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Private foundation (trust)EIN 474386252Est. 2017-05

DORCHESTER FOUNDATION INC

NEWTON UPPER FALLS, MA 02464

Total Assets

$87K

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$367K

FY 2024

Grants Made

26

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$14K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$214K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$247K

Homelessness & humanitarian efforts - 13

Program 2

$111K

Hospitals and healthcare - 7

Program 3

$9K

Food pantries - 5

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$440K

Total Expenses

$370K

Qualifying Distributions

$370K

Distributable Amount

$5K

Min. Investment Return

$5K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

26 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $2K to maximum $214K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $367K in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

120 grants

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$214K
1 grant
NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL
$80K
3 grants
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$36K
4 grants
SUMAIRA FOUNDATION
$33K
3 grants
DANA FARBER
$31K
4 grants
BRIGHAM & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
$27K
4 grants
YMCA
$25K
1 grant
BOSTON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
$25K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

120 grants

<$10K
110
grants
$10–50K
9
grants
$50–250K
1
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

Massachusetts
$624K
96% of total
Minnesota
$8K
1% of total
New York
$5K
1% of total
Florida
$5K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$4K
1% of total
Maryland
$2K
0% of total
Louisiana
$1K
0% of total
Vermont
$527
0% of total
Hawaii
$518
0% of total

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