Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc
Accepts applications
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $88.5 million in 289 grants; the typical grant was $100,000 and the largest $16.3 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$88.5 million
- Number of grants289
- Typical grant$100,000
- Largest grant$16.3 million
- Assets$2.2 billion
- New grantees42%
Giving in 2024 was down from $114 million the year before.
42% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $114 million | 350 | $2.2 billion |
| 2024 | $88.5 million | 289 | $2.2 billion |
How to apply
| Contact | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in 444 Madison Avenue 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (908) 243-3619 |
| What to submit, deadlines, restrictions | See part xiv, grants process statement |
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc funds
Where it gives
Its grants went to recipients in 33 states, the most to New York.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 78 | $40.9 million |
| District of Columbia | 42 | $10.9 million |
| Massachusetts | 26 | $9.6 million |
| California | 34 | $6.1 million |
| Illinois | 9 | $3.0 million |
| New Jersey | 5 | $2.2 million |
| Colorado | 6 | $2.2 million |
| Texas | 7 | $1.6 million |
| Virginia | 11 | $1.6 million |
| Maryland | 9 | $1.5 million |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Duke Farms Foundation | Funding requirements | $16.3 million |
| Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art | Funding requirements | $12.6 million |
| Map Fund Inc | To support the map fund awards for artists in contemporary dance, jazz and theater and to provide support for sustainability planning | $2.6 million |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | To support a new doris duke theatre | $2.5 million |
| Community Foundation of New Jersey | To support the 1st year of flexible resources for opt-in washington dc and kentucky | $1.8 million |
| Fund for Public Health in New York | To support the coalition to end racism in clinical algorithms (cerca) | $1.7 million |
| Harvard University | To provide demonstration sites technical assistance in business process redesign through dedicated on-site fellows as they implement a new approach to connecting families at risk of child welfare involvement to community-based services | $1.7 million |
| New England Foundation for the Arts | To renew support for the national dance project, a regranting program that supports the creation and touring of new dance works throughout the united states | $1.7 million |
| The Trust for Public Land | To support the conservation finance initiative, a joint effort of trust for public land and the nature conservancy, which aims to create new funding for land conservation, parks, and climate | $1.2 million |
| Northwestern University | To support research, mentorship, and capacity building for the research for indigenous social action and equity center | $1.1 million |
| Chamber Music America Inc | To renew support for regranting programs that fund the artistic work of jazz musicians | $1.0 million |
| American Forests | To support the launch of the forest innovation platform, a new national information and technical resource ecosystem for climate-adapted forest planning, conservation and stewardship | $1.0 million |
| Oregon Community Foundation | To support the 1st year of flexible resources for opt-in oregon | $1.0 million |
| South Arts | To renew support for jazz road, a national regranting program that provides opportunities for emerging and midcareer jazz artists to present their work and connect with audiences and communities through touring and residencies | $1.0 million |
| First Nations Development Institute | To build the capacity of tribes and the indigenous conservation field for co-stewardship and in the development of new conservation tools for indigenous land protection | $985,000 |
| American Society of Hematology | To validate and promote the adoption of improved assessment of neutrophil counts, a type of white blood cell, in individuals of african and middle eastern ancestry | $858,825 |
| National Park Foundation | To support tribal co-stewardship knowledge sharing across the national park system and the co-stewardship of voyageurs national park as a promising model | $790,000 |
| Chapin Hall Center for Children | To support comprehensive evaluation of the ddf prevention initiative and to report key insights and findings to diverse audiences | $750,000 |
| National Performance Network Inc | To support regranting programs that benefit presenting organizations and performing artists that partner on the creation of new work, especially by emerging, lgbtq, artists of color, and those working in the south and in rural contexts | $750,000 |
| Native American Rights Fund | To build the capacity of tribes and the indigenous conservation field for co-stewardship and in the development of new conservation tools for indigenous land protection | $750,000 |
| American Heart Association | To build evidence supporting reconsideration of race adjustments in clinical care algorithms in cardiovascular care | $737,000 |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | To renew support for the u.s. Climate alliances natural and working lands initiative to deploy natural climate solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the land sector, increase carbon sequestration, and enhance climate resilience | $700,000 |
| Public Broadcasting Service | To support the medical media project | $640,000 |
| Resources Legacy Fund | To share learning from the co-management of bears ears national monument | $640,000 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | To support advocacy and policy development related to material supports and housing, focused on improving family stability and reducing child welfare involvement due to economic hardship | $625,000 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | To support the creation of the african health initiative community of practice, bringing together the participants in ddfs african health initiative and others focused on health implementation sciences | $625,000 |
| Think of US | To support targeted strategies to meaningfully engage individuals with lived experience as part of the ddf prevention initiative to create a prevention-oriented family well-being system | $600,000 |
| New England Foundation for the Arts | To renew support to the national theater project, which creates opportunities for the development and performance of new work and provides access to a national touring network of performing arts presenting organizations | $575,000 |
| American Forests | To support planning and execution of the ninth american forest congress in 2025 | $550,000 |
| The Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation | To support the new england journal of medicines media coverage of ddfs big ideas in medical research and strategically amplify the journals messages to key audiences | $532,825 |
| Foster America | To support ddf prevention initiative demonstration sites in providing shared governance across multiple government agencies, branches of government, community leaders, families affected, and providers | $525,500 |
| Think of US | To support establishment of a prevention-focused learning collaborative for 16 jurisdictions led by the child welfare transformation initiative, a sponsored project of think of us | $525,000 |
| Doris Duke Foundation | To support the 11th class of doris duke artist awards (ddaa 2024) | $508,000 |
| National Congress of American Indians Fund | To support key research and policy efforts that advance indigenous-led conservation at the federal level | $500,000 |
| National Academy of Sciences | To develop and publish a study that will help inform norms about the use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and suggest implementation strategies to enhance the adoption of identified best practices across the biomedical research community | $462,800 |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | To establish a process for identifying and addressing clinical algorithms with race adjustment in pediatric care | $455,000 |
| NDN Collective Inc | To provide information and technical assistance to indigenous communities and tribal nations in accessing federal climate and environmental conservation funding | $407,000 |
| American Forests | To support the tree equity program in providing data, information and technical assistance to enable urban communities to better protect forests and expand tree canopy as a way to enhance equity in communities | $400,000 |
| Climate Conservation DBA Center for Large Landscape Conservation | To support the network for landscape conservations catalyst fund, which strengthens the collaborative capacity of landscape-scale conservation partnerships across the united states | $400,000 |
| Foster America | To support and enhance the foster america fellowship program, which trains and supports diverse and talented leaders to test and implement innovative strategies to transform the child welfare system | $400,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Samsher Gill
- Peter Simmons
- Erica Dziedzic
- Eileen Oberlander
- Anthony S Fauci
- William Wright
- Vishakha N Desai
- Marie Lynn Miranda
- Nannerl O Keohane
- Afsaneh Beschloss
- Mary Schmidt Campbell
- Catherine Marron
- John Talty
- David S Wilcove
- JT Batson
Questions people ask
Does Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: See part xiv, grants process statement.
How much does Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc give?
$88.5 million in tax year 2024, across 289 grants, with a typical grant of $100,000.
Who runs Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its 2024 filing lists Samsher Gill (Ceo/President), Peter Simmons (Coo/Treasurer (Thru 02/2024)), Erica Dziedzic (Secretary/Counsel) and Eileen Oberlander (Director of Finance & Treasurer) among 15 officers and trustees.
What does Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture, environment and conservation and education.