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Open Doors

West Palm Beach, FL · EIN 22-3698792. Reported 54 grants totalling $19,577 to 37 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$102median grant
$19,577granted, 2021-2024
37recipients, as named on its returns
36%of grantees funded again the next year
$260,079assets, latest filing

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. Open Doors did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $102. Half of everything it gave fell between $29 and $273; the smallest was $20 and the largest $4,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
50 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
4 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Paulyanna Marie T Clerge FndnBrooklyn, NY$8,250332024
Christ FellowshipBoynton Beach, FL$2,500222024
Golden Lakes TempleWest Palm Beach, FL$1,060332024
Place of HopePalm Beach Gardens, FL$927112021
Hope for DepressionNew York, NY$858112024
Golden Lakes Love in ActionWest Palm Beach, FL$842332024
Open Doors USAOrange, CA$605332024
Palm Beach Inst for the Ent ArtsNorth Palm Beach, FL$500112024
St John's Lutheran ChurchLake Park, FL$500112021
American Legion Post 367West Palm Beach, FL$400332024
Rotary Club of Sanibel-CaptivaSanibel, FL$400112023
Jack the Bike ManWest Palm Beach, FL$300112021
Mjf Music OutreachWaterloo, IA$300222024
America Red CrossWashington, DC$200112022
East Coast Rabbit RescueWest Palm Beach, FL$200112024
PostWest Palm Beach, FL$200112021
Larry Ford MinistriesFort Myers, FL$150112021
Lighthouse PbcNorth Palm Beach, FL$150112022
Save the ManateesLongwood, FL$140112024
Parker ProjectScottsdale, AZ$104112023
Bienvenuti Club of GlvWest Palm Beach, FL$100112023
Fairfield County District LibraryLancaster, OH$100112022
Glv Womens Social ClubWest Palm Beach, FL$100112023
Grace FellowshipWest Palm Beach, FL$100112021
South Fla Herpetological SocietyWest Palm Beach, FL$100112022
Aclj (american Ctr for Law&justice)Washington, DC$80222022
Wild at HeartCave Creek, AZ$74112024
Grandma's PlaceRoyal Palm Beach, FL$61332024
St Ann PlaceWest Palm Beach, FL$50112023
Sandy Hook PromiseNewton, CT$49222022
Joan's Joy FoundationHillsdale, NJ$46222022
Wikipediawikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA$26112023
Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NY$25112021
Big Dog RanchLoxahatchee Groves, FL$20112021
Big Dog Ranch RescueLoxahatchee Groves, FL$20112022
Humane SocietyWashington, DC$20112022
World VisionFederal Way, WA$20112022

11 of 37 (30%) 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 36%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 18 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.

Human Services
7 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant
International Affairs
1 grant
Medical Research
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$2,732$102
202216$4,093$100
202311$6,459$104
202413$6,293$200

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

47% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

New York
$9K
Florida
$9K
California
$631
Iowa
$300
District of Columbia
$300
Arizona
$178
Ohio
$100
Connecticut
$49

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund6 shared recipientsPaypal Charitable Giving Fund5 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc4 shared recipientsQuantum Foundation Inc4 shared recipientsThe Batchelor Foundation Inc4 shared recipientsBallenisles Charities Foundation Inc4 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $102. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Open Doors'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: 337 Lake Evelyn Drive, West Palm Beach, FL, 33411. 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.

EIN 22-3698792 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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