GrantmakersNew Hampshire

Trustees of Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · EIN 02-0222111. Reported 168 grants totalling $10.4M to 106 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

106organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$10.4Mgranted, 2020-2023
42%of grantees funded again the next year
23%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Trustees of Dartmouth College, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B430) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 106 distinct organizations, with 23% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 42% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
15 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
76 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
33 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
18 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
16 grants
$250,000 Or More
10 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Advance Transit IncWilder, VT$2,355,930442023
Storm King Art CenterNew Windsor, NY$1,151,666442023
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityStanford, CA$619,333332022
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco IncSan Francisco, CA$500,000112020
San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CA$500,000112021
Women's Information ServiceConcord, NH$400,500442023
Vital Communities IncWhite Riv Jct, VT$348,982442023
Fulton Theatre CompanyLancaster, PA$300,000222022
Greenwich Country Day School IncGreenwich, CT$275,000222023
Lancaster County ConservancyLancaster, PA$260,000222022
Vivian Beaumont Theater IncNew York, NY$250,000112021
Metropolitan Youth Development- Education Foundation IncOklahoma City, OK$231,205442023
Facing History & Ourselves IncBoston, MA$228,900332023
Mass General Brigham IncorporatedSomerville, MA$220,000442023
Tri-Valley Transit IncMiddlebury, VT$185,572442023
Trustees of Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA$137,000442023
Compass Family ServicesSan Francisco, CA$120,000112020
Waterside School IncStamford, CT$120,000332023
Bushwick StarrBrooklyn, NY$100,000112021
Steves Camp at Horizon Farms IncNew York, NY$100,000112023
The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United StatesNew York, NY$100,000222021
Intercollegiate Tennis CoachesGilbert, AZ$80,000222021
Upper Valley Haven IncWhite Riv Jct, VT$72,000442023
Eastern College Athletic Conference IncDanbury, CT$62,000332022
Horace Mann SchoolBronx, NY$60,000442023
United Way of Rhode Island IncProvidence, RI$56,000442023
Colby-Sawyer CollegeNew London, NH$55,000332022
Greenwich Academy IncGreenwich, CT$51,941222022
Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association IncChicago, IL$50,000112022
Center for Third World OrganizingOakland, CA$50,000112022
Lancaster Farmland TrustStrasburg, PA$50,000112021
Pine Park AssociationHanover, NH$50,000112021
Orthopaedic Research and Education FoundationRosemont, IL$49,500442023
Greater Houston Community FoundationHouston, TX$40,000222022
Friends of the Israel Defense ForcesNew York, NY$36,000112023
Early Care and Education AssociationWest Lebanon, NH$35,000112023
St Pauls SchoolConcord, NH$35,000332022
Friends of Reservoir Pond IncLyme, NH$30,000112021
Hspva FriendsHouston, TX$30,000222022
African Parks Foundation of AmericaWashington, DC$28,900112020
After School Matters IncChicago, IL$28,900112020
Alternative Structures InternationalWaianae, HI$28,900112020
American Federation for Children Growth Fund IncColumbia, MD$28,900112020
Ariel Education IntiativeChicago, IL$28,900112020
Bard CollegeAnnandale, NY$28,900112020
Carley Cunniff Peter S Dixon MD FoundationOld Saybrook, CT$28,900112020
Navy Seal Foundation IncVirginia Bch, VA$28,900112020
Partners in HealthBrewer, ME$28,900112020
Pratham USAHouston, TX$28,900112020
Council for Advancement and Support of EducationWashington, DC$25,200222023
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA$25,000112023
Newview Oklahoma IncOklahoma City, OK$25,000112021
White Plains Medical CenterWhite Plains, NY$25,000112023
Legal Aid of North Carolina IncRaleigh, NC$23,152332023
Dresden Elementary School Education Foundation IncAtlanta, GA$20,000112020
Lebanon Outing Club IncLebanon, NH$20,000112021
Planned Parenthood of Northern New EnglandColchester, VT$20,000112021
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England IncNew Haven, CT$20,000112022
President and Trustees of Bates CollegeLewiston, ME$20,000112022
