Grants awarded
Who does Horace Dawson Foundation fund?
Horace Dawson Foundation has awarded $578,000 across 295 grants to 166 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $1,000, with most between $550 and $1,600.
Total awarded
$578K
Typical grant
$1K
Grantees
166
Grants
295
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Simpson College
|
$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Geneva Foundation of Presbyterian Homes
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
Chautauqua Institution
|
$40K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| P Presbyterian Church (usa) | $30K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano
|
$17K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Wounded Warrior Project INC
|
$17K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| I Individual recipient | $14K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $11K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Chautauqua Institution | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Simpson College | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Geneva Foundation 04-15-93
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| G Geneva Foundation of Presbyterian Homes | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Maryville College | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University District Food Bank | $8K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Bay Area Crisis Nursery
|
$7K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Planned Parenthood Federation of America INC
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$7K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| P Planned Parenthood of America | $6K | 6 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Muscular Dystrophy Association INC
|
$6K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| H Howard Brown Health | $6K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Muscular Distrophy Association | $6K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Natural Resources Defense Council INC
|
$6K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W Wellesley College | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Scotch Ridge Presbyterian Church | $5K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dharma Rain Zen Center | $5K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
|
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$4K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
Seattle Public Library Foundation
|
$4K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $4K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Reid Park Zoological Society
|
$4K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| D Doctors Without Borders | $4K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Washpirg Foundation | $4K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church | $4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U Ucsf Beinoff Children's Hospital Oakland | $3K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$3K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
American Indian College Fund
|
$3K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| K Kings Chapel Memorial Project | $3K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program | $3K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of the East Bay - Irving Deutscher | $3K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC
|
$3K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
|
|
$3K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| O Old Peublo Community Services | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Anti-Defamation League
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$2K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| Y YMCA of Greater Boston | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Ronald McDonald House Greater Washington DC | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Back on My Feet
|
$2K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| L Louis D Brown Peace Institute | $2K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Givedirectly | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Howard Brown Health Center
|
$2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| S Sky Island Alliance | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wellesley College
|
$2K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| D Doctors Without Boarders USA INC | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Network for Good INC
|
$2K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Cancer Society | $2K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Muscular Dystrophy Association | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross of Hawaii | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Classical 981 | $2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Church World Service INC
|
$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IN | |
| U University Congregational United Church of Christ | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
|
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$2K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | AZ | |
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation
|
$2K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CT | |
| S St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Givewell Maximum Impact Fund | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Howard Brown Health Center | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Feeding America
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Brent House the Episcopal Center | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AZ | |
| N National Parks Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Mission Graduates
|
$1K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| U Unitarian Universalist Service Committee | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospital Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Give Well Foundation INC | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| C Contrcosta Humane Society | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona | $1K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Vibrant Emotional Health | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Heterodox Academy
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
World Wildlife Fund INC
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Ellen Meadows Prosthetic Hand Foundation
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| A Arizona Public Media Kuat Tv | $1K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U University Congregational Church | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| A American Civil Liberties Union Foundation INC | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Georgetown University | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nalandabodhi International | $1K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U United Way of Greater Nashville | $1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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