Danielson Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2540494. Reported 196 grants totalling $1,369,085 to 65 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. Danielson Foundation 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 $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $48,500. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnigan USA Fund | Bothell, WA | $136,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Catalina School | Monterey, CA | $102,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Liberty Hill Foundation - Cassandra Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $82,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Outright Action International | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Santa Catalina School - the Idea Endowment | Monterey, CA | $55,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $53,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch | Los Angeles, CA | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Four Winds Inc | Deer Harbor, WA | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Art | Los Angeles, CA | $33,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Astraea Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Vizcayans - General Operating Fund | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vizcayans | Miami, FL | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Galapagos Conservancy Inc | Fairfax, VA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Groton School - Annual Fund | Groton, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Groton School - Red JR Scholarship Fund | Groton, MA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Gulliver Schools | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony | Sun Valley, ID | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yale University-Richard E Danielson JR Scholarship Fund | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson High School | Pebble Beach, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Portola Valley Theater Conservatory | Portola Valley, CA | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Woodside Village Church | Woodside, CA | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Yale University-School of Art | New Haven, CT | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Woodside School Foundation | Woodside, CA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Word of Honor Fund | Bellevue, ID | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hospice Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley | Ketchum, ID | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | San Francisco, CA | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Museo Reina Sofia Foundation (usa) Inc | New York, NY | $11,085 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dawn Redwoods Charitable Trust | Tiburon, CA | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Artists Space Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Board of Trustees Leland Stanford JR University - Hoover Institution | Stanford, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Deering Estate Foundation | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Immaterial Incorporated | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Ocd Foundation | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| J Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles California | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nature Conservancy of Idaho | Hailey, ID | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Palm Beach and Treasure Coast Area Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rainbow Railroad | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sawtooth Botanical Gardens | Ketchum, ID | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Thacher School - Art Department | Ojai, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc | Miami, FL | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hanley-Hazelden Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Swiftsure Ranch Therapeutic Equestrian Center | Bellevue, ID | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| YMCA Wood River Valley | Ketchum, ID | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Delta Waterfowl Foundation | Bismarck, ND | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| J Paul Getty Trust | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Working Artists and the Greater Economy | New York, NY | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rainbow Railroad USA | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Redcross | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Challenge Success | Stanford, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Golden State Salmon Association | San Francisco, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upward Scholars | Redwood City, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army | Santa Rosa, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
52 of 65 (80%) 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 88%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Hospice Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley
HOSPITALS, HEALTH, AND MEDICAL - Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County Inc
HOPSITALS, HEALTH, AND MEDICAL
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 102 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 48 | $340,000 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 49 | $345,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 49 | $342,000 | $3,500 |
| 2023 | 50 | $342,085 | $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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Danielson Foundation has 3 of them, worth $131,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Shawnigan USA Fund | Seattle, WA | $90,000 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $32,500 |
| Woodside Village Church | Woodside, CA | $9,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 35% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Danielson Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 410 North Michigan Avenue 590, Chicago, IL, 60611. 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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