Private foundation · Bethesda, MD

Joel Dean Foundation

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Typical grant size
$1K – $2K – $5K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
54
Repeat grantees
37
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Jurrien Dean
PRES., TREAS.
Gillian Dean
V. PRES.,DIR.
Joel Dean Jr
V. PRES.,DIR.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
11.2%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
286
Total grants awarded
$4.2M
Total amount
$15K
Average grant
$347K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$462K
72 grants
2023
$471K
64 grants
2022
$505K
48 grants
2021
$396K
45 grants
2020
$416K
51 grants
2019
$347K
1 grants
2018
$347K
1 grants
2017
$317K
1 grants
2016
$314K
1 grants
2015
$310K
1 grants
2014
$275K
1 grants

Top recipients

Schedule Attached
6 grants · MD
$1.9M
5 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$499K
10 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$482K
8 grants · OH · ✓ Exact match
$379K
3 grants · MD · ≈ likely match
$85K
Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering
1 grant · MD
$75K
1 grant · KY · ✓ Exact match
$51K
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Rshm
2 grants · NY
$26K
5 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$25K
San Jose Museum of Art
5 grants · CA
$25K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Opera San Jose
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$110K
Berea College
ENDOWMENT
KY · TY 2024
$51K
Oberlin College
ENDOWMENT
OH · TY 2024
$50K
Columbia University
DEAN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FUND
NY · TY 2024
$31K
Friends and Benefactors of Marymount International School of Paris
DIGITAL LAB EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE AND APS
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Camp Joy Foundation
PROGRAM SUPPORT
OH · TY 2024
$11K
Givewell Top Charities Fund
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$10K
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
PROGRAM SUPPORT
PA · TY 2024
$10K
Student Conservation Association
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NH · TY 2024
$10K
San Jose Museum of Art
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$7K
Hastings-on-hudson Union Free School District
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$6K
Humane Society of the United States
PROGRAM SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$5K
Columbia University
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Harvey Mudd College
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$5K
National Public Radio Wamu 885
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MD · TY 2024
$5K
The Nature Conservancy
PROGRAM SUPPORT
VA · TY 2024
$5K
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Institute of Contemporary Art
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$5K
National Alliance on Mental Illness
PROGRAM SUPPORT
VA · TY 2024
$5K
Texas Equal Access Fund
PROGRAM SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$5K
Freedom Reads
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CT · TY 2024
$5K
Montalvo Arts Center
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$5K
Kqed Public Radio
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$4K
Columbia College
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$3K
Waynflete School
PROGRAM SUPPORT
ME · TY 2024
$3K
San Jose Jazz
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$3K
Appalachian Mountain Club
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$3K
Massachusetts General Hospital
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$3K
City Lights Theater Company
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$3K
Jazz Forum Arts
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Hastings Historical Society
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust
PROGRAM SUPPORT
ME · TY 2024
$2K
Massachusetts Audobon Society
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$2K
Johns Hopkins University
ENDOWMENT
MD · TY 2024
$2K
Harvard College
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$2K
Mainehealth Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
PROGRAM SUPPORT
ME · TY 2024
$2K
Friends of Fort Williams Park
PROGRAM SUPPORT
ME · TY 2024
$2K
Portland Museum of Art
PROGRAM SUPPORT
ME · TY 2024
$2K
Green Acres School
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MD · TY 2024
$2K
Theatre Works
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$2K
Trustees of the Reservations
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MA · TY 2024
$2K
YMCA of Silicon Valley
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$2K
Classical Kdfc
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$2K
Breakthrough Central Texas
PROGRAM SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$2K
Friends of Acadia
PROGRAM SUPPORT
ME · TY 2024
$2K
People's Clinic Austin Co Development Office
PROGRAM SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$2K
Untermyer Gardens Conservancy
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Austin Pets Alive
PROGRAM SUPPORT
TX · TY 2024
$2K
Children's Health Fund
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$2K
Friendly Voices Phone Buddies for Seniors
PROGRAM SUPPORT
CA · TY 2024
$2K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.