Open Foundations · Arizona

Dorrance Family Foundation

Scottsdale, Arizona · EIN 860691863. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $5.6M across 78 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$5.6M
paid in 2024
78
grants paid
$25K
median grant
20%
to first-time recipients
$111.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
DORRANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION
Address
6263 NORTH SCOTTSDALE RD STE 330, SCOTTSDALE, AZ, 85250
Phone
4803677000
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
Applicants apply for grants on www.DorranceFamilyFoundation.org. A letter of inquiry is submitted through the online process. The Foundation accepts grants only for charitable, education, or scientific purposes from tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organizations in Southern California and the Island of Hawai'i.
Submission deadline
No deadline for local grantmaking. 1/1/2026 - 9/15/2026 for Marine Conservation Initiative.
Restrictions on awards
The Dorrance Family Foundation meets an average of 2-3 times a year to review and award grants to qualified organizations engaging primarily with the Foundation's mission areas of education and natural resource conservation or local interests. Dorrance Family Foundation's geographic focus are Southern California and the Island of Hawai'i.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533219349107218. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

marinerestorationprotectingcommunitykohalawesthawaiicoastal

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 78 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Arizona State University FoundationAZ$1,000,000To support ASU's West Hawaii Reef Restoration
2National Audubon SocietyCA$545,000To support Protecting and Conserving Coastal Lagoon Habitat in Southern California
3WildcoastCA$500,000To support Mission Bay Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Conservation
4The Kohala CenterHI$377,738To support I Pono Ke Kuamo'o: revitalizing ridge to reef paths to viable 'aina work
5Northern Chumash Tribal CouncilCA$200,000To support Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
6San Diego CoastkeeperCA$169,000To support Protecting and Restoring Mission Bay's Coastal Resources
7Teammates for Kids FoundationCO$164,476To support Child Life Zone Phoenix Children's Hospital
8Hawaii Community FoundationHI$150,000To support Holomua Marine Initiative: Restoring Abundance to Hawai'i Marine Waters
9Resources Legacy FundCA$150,000To support reducing pollution and protecting herbivores to restore West Hawai'i reefs
10Na Kalai Wa'aHI$130,000To support Holokai Education Program
11North Kohala Community Resource CenterHI$124,836To support Resiliency Positions
12Sequoia Parks ConservancyCA$105,000To support general operating in areas of greatest need
13KalanihaleHI$100,500To support Malama Miloli'i a Mahua
14Aquarium of the PacificCA$100,000To support Marine Species Report Card (MSRC) and White Abalone Recovery
15Ocean Defenders AllianceCA$100,000To support marine debris removal in Hawaii and California

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202091$4.1M
202177$5.2M
202257$4.0M
20231$4.2M
202478$5.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
California42%
Hawaii37%
Arizona8%
Colorado4%
Virginia1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ashley Dorrance KaplanVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Bennett DorranceTREASURER · 2024
Bennett Dorrance JrPRESIDENT · 2024
Carrie OstroskiEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Jacquelynn W DorranceSECRETARY · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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