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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 99-1570146

Dory Foundation

A private foundation in Dover, DE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $353,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Rochelle Bata
8 the Green Ste D
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 608-9019
[email protected]
Form and materials
Required information and the application form are available at the following web address: https://www.doryfund.org/faq
Deadlines
N/A - applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Restrictions
Generally open to all applicants, except for entities listed on the ofac sanctions list.

Assets and giving by year

2 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $353,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,371,964
  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,851,631

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cure Cervical CancerBeverly Hills, CA

    Help eliminate cervical cancer in kenya through a mobile clinic

    $125,000
  2. Healthlearn IncLowell, MA

    Support healthlearn's work in scaling the delivery of evidence-based online training for health workers in lmics

    $80,000
  3. Phlourish Mental Health Initiative IncPasig City, Philippines

    Improve the wellbeing and mental health of filipino adolescents through guided self-help toolkit. This grant was made in accordance with the expenditure responsibility rules applicable to private foundations under irc 4945(h).

    $75,000
  4. Climate Science LTDLondon, United Kingdom

    Support climatescience's work in addressing climate change through the provision of free, science-based, and accessible educational resources. This grant was made in accordance with the expenditure responsibility rules applicable to private foundations under irc 4945(h).

    $25,000
  5. Institute of Leadership and Development (insla)Accra, Ghana

    To support insla's work in strengthening the capacities of stakeholders in implementing and enforcing the excise duty (amendment) act 2023/SSB tax in ghana. This grant was made in accordance with the expenditure responsibility rules applicable to private foundations under irc 4945(h).

    $25,000
  6. Foundation for Mother and Child Health IndiaMumbai, India

    To enhance and scale FMCH'S ai-based chatbot, nutree bot, which is designed to provide need-based, contextualized nutrition counselling for underserved families. The foundation treated this grantee as the equivalent of a public charity based on a good-faith equivalency determination under irc 4945(d)(4).

    $18,000
  7. Igrow Academy (guarantee) LimitedMullaitivu, Sri Lanka

    Support igrow's work in building social cohesion, promoting inclusive development, and strengthening local agricultural leadership through a collaborative and community-based approach. This grant was made in accordance with the expenditure responsibility rules applicable to private foundations under irc 4945(h).

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health1 grant $80,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $125,000
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $80,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Eric SteinbergerPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Arun Anthony KumarDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael BacklundDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sebastian-Paul de RoDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Vani Sriharshita MusunuriDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rochelle BataEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $75,000

The return

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