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara CollegeSanta Clara, CA$20,000112022
Porter-Gaud FoundationCharleston, SC$20,000222022
Aquinor Horse Riding Foundation IncWhite Plains, NY$19,514222022
John Mclendon Minority Scholarship FoundationWestlake, OH$16,500112020
Wag on Inn RescueTinton Falls, NJ$15,572222023
Admirals Cove Foundation IncJupiter, FL$15,000112023
Friends of Oak HillHanover, NH$15,000112022
YWCA Greenwich Connecticut IncGreenwich, CT$15,000112020
Cornerstone Project IncMystic, CT$14,500112021
Africa Foundation USACincinnati, OH$14,450112020
Wadhwani Initiative for Sustainable Healthcare FoundationBridgeville, PA$13,326112020
Friends of Casita Linda AcEast Falmouth, MA$13,000112022
Finding Our StrideNorwich, VT$12,500112023
Lancaster Community Safety CoalitionLancaster, PA$12,500112020
United States Biathlon Association IncMidway, UT$12,500112020
Marthas Vineyard Preservation Tr IncEdgartown, MA$11,185112023
Oberlin CollegeOberlin, OH$11,000112020
Children of Fallen Patriots FoundationReston, VA$10,000112021
Community Gallery IncLebanon, NH$10,000112023
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere IncAtlanta, GA$10,000112020
Desert Community FoundationPalm Desert, CA$10,000112022
Ecolint-American Foundation IncPlano, TX$10,000112020
Hunters CMT4B3 Research Foundation IncNew York, NY$10,000112023
Ideal School of ManhattanNew York, NY$10,000112020
Lebanon Opera House Improvement CorporationLebanon, NH$10,000112023
Mercy CorpsPortland, OR$10,000112021
Panorama GlobalSeattle, WA$10,000112020
President & Fellows of Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT$10,000112021
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of CWashington, DC$10,000112022
Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps IncScarsdale, NY$10,000112023
Share EquitySaratoga, CA$10,000112023
Squash and Education Alliance IncNew York, NY$10,000112020
Stamford HospitalStamford, CT$10,000112022
Twinstate Makerspaces IncClaremont, NH$10,000112020
University of ChicagoChicago, IL$10,000112021
United Way of the DesertPalm Desert, CA$10,000112022
W I S E Crisis Hotline IncBig Rapids, MI$10,000112021
West Central Services IncLebanon, NH$10,000112021
Womens Information Service Wise of the Upper Valley IncLebanon, NH$10,000112023
Westchester Reform TempleScarsdale, NY$10,000112023
Vail Mountain SchoolVail, CO$9,800112021
Hillel at Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH$8,200112023
University of New EnglandBiddeford, ME$7,500112021
World Central Kitchen IncorporatedWashington, DC$7,000112022
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge IncNeedham, MA$6,500112021
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks of the USAChicago, IL$5,450112021
National Inventors Hall of Fame IncNorth Canton, OH$5,200112023

31 of 106 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

It also reported 20 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 91 of 106 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Education
26 orgs
Arts & Culture
10 orgs
Human Services
9 orgs
Health Care
9 orgs
International Affairs
8 orgs
Recreation & Sports
7 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 orgs
Environment
3 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202049$2,864,910$28,900
202144$3,499,350$15,500
202240$2,110,297$20,000
202335$1,965,521$15,200

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

29% of its giving went to organizations in Vermont. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Vermont
$3.0M
New York
$1.9M
California
$1.9M
New Hampshire
$699K
Pennsylvania
$636K
Massachusetts
$617K
Connecticut
$597K
Oklahoma
$256K

Down to the city

Wilder, VT
$2.4M
New Windsor, NY
$1.2M
San Francisco, CA
$1.1M
Stanford, CA
$619K
Lancaster, PA
$572K
New York, NY
$516K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund73 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program69 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc68 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust55 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc52 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc43 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Vermont.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Trustees of Dartmouth College's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 35 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 7 Lebanon Street Suite 302 6015, Hanover, NH, 03755.

EIN 02-0222111 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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