Dorrance Family Foundation

A family foundation working to improve quality of life through education and natural resource conservation, pairing a marine initiative focused on coral and kelp ecosystems with place based local grants in California and Hawaii where the family has ties.

Financial profile

Dorrance Family Foundation · EIN 86-0691863 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$21,341,190$5,037,381$82,383,453Dec 2023
FY2022$33,035,602$5,191,890$66,426,502Dec 2022
FY2021$14,200,179$6,296,476$67,263,104Dec 2021
FY2020$9,722,728$4,680,386$59,776,531Dec 2020
FY2019$26,091,231$4,951,064$55,247,047Dec 2019
FY2015$1,585,536$6,936,212$42,582,405Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Dorrance Family Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs DFF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A family foundation working to improve quality of life through education and natural resource conservation, pairing a marine initiative focused on coral and kelp ecosystems with place based local grants in California and Hawaii where the family has ties.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Village and The Frontier.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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