The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn
Norwich, VT · EIN 02-6086871. Reported 337 grants totalling $1,839,045 to 111 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $55,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $96,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lebanon Opera House | Lebanon, NH | $92,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Shaker Bridge Theater | Enfield, NH | $88,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| First Baptist Church of Lyme | Lyme, NH | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Upper Valley Music Center | Lebanon, NH | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Upper Valley Humane Society | Enfield, NH | $59,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Shelburne Farm & Museum | Shelburne, VT | $44,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $43,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Zienzele Foundation | West Topsham, VT | $40,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greenpeace | Kailua, HI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nh Preservation Alliance | Concord, NH | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $37,800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ava Gallery | Lebanon, NH | $36,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alice Peck Day Hospital | Lebanon, NH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Castle Preservation Society | Moultonborough, NH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cover | White River Junction, VT | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Opera North | Norwich, VT | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Spaulding Youth Center | Tilton, NH | $33,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fairbanks Museum | St Johnsbury, VT | $32,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Andover Historical Society | Andover, NH | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Safe Art | Chelsea, VT | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Green Mountain Horse Association | South Woodstock, VT | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | White River Junction, VT | $28,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Enfield Shaker Museum | Enfield, NH | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lyme Baptist Church | Lyme Center, NH | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mayhew Program | Bristol, NH | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Norwich Grange Hall | Norwich, VT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England | White River Junction, VT | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Portland, ME | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vermont Institute of Natural Science (vins) | Quechee, VT | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust | New London, NH | $23,850 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northern Stage | White River Junction, VT | $23,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Upavim Community Development Foundation | Berkeley Springs, WV | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Acts Honduras | Norwich, VT | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Care of Lyme | Lyme, NH | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Boston Park Rangers | Chestnut Hill, MA | $21,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lyme Congregational Church | Lyme, NH | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Good Neighbor Health Clinics | White River Junction, VT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Orangutan Foundation International | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Haymarket People's Fund | Boston, MA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kimball Jenkins School of Art | Concord, NH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Truman Library Institute | Independence, MO | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vermont Public Radio | Colchester, VT | $11,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ledyard Charter School | Lebanon, NH | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Strawberry Banke | Portsmouth, NH | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lyme Foundation | Lyme, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mt Ascutney Hospital | Windsor, VT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Parish Nurse Program | Manchester, NH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Theater Up | Littleton, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nh Public Radio | Concord, NH | $9,100 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Lyme Library | Lyme, NH | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hartford Dismas House | Hartford, VT | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nh Historical Society | Concord, NH | $8,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Care | Altalnta, GA | $8,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Northern Rail Trail | Andover, NH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Public Garden | Boston, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Vital Communities | White River Junction, VT | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Andover Community Hub | Andover, NH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Livestock Conservancy | Pittsboro, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Providence Saint Mel School | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Advance Transit | Wilder, VT | $5,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Amnesty International | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carter Community Building Assn | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ccba | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Horses Therapeutic Riding | Sharon, VT | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Listen Community Service | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nh Audubon | Concord, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Poore Family Foundaton | Stewartstown, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Fells | Newbury, NH | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Willing Hands | Norwich, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| York Street Meeting House | Lyndon, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Cartoon Studies | White River Junction, VT | $4,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Earthwatch Institute | Maynard, MA | $4,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Beginnings | Lebanon, NH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Listen Community Serivce | Lebanon, NH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Draft Gratitude | Winchester, NH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Montshire Museum of Science | Norwich, VT | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mt Kearsarg Indian Museum | Warner, NH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Utility Club of Lyme | Lyme, NH | $4,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| West Central Behavioral Health | Lebanon, NH | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Huntington Theater | Boston, MA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Visiting Nurse Alliance | White River Junction, VT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| West Central Services | Lebanon, NH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northern New Engalnd Repertory Theater | New London, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parish Players | Thetford, VT | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Nh | Lebanon, NH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of US | Jacksonfille, VT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Fields School | Thetford, VT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wise | Lebanon, NH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lyme Historians | Lyme, NH | $1,195 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Camerata of New England | Hanover, NH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Painted Wall Preservation | Portland, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Episcopal Hospital Chaplaincy | Grantham, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mascoma Valley Preservaton | Grafton, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington, DC | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oxford Historical Society | Oxford, CT | $550 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Historic Deerfield | Deerfield, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nantucket Historical Association | Nantucket, MA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire Women's Foundation | Concord, NH | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rumney Ecological Systems | Rumney, NH | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Women's Fund of New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bel Canto Chamber Singers | Hanover, NH | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Andover Beacon | Andover, NH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Center Ballet | Lebanon, NH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind | Yorktown Heights, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Country Community Theater | Lebanon, NH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
85 of 111 (77%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 72%, across 4 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.
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.
- Lyme Baptist Church
SUPPORT OF LYME CENTER LADIES AID - Women's Fund of New Hampshire
GENERAL SUPPORTGENERAL SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 149 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 | 82 | $383,200 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 76 | $323,325 | $4,500 |
| 2023 | 63 | $364,850 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 49 | $239,300 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 67 | $528,370 | $5,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
49% of its giving went to organizations in New Hampshire. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Hampshire.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Jennifer W Roby 380 Main Street, Norwich, VT, 05055. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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