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New Hampshire · Private foundation

Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$202k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 35
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $256k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationInternationalCrime & LegalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving17$202k18%
FY202430$572k23%
FY202335$549k23%
FY202228$269k50%
FY202119$90k68%
FY202012$79k92%
FY20194$30kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Environment$1.2MFood & Nutrition$250kEducation$207kCivil Rights$63kInternational$37kAnimals$30kArts & Culture$29kReligion$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
DC
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shelburne Farms$250,00011%
Berea College$170,00040%
Forest Society of Maine$100,00013%
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$95,00050%
Upper Valley Land Trust Inc$80,00051%
Bear Hill Conservancy Trust$73,000157%
Vermont Land Trust Inc$55,00030%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$55,00040%
Nantucket Land & Water Council Inc$51,00052%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$40,00030%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$35,00030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$31,00050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$30,00040%
The Trustees of Reservations$30,00030%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$30,00020%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$25,00010%
Connecticut River Watershed Council Inc$25,00040%
Friends of the Earth$20,00040%
Lyme Congregational Church$20,0001n/a
Zienzele Foundation$15,00027%
Finca International Inc$15,00030%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$12,00040%
Upper Valley Trails Alliance$11,50051%
United Negro College Fund Inc$11,00020%
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc$10,00020%
Greenpeace Inc$10,00010%
Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc$10,00020%
Hanover Conservancy$7,50031%
The Lyme Foundation Inc$6,00033%
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation$6,00040%
One Days Wages$5,00010%
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$5,00010%
350 New Hampshire$4,50031%
Mascoma Valley Preservation$3,50020%
National Wildlife Refuge Association$2,50020%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$2,00020%
Vermont Woodlands Association$1,2501n/a
NH School Funding Fairness Project$1,00010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$1,00010%
Project Hope Alliance$50010%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$10010%
Yale University$1001n/a
Lyme Historians Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($435k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetShelburne Farms: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBerea College: $170,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetForest Society of Maine: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNortheast Wilderness Trust Corporation: $95,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUpper Valley Land Trust Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBear Hill Conservancy Trust: $73,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetVermont Land Trust Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNantucket Land & Water Council Inc: $51,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Trail Conservancy: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $31,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut River Watershed Council Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetZienzele Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Forestry Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Valley Trails Alliance: $11,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPreservation Trust of Vermont Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHanover Conservancy: $7,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Lyme Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetHubbard Brook Research Foundation: $6,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetOne Days Wages: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget350 New Hampshire: $4,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMascoma Valley Preservation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational Wildlife Refuge Association: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNH School Funding Fairness Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLyme Historians Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH30× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Davis Conservation Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Bailey Charitable Foundation · The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn Charitable Trust · Emily Landecker Foundation Inc · Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust C/O Piedmont Trust Co · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy · Mascoma Bank Foundation · The Lyme Foundation Inc · Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust

How much does Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust give?
Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust reported 17 grants totaling $202,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 35 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (63%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Education (11%).
Who are Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Shelburne Farms ($250k), Berea College ($170k), Forest Society of Maine ($100k).
Does Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Davis Conservation Foundation, The Vermont Community Foundation.
Where is Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust based?
Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby Charitable Trust is based in NH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 61 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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