Joel Dean Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Bethesda, MD · EIN 13-6097306 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Joel Dean Foundation
217grants reported
$2,000median award
$1,000lower quartile
$300smallest grant
$1.5Mtotal paid
19states reached
3years giving
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
Co Jurrien Dean 7422 Hampden Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814-0000
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Opera San Jose | San Jose, CA | $112,000 |
| Oberlin College ENDOWMENT | Cleveland, OH | $110,000 |
| Opera San Jose | San Jose, CA | $110,000 |
| Opera San Jose | San Jose, CA | $102,000 |
| Johns Hopkins University ENDOWMENT | Baltimore, MD | $71,000 |
| Columbia University DEAN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FUND | New York, NY | $54,000 |
| Berea College ENDOWMENT | Berea, KY | $52,000 |
| Berea College ENDOWMENT | Berea, KY | $51,000 |
| Oberlin College ENDOWMENT | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 |
| Columbia University DEAN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FUND | New York, NY | $31,000 |
| Columbia University DEAN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FUND | New York, NY | $27,000 |
| Friends and Benefactors of Marymount International School of Paris DIGITAL LAB EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE AND APS | New York, NY | $26,500 |
| Friends and Benefactors of Marymount International School of Paris DIGITAL LAB EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE AND APS | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Rshm COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, SOFTWARE, AND APPS | Tarrytown, NY | $21,750 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $12,500 |
| Camp Joy Foundation | Clarksville, OH | $11,050 |
| Camp Joy Foundation | Clarksville, OH | $11,050 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art | San Jose, CA | $10,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 |
| Givewell Top Charities Fund | Oakland, CA | $10,000 |
| Oberlin College ENDOWMENT | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 |
| Student Conservation Association | Charlestown, NH | $10,000 |
| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights | Washington, DC | $10,000 |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 |
| Givewell Top Charities Fund | Oakland, CA | $10,000 |
| Student Conservation Association | Charlestown, NH | $10,000 |
| Whitman College | Walla Walla, WA | $9,000 |
| Against Malaria Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 |
| Disability Rights Education Defense Fund | Deerfield, MA | $7,500 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $7,500 |
| Friends of Acadia | Bar Harbor, ME | $7,000 |
| Theatre Works | Palo Alto, CA | $7,000 |
| San Jose Museum of Art | San Jose, CA | $7,000 |
| Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $6,500 |
| Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA | $6,000 |
| Waynflete School | Portland, ME | $6,000 |
| Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $6,000 |
| Montalvo Arts Center | Saratoga, CA | $6,000 |
| Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $6,000 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington DC, DC | $5,000 |
| Christ House | Washington DC, DC | $5,000 |
| Classical Kdfc | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Freedom Reads | Hamden, CT | $5,000 |
| Ink People Centers for Arts and Culture | Eureka, CA | $5,000 |
| KQED Public Radio | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness | Arlington, VA | $5,000 |
| Propublica | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| San Jose Museum of Art | San Jose, CA | $5,000 |
| Student Conservation Association | Charlestown, NH | $5,000 |
| The Black Fairy Godmother Foundation | Newark, NJ | $5,000 |
| The Medical Letter | New Rochelle, NY | $5,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $5,000 |
| Wamu 885 FM | Washington DC, DC | $5,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $5,000 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Harvey Mudd College | Claremont, CA | $5,000 |
| Massachusetts Audobon Society | Lincoln, MA | $5,000 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $5,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 217 reported grants.
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