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Boatwright 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.

$130k
Granted FY2021
13
Grants FY2021
7
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Boatwright Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Boatwright Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $130k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

12
’17
4
’18
4
’19
6
’20
9
’21
4
’22
4
’23
0
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$286kEnvironment$166kArts & Culture$145kHealth$37kInternational$20kYouth Development$15kEducation$11kSocial Science$10kOther$0
02FY2021 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RESILIENCE PROJECT$35,000
ATLANTIC COUNCIL$20,000
POINTS NORTH INSTITUTE TO SUPPORT SHORTWELL DRIVE$10,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$10,000
THE MONTSHIRE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$10,000
VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO$10,000
DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL$10,000
VERMONT PBS$5,000
THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL PRACTICE$5,000
MUSIC FOR THE EARTH$2,000
ISLANDS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER$2,000
WHITE RIVER INDIE FILMS$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 82% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE: $2k → 8%AMERICAN RESILIENCE PROJECT: $35k → 12%CONNECTICUT RIVER CONSERVATION: $5k → 14%CAMBODIA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $2k → 14%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10k → 17%KINGDOM COUNTRY ACADEMY: $10k → 11%ATLANTIC COUNCIL: $20k → 14%LITTLE BRITCHES THERAPEAUTIC RIDING: $5k → 9%URBAN GRANTS 4 US INC: $3k → 12%AMERICAN RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTITUTE: $5k → 6%RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $200k → 16%ARCADIA CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE: $5k → 6%THE MONTSHIRE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $10k → 9%THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $8k → 9%BURLINGTON CITY ARTS: $3k → 10%MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL: $3k → 12%DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK HEALTH DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT: $20k → 7%OPERA NORTH: $10k → 10%MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST: $7k → 9%ISLANDS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER: $5k → 11%NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL OF MAINE: $2k → 12%MAINE PUBLIC: $7k → 15%AMERICAN RESILIENCE PROJECT: $5k → 12%EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL: $20k → 14%MUSIC FOR THE EARTH: $2k → 9%VT DIGGER: $5k → 9%FROG HOLLOW VERMONT CRAFT ASSOCIATION: $3k → 10%OPERA NORTH: $10k → 10%THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL: $10k → 14%VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO: $15k → 10%DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER: $10k → 10%POINTS NORTH INSTITUTE TO SUPPORT SHORTWELL DRIVE: $10k → 11%THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL: $10k → 14%VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO: $10k → 10%THE UPPER VALLEY MUSIC CENTER: $5k → 10%THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES: $15k → 9%VERMONT PBS: $10k → 10%POSITIVE TRACKS: $10k → 10%THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL: $35k → 14%THE CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL PRACTICE: $5k → 9%VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO: $9k → 10%THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL: $15k → 14%WHITE RIVER INDIE FILMS: $3k → 9%VERMONT PBS: $5k → 10%VERMONT PBS: $5k → 10%VERMONT PBS: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
VT
NH
NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$246k · 9 repeat orgs$234k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
18

Total granted

$246k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+36%

Still filing today

67%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AR
    American Resilience Project Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $40k · revenue +2%
  • ON
    OPERA NORTH
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +57%
  • VI
    Vermont International Film Foundation
    3× · 2017–2023 · $13k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • DH
    DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK HEALTH DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +32%
  • PT
    POSITIVE TRACKS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +6%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Maine Media College

Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…

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4
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Veic is a sustainable energy company on a mission to generate the energy solutions the world needs (continues in schedule o). (continued), working to combat the climate crisis, boost community resilience, and lower energy costs. for nearly…

Environment
5
Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc

Through research, education, collaboration and advocacy, vnrc protects and enhances vermont's natural environments, vibrant communities, productive working landscapes, rural character and unique sense of place, and prepares the state for…

Environment
6
Bowdoin International Music Festival

The mission of the Bowdoin International Music Festival is to provide gifted young musicians from around the world with an opportunity to study with world-class artists, and to provide audiences with classical music performed to the…

Arts & Culture
7
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
8
Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc

Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.

