI · 2025
Musician scholarship
$3,000
Petoskey Harbor Springs Community Foundation · Petoskey, MI · 2025
Schlorships to petoskey high school students
$1,855
Charlevoix-Emmet Isd · Charlevoix, MI · 2025
General funds
$1,500
Charlevoix-Emmet Isd · Charlevoix, MI · 2024
General funds
$1,000
St Margarets Church · Palm Desert, CA · 2025
Music fund
$1,000
Desert Friends of Music · Palm Desert, CA · 2024
Music fund
$1,000
Michigan Dyslexia Institute · Harbor Springs, MI · 2023
General funds
$1,000
St Margarets Church · Palm Desert, CA · 2023
Music fund
$1,000
The Keep Smilin 4 Abbie Foundation · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023
General funds
$1,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General funds
$1,000
Safe Shores · Washington, DC · 2022
General funds

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