Dorot Foundation
Providence, RI · EIN 13-6116927. Reported 208 grants totalling $18.0M to 103 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Dorot Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Dorot Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 11 grants totalling $1,250,000 to them. That is 8% of the $15.6M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $590,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership | grantmaking organization | New York | $510,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Groundswell Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc | federated giving programme | Massachusetts | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $35,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $505,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $1,600,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $1,233,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $975,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $839,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawyers for Children Inc | New York, NY | $680,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $590,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $552,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bend the Arc-a Jewish Partnership for Justice | New York, NY | $510,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avodah the Jewish Services Corps Inc | New York, NY | $490,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Women Make Movies Inc | New York, NY | $475,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hebrew College | Auburndale, MA | $415,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | Newton, MA | $392,000 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Encounter Programs Incorporated | New York, NY | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $355,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| College of Social Innovation Inc | Boston, MA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Join for Justice Inc | Boston, MA | $347,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Year Up Inc | Boston, MA | $335,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Citizen Schools Inc | Boston, MA | $260,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| T Ruah | New York, NY | $245,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hebrew Free Loan Society Inc | New York, NY | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Jewish World Services Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| College for Social Innovation Inc | Boston, MA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Womens Archive Inc | Auburndale, MA | $225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc | New York, NY | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Law Forward Inc | Madison, WI | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jews United for Justice Campaign Fund | Washington, DC | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eye to Eye Inc | New York, NY | $180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Democracy Fund Ince | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| F a O Schwarz Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Womens Health Network Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Voter Registration Project | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catalyst Fundgroundswell | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hadar Institute | New York, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hazon Inc | New York, NY | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Footsteps Inc | New York, NY | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Hand in Hand | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cambridge College Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dorot Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Is | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pop Culture Collaborative | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pop Culture Collaborativerpa | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Protect Democracy Project | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc | New York, NY | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston, MA | $95,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keshet | Newton, MA | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moving Traditions | Elkins Park, PA | $85,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Social Justice Roundtable | New York, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston After School and Beyond | Boston, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Just Vision Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kehilat Hadar (the Hadar Institute) | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| T Ruah (the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights) | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jews United for Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kehilit Hadar | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Colaborativa | Chelsea, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Physical Plant-Live Action Projects Shal | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sistersong Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Shabbat Project Chicago | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Utec | Lowell, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epiphany School Inc | Dorchester, MA | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Council for Public Affairs | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nli USA Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adamah | Reisterstown, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fjc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Israel Story | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hyde Square Task Force | Jamaica Plain, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ica Boston | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Book Council | New York, NY | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loop Lab | Cambridge, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The City School | Dorchester, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Man With a Plan | Boston, MA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Jcc Budapest Inc | Scarsdale, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Physical Plant | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of Contemperary Art | Boston, MA | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lehrhaus Center for Jewish Life and Learning Inc | Somerville, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women in Film and Video Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda Inc | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women Engaged | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beloved Builders Inc | Florence, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beloved Builders Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brown Hillel Foundation | Providence, RI | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Religious Action Center | Beverley Hills, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Council of Synagogues Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aleph Alliance for Jewish Renewal | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Orthodox Union | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Svara | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
41 of 103 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- New Israel Fund
GENERAL OPERATING, 1 YEAR PROJECT ALBI AND 1 YEAR PROGRAM PROJECT ACRI - Union for Reform Judaism
SUPPORT THE RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTERS ORGANIZING EFFORTS IN TEXAS - Neo Philanthropy Inc
STATE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND - Tides Foundation
MOVEMENT VOTER FUND/MORE PERFECT UNION/GOOD NATION FOUNDATION - Avodah the Jewish Services Corps Inc
INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE - Bend the Arc-a Jewish Partnership for Justice
JEWISH SOCIAL JUSTICE ROUNDTABLE-GENERAL OPERATING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 154 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | $4,816,000 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $4,336,000 | $55,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $4,027,500 | $75,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $4,842,500 | $52,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Dorot Foundation has 27 of them, worth $2,507,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $325,000 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washington, DC | $215,000 |
| Lawyers for Children Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | $130,000 |
| Avodah the Jewish Services Corps Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 |
| Encounter Programs Incorporated | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| T Ruah | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Join for Justice Inc | Boston, MA | $82,500 |
| Jewish Social Justice Roundtable | Washington, DC | $80,000 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 |
| Jews United for Justice Campaign Fund | Washington, DC | $75,000 |
| College for Social Innovation | Boston, MA | $75,000 |
Where its money goes
53% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Dorot Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 Davol Square Suite 100, Providence, RI, 02903. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 13-6116927 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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