Dancing Tides Foundation Inc C/O Flsv Seth Starr
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About Dancing Tides Foundation Inc C/O Flsv Seth Starr
Dancing Tides Foundation concentrates large gifts to a small set of national and local organizations, favoring international relief, urban antipoverty work, K–8 independent school support, and mainstream environmental conservation. They make multi-hundred-thousand- to multi-million-dollar contributions and often give repeatedly to the same institutions, indicating multi-year partnerships rather than one-off small grants. Their portfolio blends global humanitarian funding with targeted investments in education and land/conservation.
Focus Areas
Refugee and emergency humanitarian assistance (International Rescue Committee)Urban antipoverty programs in New York City (Robin Hood / RobinHood Foundation)Independent K–8/primary school support (Crane Country Day School)Large-scale land and biodiversity conservation (The Nature Conservancy)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar grants with repeat funding to a small number of anchor grantees—mix of national/international NGOs and a favored private school; few grants but large amounts.
Notable grantees: International Rescue Committee, Robin Hood / RobinHood Foundation, Crane Country Day School, The Nature Conservancy
About Dancing Tides Foundation Inc C/O Flsv Seth Starr
A defining feature of Dancing Tides Foundation Inc C/o Flsv Seth Starr is its repeated use of large charitable contributions to the same organizations over multiple years. The International Rescue Committee received $1,000,000 in both 2024 and 2025, while Robin Hood was awarded $750,000 in both of those years after a $750,000 grant in 2023 under the Robinhood Foundation name. That pattern points to a funder that builds around continuing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation’s giving also reaches beyond humanitarian relief into education and conservation. Crane Country Day School received $525,000 in 2023, followed by $400,000 in 2024 and $400,000 in 2025. The Nature Conservancy appears in the recent record as both The Nature Conservancy and Nature Conservancy, with grants of $400,000 and $250,000 in 2024 and 2025, plus a $400,000 gift in 2023 under the New York listing. Across the file, the foundation pairs high-dollar support with a narrow set of recurring institutions.
What Dancing Tides Foundation Inc C/O Flsv Seth Starr Funds
In humanitarian aid, the foundation made a $1,000,000 grant in 2025 to International Rescue Committee, matching a $1,000,000 grant in 2024 and a $500,000 grant in 2023 to the same organization. That makes refugee and emergency assistance one of the clearest through-lines in the record. In urban antipoverty work, Robin Hood received $750,000 in 2025 after the same amount in 2024, with a $750,000 grant in 2023 recorded under Robinhood Foundation. For education, Crane Country Day School received $525,000 in 2023 and $400,000 in both 2024 and 2025. The foundation also backed environmental conservation through The Nature Conservancy, including $400,000 in 2024 and $250,000 in 2025.
How Dancing Tides Foundation Inc C/O Flsv Seth Starr Gives
Typical grant sizes sit at $5,000 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $25,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent-gifts record, however, is dominated by much larger charitable contributions, including repeated six- and seven-figure awards to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That suggests a portfolio with both smaller grants and a separate layer of major recurring commitments. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.5M
Total Assets
$20.3M
Total Revenue
$4.7M
Total Expenses
$4.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National22 states funded
About 25% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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