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Britton Fund 4240-00-44 at a glance

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Britton Fund 4240-00-44

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.9MRecreation & Sports$1.0MPhilanthropy$395kEducation$266kHuman Services$242kAnimals$232kHealth$126kCrime & Legal$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $115k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.0M
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART$1,000,000
CLEVELAND METROPARKS$1,000,000
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum$115,000
Blue Sky Bridge$25,000
Intercambio Uniting Communities$25,000
Herreshoff Marine Museum$25,000
Burr & Burton Academy$25,000
EFAA$20,000
Boulder Ballet Company & School$20,000
Dairy Arts$10,000
Vocational Guidance Services$7,500
HEALTHY ACADIA$5,000
Down East Salmon Federation$2,000
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 (FY21–24, $284k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%The Collaborative: $5k → 11%Down East Community Partners: $5k → 11%Down East Community Partners: $5k → 11%The Collaborative: $5k → 11%Down East Community Partners: $2k → 11%TGTHR: $15k → 12%The Collaborative: $5k → 11%Tree of Life: $15k → 11%TGTHR: $10k → 12%TGTHR: $10k → 12%Tree of Life: $5k → 11%EFAA: $40k → 12%Emergency Family Assistance Association: $25k → 12%Tree of Life: $2k → 11%EFAA: $20k → 12%Emergency Family Assistance Association: $10k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $35k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $25k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $25k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $20k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
OH
PA
RI
CA
CO
OK
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 35 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

35 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
13

Total granted

$1.8M
$324k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+19%

Still filing today

66%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • GA
    GROUNDWORKS ART LAB INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $150k · revenue +115%
  • EF
    EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $120k · revenue +28%
  • ID
    INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES
    4× · 2021–2024 · $105k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • MO
    Museum of Contemporary Art
    one grant, 2021 · $55k
  • EF
    Ewen Fort Stettler Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
2
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
3
Vermont Humanities Council

Using the humanities, we connect with people across vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities, and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.

—
4
Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc

Partnering to improve quality of life as a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health and wellness. healing is our purpose, help is our promise, health is our passion.

—
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
6
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
7
Heckscher Museum

Museum has a mission to create opportunties for everyone to experience art that broadens understanding of the past, fosters community connections to the present, and creates diverse possbilities for the future.

Arts & Culture
8
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
9
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
10
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

—
11
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
12
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Downeast Community Partners Inc; the most unlike its peers is Healthy Acadia. 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

28 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. 28 of the 51 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
22/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND METROPARKS: $1,000,000 · OtherCLEVELAND METROPARKSIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBlue Hill Library: $94,000 · Other+27 more: $621,500 · Other+27 moreTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF A…BURR & BURTON SEMINARY: $65,000 · EducationBURR & BURTON SEMINARYTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $60,000 · EducationLAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM AT BASIN HARBOR INC: $305,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE CHAMPLAIN …GROUNDWORKS ART LAB INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureGROUNDWORKS ART…THE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER: $75,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WESTON PLAY…HERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM: $55,000 · Arts & CultureHERRESHOFF MARI…+2 more: $24,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $344,810 · PhilanthropyEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $120,000 · Human ServicesINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $105,000 · Human ServicesATTENTION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesTREE OF LIFE INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesDOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSPAY FIRST INC: $100,000 · AnimalsCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $60,000 · AnimalsDOWNEAST SALMON FEDERATION: $42,000 · AnimalsGEAUGA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · AnimalsCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $70,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,815,500Education$1,125,000Arts & Culture$609,000Philanthropy$344,810Human Services$324,000Animals$212,000Crime & Legal$70,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $344,810 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM AT BASIN HARBOR INC: $305,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetGROUNDWORKS ART LAB INC: $150,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $120,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $105,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetSPAY FIRST INC: $100,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetTHE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER: $75,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: $70,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBURR & BURTON SEMINARY: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM: $55,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATTENTION INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDOWNEAST SALMON FEDERATION: $42,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HIRAM HOUSE: $40,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTREE OF LIFE INC: $22,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES: $19,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKNEISEL HALL: $13,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTHY ACADIA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEAUGA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN VALLEY HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARITIME MUSEUM AT BASIN HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDWORKS ART LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES ↗
  • Who funds SPAY FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds BURR & BURTON SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE COLORADO COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ATTENTION INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNEAST SALMON FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE HIRAM HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds TREE OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KNEISEL HALL ↗

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 Cleveland Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Kelvin & Eleanor …The Sk Wellman Founda…Triple T FoundationJewish Federation of …Maine Community Found…The Wuliger FoundationRdm FoundationLincoln Electric Fdn …The Clements Family C…Richard Horvitz and E…
The Cleveland FoundationOH16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation · Triple T Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Wuliger Foundation · Rdm Foundation · Lincoln Electric Fdn Pfdn · The Clements Family Charitable Trust · Richard Horvitz and Erica Hartman-Horvitz Foundation

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 Britton Fund 4240-00-44 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Britton Fund 4240-00-44. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Burr & Burton Seminary: 2% of income from government
  • The Weston Playhouse Theater: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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