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Birdseye Foundation at a glance

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Birdseye Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$200k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$331kEnvironment$225kFood & Nutrition$215kHuman Services$205kHealth$154kArts & Culture$78kYouth Development$40kHousing & Shelter$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $154k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL$40,000
UPPER VALLEY HAVEN$22,500
VERMONT FOOD BANK$22,500
SECOND WIND FOUNDATION$13,000
CLARA MARTIN CENTER$13,000
PATHWAYS VERMONT$13,000
LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES$10,000
UPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST$10,000
WILLING HANDS$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND$7,500
CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION$5,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$5,000
YOUNG WRITERS PROJECT INC$5,000
VERMONT LAND TRUST$5,000
PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT - HISTORIC BARNS$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $156k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 10%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 10%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 10%LISTEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 10%WILLING HANDS: $10k → 9%WILLING HANDS: $8k → 9%WILLING HANDS: $8k → 9%WILLING HANDS: $8k → 9%PATHWAYS VERMONT: $13k → 10%PATHWAYS VERMONT: $10k → 10%PATHWAYS VERMONT: $10k → 10%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $13k → 9%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 25 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
4

Total granted

$1.3M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
0%

Still filing today

72%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • VF
    VERMONT FOODBANK
    8× · 2017–2025 · $173k · revenue +50%
  • UV
    UPPER VALLEY HAVEN
    8× · 2017–2025 · $173k · revenue +107%
  • UV
    UPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $85k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • VL
    VERMONT LAND TRUST - GILBERT'S HILL
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • FM
    FAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • PV
    PROSPER VALLEY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
2
The Vermont River Conservancy Inc

Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.

Human Services
3
Vermont Woodlands Association

Vermont woodlands association's (vwa) mission is to educate and advocate for the practices of productive stewardship, use, and enjoyment of vermont's woodlands. we achieve this mission by delivering educational programs and technical…

Environment
4
Vermont Trails & Greenways Council

To promote trails and greenways and to ensure that people will always have access to the landscape of vermont.

Environment
5
Cooperation Vermont

The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.

Community Improvement
6
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust

The Organization works with local landowners to permanently protect natural land and waters that define its community and enrich the quality of life by purchasing, managing, negotiating and developing conservations easements in the Upper…

Food & Nutrition
7
Vermont Public Radio

Listener-supported Vermont Public Radio has been serving the people of Vermont and the surrounding region since 1977. As Vermonts only statewide public radio network, VPR provides an essential and trusted independent voice for news,…

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8
Vermont Wilderness School

Provide nature-based education and mentoring to youth and adults in southern vermont and western massachusetts.

Environment
9
Alliance for Vermont Communities Inc

The mission of alliance for vermont communities, inc. is to protect working farms, forests and communities of central vermont and to promote responsible development that will sustain the rural heritage and values for present and future…

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10
For the Land Publishing Inc

To publish the vermont almanac, a handbook for rural living.

Environment
11
Vermont Riverlands Llc

To protect and enhance the natural resources of vermont in order to promote the well-being of present and future generations of vermonters and visitors; preserve and aid in the preservation of open land along rivers and lakes; protect and…

Environment
12
Vermont Business Roundtable Inc

To sustain a sound economy and preserve vermont's unique quality of life by studying and making recommendations on statewide public policy issues.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Land Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Woodstock Area Mountain Bike Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $172,500 · OtherUPPER VALLEY HAVENCLARA MARTIN CENTER INC: $65,500 · OtherCLARA MARTIN CENTER INCNATURE CONSERVANCY OF VERMONT: $35,000 · OtherNATURE CONSERVANCY OF VERMONTPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT - HISTORIC BARNS: $30,000 · OtherPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT - HISTO…TOWN OF POMFRET - TOWN HALL: $22,500 · OtherPOMFRET FIRE AND RESCUE: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $18,000 · OtherVERMONT LAND TRUST - GILBERT'S HILL: $15,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $30,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of Northern New En…+5 more: $40,000 · Other+5 moreUPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL: $272,500 · EducationUPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOO…CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDA…+1 more: $10,500 · EducationUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $85,000 · EnvironmentUPPER VALLEY L…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $60,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR …VERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND T…VERMONT FOODBANK: $172,500 · Food & NutritionVERMONT FOODBA…SECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $58,000 · Human ServicesSECOND WIND …PATHWAYS VERMONT INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesPATHWAYS VER…LISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor: $32,500 · Human ServicesLISTEN Leban…WILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesWILLING HAND…PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CIRCUS BARN INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureYoung Writers Project Inc: $40,000 · Youth Development
Other$448,500Education$323,000Environment$175,000Food & Nutrition$172,500Human Services$156,000Arts & Culture$47,000Youth Development$40,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL: $272,500 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $172,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $172,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $85,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCLARA MARTIN CENTER INC: $65,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $58,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetYoung Writers Project Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetPATHWAYS VERMONT INC: $33,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor: $32,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC: $32,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWOODSTOCK AREA MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION: $10,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetUPPER VALLEY TRAILS ALLIANCE: $10,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CIRCUS BARN INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY WALDORF SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds CLARA MARTIN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds SECOND WIND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Young Writers Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds LISTEN Lebanon in Service to Each Neighbor ↗
  • Who funds WILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK AREA MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY TRAILS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds FAIRBANKS MUSEUM & PLANETARIUM ↗
  • Who funds THE CIRCUS BARN INC ↗

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.

The Vermont Community…The Couch Family Foun…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Emily Landecker Found…The Windham Foundatio…Mascoma Bank Foundati…Flora R and Isidor M …Hypertherm Hope Found…George W Mergens Foun…New Hampshire Charita…McCollom Family Found…Htc Cottee Wurster Fa…
The Vermont Community FoundationVT27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Couch Family Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Emily Landecker Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · Mascoma Bank Foundation · Flora R and Isidor M Stettenheim Foundation Inc · Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · McCollom Family Foundation · Htc Cottee Wurster Family Foundation 96010000

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Birdseye Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Birdseye Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Second Wind Foundation: 85% of income from government
  • Pathways Vermont Inc: 65% of income from government
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Willing Hands Enterprises Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Clara Martin Center Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium: 7% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Waldorf School: 4% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Trails Alliance: 3% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Birdseye Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Birdseye Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 29 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home