Douglas & Marianne Dickerson Foundation
Virginia Beach, VA · EIN 20-1577084. Reported 128 grants totalling $801,000 to 46 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Douglas & Marianne Dickerson 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $112,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way | Norfolk, VA | $383,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access College Foundation | Norfolk, VA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| An Achievable Dream | Newport News, VA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth With a Mission | Richmond, VA | $25,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospice House of Hampton Roads | Virginia Beach, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vanguard Landing | Virginia Beach, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imperial Valley Food Pantry | El Centro, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Mary Home for Disabled Children | Norfolk, VA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Equi-Kids | Virginia Beach, VA | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Norfolk, VA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catalyst Sports | Atlanta, GA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Diego Food Bank | San Diego, CA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foodbank of the Rockies | Denver, CO | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Angel Heart | Denver, CO | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters | Norfolk, VA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Backpack Beginnings | Greensboro, NC | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Focus Points Family Resource Center | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Invest in Kids | Denver, CO | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Out of the Garden Project | Greensboro, NC | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Oak Brook, IL | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| All Seated in a Barn | Bakersfield, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope Leadership Academy | Kansas City, MO | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Warrior Foundation Freedom Station | San Diego, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Operation Smile | Virginia Beach, VA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Saviour Lutheran Church | Virginia Beach, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chrysler Museum of Art | Norfolk, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals | Salem, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montreat College | Montreat, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Norfolk Academy | Norfolk, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 4CS Food Pantry | Hampstead, NC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Share the Table | Hampstead, NC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Old Dominion University | Norfolk, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Aquarium Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Denver Dream Center | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Groundwork Denver | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Growhaus | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regional Air Quality Control | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army California | Carson, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seal Family Foundation | Carlsbad, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Bonaventure Indian Mission School | Thoreau, NM | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uncaged | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of First Landing | Virginia Beach, VA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nourish Nc | Wilmington, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
32 of 46 (70%) 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.
- United Way
FOR ASSISTANCE IN IMPROVING COMMUNITIES - Access College Foundation
TO PROVIDE STUDENTS, WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE PATH TO ATTEND AND COMPLETE COLLEGE - Hospice House of Hampton Roads
TO SUPPORT RECIPIENT'S TAX EXEMPT PROGRAM - An Achievable Dream
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION - Samaritan's Purse
TO PROVIDE DISASTER RELIEF - Imperial Valley Food Pantry
BRINGING HEALTH AND HOPE TO THE IMPERIAL VALLEY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 74 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $234,000 | $2,750 |
| 2022 | 31 | $224,000 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 34 | $159,500 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $183,500 | $2,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 80% of this one's giving went to organizations in Virginia. 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 $2,500. 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 Virginia.
- 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 Douglas & Marianne Dickerson Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1204 Kamichi Court, Virginia Beach, VA, 23451. 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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