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C M H 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 FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$132kInternational$106kFood & Nutrition$74kHousing & Shelter$48kHealth$46kCrime & Legal$44kAnimals$43kArts & Culture$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $103k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
African Educate$20,000
Preble Street$11,165
Miracle German Shepherd Dog Rescue of Maine$10,542
Saco Food Pantry$10,542
Good Sheperd Food Bank$10,542
Cheshire Health Foundation$10,000
The Community Kitchen$10,000
Loon Echo Land Trust$10,000
Lakes Environmental Association$10,000
Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities$5,000
Keene Housing Kids Collaborative$4,125
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception$4,125
First Congregational Church$3,500
Greater Keene Pops Choir$2,500
Marginal Way Preservation Fund$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%Love Your Brain Foundation: $5k → 9%New Hampshire Food Bank: $5k → 7%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%New Hampshire Food Bank: $1k → 7%Preble Street: $11k → 7%Preble Street: $5k → 7%Preble Street: $5k → 7%Preble Street: $4k → 7%Preble Street: $3k → 7%Preble Street: $3k → 7%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
NH
MA
IN
PA
MD
DC
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$523k · 27 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

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

27 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
11

Total granted

$523k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
0%

Still filing today

70%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureCrime & LegalInternationalOther
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

  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $39k · revenue +26%
  • TM
    The Monadnock Conservancy
    6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +199%
  • MG
    MIRACLE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE OF MAINE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $36k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • BI
    BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF NH
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -7%
  • BH
    Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue -72%
  • SY
    SAVE YOUR ASS LONG EAR RESCUE
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -47%
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
Bank of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Kennebunk Land Trust

Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.

Environment
3
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

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4
Midcoast Conservancy

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Environment
5
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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6
Maine Farmland Trust

Maine Farmland Trust protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.

Food & Nutrition
7
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
8
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
9
Piscataquog Land Conservancy

The Piscataquog Land Conservancy is a nonprofit land conservation organization founded in 1970. Its purpose is to conserve the natural and scenic environment of the Piscataquog, Souhegan and Nashua River watershed communities of southern…

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10
Mahoosuc Land Trust Inc

To protect and conserve land and traditional land uses including farming, recreation, significant habitats, scenery, and water resources for the benefit of the public. The organization facilitates community-based conservation.

Environment
11
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc

To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.

Environment
12
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Monadnock Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Saco Food Pantry. 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

34 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. 34 of the 44 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
21/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Monadnock Conservancy: $36,415 · EnvironmentThe Monadnock Conservanc…Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $23,687 · EnvironmentCoastal Maine Botanical …Loon Echo Land Trust Inc: $23,500 · EnvironmentLoon Echo Land Trust IncLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION: $23,000 · EnvironmentLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSO…Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation: $12,000 · EnvironmentBoothbay Harbor Waterfro…Maine Audubon Society: $8,550 · EnvironmentMaine Audubon Society+3 more: $4,545 · EnvironmentFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $21,000 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHMt Caesar Union Library Association: $15,000 · OtherMt Caesar Union Library AssociationBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF NH: $15,000 · OtherBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF NHChildren's Advocacy Center of Androscoggin Franklin & Oxford Counties: $11,000 · OtherChildren's Advocacy Center of Andro…Hundred Nights Shelter: $10,790 · OtherHundred Nights ShelterCharlestown Food Shelf: $8,000 · OtherCedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities: $7,875 · OtherTHE GRANITE STATE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $19,616 · OtherTHE GRANITE STATE CHILDREN'S ALLIAN…KEENE HOUSING KIDS COLLABORATIVE: $6,625 · OtherCheshire Health Foundation: $18,615 · OtherCheshire Health FoundationTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $11,000 · OtherTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATIONCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $7,500 · Other+10 more: $40,453 · Other+10 moreAFRICAN EDUCATE: $100,201 · PhilanthropyAFRICAN EDUCATETHE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $38,615 · Food & NutritionTHE COMMUNI…SACO FOOD PANTRY: $10,542 · Food & NutritionSACO FOOD P…Good Shepherd Food Bank: $10,542 · Food & NutritionGood Shephe…PREBLE STREET: $31,040 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $6,450 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,000 · Human ServicesLOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE OF MAINE: $36,230 · AnimalsSAVE YOUR ASS LONG EAR RESCUE: $7,000 · AnimalsTHE COLONIAL THEATRE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MOVING COMPANY DANCE CENTER: $6,115 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,200 · Arts & Culture
Environment$131,697Other$192,474Philanthropy$100,201Food & Nutrition$59,699Human Services$48,490Animals$43,230Arts & Culture$37,315

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 budgetAFRICAN EDUCATE: $100,201 over 6y, 28% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $38,615 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe Monadnock Conservancy: $36,415 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMIRACLE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG RESCUE OF MAINE: $36,230 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $31,040 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLONIAL THEATRE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $23,687 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLoon Echo Land Trust Inc: $23,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION: $23,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GRANITE STATE CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $19,616 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCheshire Health Foundation: $18,615 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF NH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBoothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSACO FOOD PANTRY: $10,542 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $10,542 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Audubon Society: $8,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAVE YOUR ASS LONG EAR RESCUE: $7,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetKEENE HOUSING KIDS COLLABORATIVE: $6,625 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $6,450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOVING COMPANY DANCE CENTER: $6,115 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $5,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE YOUR BRAIN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBucknell University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONADNOCK UNITED WAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS CHARTER SCHOOL: $3,928 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PARK THEATRE INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS: $1,045 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPOFFORD LAKE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

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 Charita…Hoffman Family Founda…National Grange Mutua…Maine Community Found…Davis Conservation Fo…Mascoma Bank Foundati…The Kingsbury FundThe Eppes - Jefferson…Cogswell Benevolent T…Timken Co Charitable …Eversource Energy Fou…Fidelity Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH29.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Hoffman Family Foundation · National Grange Mutual Charitable Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · The Kingsbury Fund · The Eppes - Jefferson Foundation Inc · Cogswell Benevolent Trust · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Fidelity 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 C M H Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from C M H Foundation. 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 →
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to C M H Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to C M H 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 44 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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