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9
Maine Film Center

To enrich, educate, and entertain the community through film and art.

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10
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies Inc

The vermont center for ecostudies advances the conservation of wildlife across the americas through research, monitoring, and citizen engagement.

Environment
11
Vermont Independent Media Inc

Promotion of public media literacy and local, citizen-driven media.

Arts & Culture
12
Vermont Land Trust Inc

Rooted in vermont since 1977, the vermont land trust unites land and lives for the enduring benefit of people and the place we share. we help people protect, care for, and connect to land. this includes the farms, forests, natural areas,…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc and the most unlike its peers is Kingdom Country Academy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Health CentersIndependent K-8 SchoolsLand Conservation Organizat…Child and Family ServicesClassical Music EnsemblesEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community Arts OrganizationsGovernment Accountability R…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%25%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr16%48%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%6%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/33
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,532

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc — $200,000 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Charitable Foundation IncTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMONTSHIRE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC — $12,000 · PhilanthropyPOSITIVE TRACKS INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyJANE WATSON STETSON & EW STETSON III CHARITABLE FUND (FIDELITY DAF) — $54,322 · OtherJANE WATSON STETSON & EW STETSON III …Vermont Public Radio — $34,000 · OtherVermont Public RadioVERMONT PBS — $25,000 · OtherVERMONT PBSDARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK HEALTH DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT — $20,000 · OtherDARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK HEALTH DEVELOPMEN…Vermont International Film Foundation — $13,000 · OtherVermont International Film FoundationTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $10,000 · OtherPOINTS NORTH INSTITUTE TO SUPPORT SHORTWELL DRIVE — $10,000 · OtherEpiscopal Church Foundation — $10,000 · OtherDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — $10,000 · Other+14 more — $54,400 · Other+14 moreENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL — $90,000 · Arts & CultureENVIRONMENTAL FILM FE…OPERA NORTH — $20,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA NORTHMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation — $7,000 · Arts & CultureUPPER VALLEY MUSIC CENTER INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureVERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $8,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreAmerican Resilience Project Inc — $40,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES — $15,000 · EducationKingdom Country Academy — $10,000 · EducationATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC — $20,000 · InternationalMaine Coast Heritage Trust — $7,000 · EnvironmentAREI INC — $5,000 · EnvironmentNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc — $2,000 · EnvironmentUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC — $2,000 · Environment
Philanthropy$242,000Other$240,722Arts & Culture$135,500Civil Rights$40,000Education$25,000International$20,000Environment$16,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL — $90,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetAmerican Resilience Project Inc — $40,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetVermont Public Radio — $34,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERA NORTH — $20,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES — $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVermont International Film Foundation — $13,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMONTSHIRE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKingdom Country Academy — $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetEpiscopal Church Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOSITIVE TRACKS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetVERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $8,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL PRACTICE - INC — $5,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetUPPER VALLEY MUSIC CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAREI INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetVERMONT JOURNALISM TRUST LTD — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWhite River Indie Films — $4,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBURLINGTON CITY ARTS FOUNDATION INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMNFF INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSELAMTA FAMILY PROJECT — $2,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Vermont Community…New Hampshire Charita…Vermont Council on th…Barrette Family FundMt Roeschmore Foundat…Frank and Brinna Sand…Ann H Symington Found…RUTH & PETER METZ FAM…The Stannard & Doroth…Hypertherm Hope Found…The Couch Family Foun…Smith Richardson Foun…
The Vermont Community FoundationVT20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Barrette Family Fund · Mt Roeschmore Foundation · Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation · Ann H Symington Foundation Xxxxx6000 · RUTH & PETER METZ FAMILY FOUNDATION co THOMAS PHELAN · The Stannard & Dorothy Dunn Charitable Trust · Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc · The Couch Family Foundation · Smith Richardson Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Boatwright Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Vermont Humanities Council — 67% of income from government
  • Burlington City Arts Foundation Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Montshire Museum of Science Inc — 4% of income from government
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd — 0% of income from government
  • The Vermont Community Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Boatwright Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Boatwright 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines