The Dansko Foundation Inc
West Grove, PA · EIN 56-2306394. Reported 71 grants totalling $206,355 to 53 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. The Dansko Foundation Inc 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 $642. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $4,000; the smallest was $26 and the largest $20,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester County Hospital Foundation | West Chester, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oxford Wrestling Alliance | Nottingham, PA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oxford Neighborhood Services | Oxford, PA | $15,411 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Services | Oxford, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oxford Area School District Ohs Baseball | Oxford, PA | $10,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chester County Food Bank | Exton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Garage Community & Youth Center | Kennett Square, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross-Tri County Chapter | Reading, PA | $8,664 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Greater Brandywine | West Chester, PA | $7,919 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Reading, PA | $6,204 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise | Kennett Square, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Avon Grove Education Foundation | West Grove, PA | $5,300 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Serv Others | Lincoln University, PA | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kenett Area Community Service | Kennett Square, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Octorara Area Career & Technical Education | Atglen, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Moms | Kennett Square, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mighty Writers | Toughkenamon, PA | $4,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| House of Hope Animal Rescue | Elkton, MD | $4,552 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stroud Research Center | Avondale, PA | $4,149 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New London Counseling Center | Lincoln Unversity, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Dreamcatcher | Kennett Square, PA | $3,879 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Exton, PA | $3,625 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brandywine Valley SPCA | West Chester, PA | $3,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council | Exton, PA | $3,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paws for Life | Chesapeake City, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kennett Area Community Service | Kennett Square, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oxford Area Senior Center | Oxford, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude's Children Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,405 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA Greater Brandywine | West Chester, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Home of the Sparrow | Woodstock, IL | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America Troop 87 | Exton, PA | $812 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lamancha Rescue | Coatesville, PA | $642 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oxford Music Boosters | Oxford, PA | $564 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wreaths Across America | Columbia Falls, ME | $483 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marc Vettori Oxford Neighborhood Services Food Pantry | Oxford, PA | $393 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Chester County Lancaster Community Fair | Peach Bottom, PA | $379 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Cure | Centennial, CO | $376 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oxford Hs Baseball Boosters | Oxford, PA | $330 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reach Riverside | Wilmington, DE | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lancaster City Track Club | Lancaster, PA | $294 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oxford Golden Bears | Oxford, PA | $264 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics | Coatesville, PA | $146 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cecil Squadron #15 | Elkton, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eagles Autism Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenmore Farm Animal Rescue | West Grove, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marine Corp Toys for Tots | Triangle, VA | $100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sunday Breakfast Mission | Wilmington, DE | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Villa Maria Academy | Malvern, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland 5 Star | Elkton, MD | $58 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster City Police Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Jude's Childrens Hospital | Memphis, TN | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Pa SPCA | West Chester, PA | $30 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Delaware | Wilmington, DE | $26 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
14 of 53 (26%) 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 44%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Chester County Hospital Foundation
EMERGENCY GRANT TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH DURING COVID - Oxford Wrestling Alliance
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOCAL YOUTH - Chester County Food Bank
IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR COMMUNITY - American Red Cross-Tri County Chapter
PREVENTS AND ALLEVIATES HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE FACE OF EMERGENCIES BY MOBILIZING THE POWER OF VOLUNTEERS AND THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS - Serv Others
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUTH - Young Moms
IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUNG MOMS AND KIDS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | $25,026 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 18 | $92,108 | $3,600 |
| 2023 | 25 | $61,294 | $411 |
| 2024 | 24 | $27,927 | $341 |
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. 94% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 $642. 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 Pennsylvania.
- 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 The Dansko Foundation Inc'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: 33 Federal Road, West Grove, PA, 19390. 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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