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Canobie Films Foundation Incorporated at a glance

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Canobie Films Foundation Incorporated

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$60
Largest
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

International$22kArts & Culture$6kHealth$3kEducation$3kPhilanthropy$1kEnvironment$500
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$60
Median grant
1
States reached
$208k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$60
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Center for Independent Documentary: $1k → 16%Belvedere Tiburon Library Fdn BTLF: $2k → 8%SF Baykeeper: $500 → 10%KQED Public Media: $60 → 10%Sepsis Alliance: $565 → 11%American Scandinavian Foundation: $6k → 17%Barry Lopez Foundation for Art Envi: $3k → 12%Paypal Charitable Giving Fund: $1k → 14%Americares: $600 → 9%American Society For The Alexander: $1k → 14%Greenheart International: $3k → 14%National Center for Homeopathy: $700 → 6%Common Application Inc: $3k → 7%NCH Center for Homeopathy: $425 → 8%The Young People's Chorus of New Yo: $500 → 17%Friends of the Congo: $12k → 14%National Center for Homeopathy: $255 → 6%National Center for Homeopathy: $375 → 8%National Center for Homeopathy: $75 → 6%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
VA
MD
NM
DC
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 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.

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Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
8
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
9
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
10
American College of Gastroenterology

Our mission is to enhance the ability of our members to provide world class care to patients with digestive disorders and advance the profession through excellence and innovation based upon the pillars of patient care, education,…

Health
11
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
12
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

American college of occupational and environmental medicine (acoem) provides leadership to promote optimal health and safety of workers, workplaces and environments by: educating health professionals and the public; stimulating research;…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Congo. 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

12 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. 12 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
12/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Friends of the Congo: $12,000 · InternationalFriends of the CongoThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $6,000 · InternationalThe American-Scandinavian FoundationGREENHEART INTERNATIONAL: $3,260 · InternationalGREENHEART INTERNATIONAL+1 more: $600 · InternationalBarry Lopez Foundation for Art Envi: $2,500 · OtherBarry Lopez Foundation…Belvedere Tiburon Library Fdn BTLF: $2,000 · OtherBelvedere Tiburon Libr…National Center for Homeopathy: $1,030 · OtherNational Center for Ho…AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE INC: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR T…The Young People's Chorus of New Yo: $500 · OtherThe Young People's Cho…+1 more: $60 · OtherTHE COMMON APPLICATION INC: $2,500 · EducationTHE COMMO…WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $520 · EducationWIKIMEDIA…PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $1,050 · PhilanthropyTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNational Center For Homeopathy: $800 · HealthSEPSIS ALLIANCE INC: $565 · Public Safety & DisasterBaykeeper: $500 · Environment
International$21,860Other$7,090Education$3,020Philanthropy$1,050Arts & Culture$1,000Health$800Public Safety & Disaster$565Environment$500

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 budgetFriends of the Congo: $12,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREENHEART INTERNATIONAL: $3,260 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMON APPLICATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center For Homeopathy: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEPSIS ALLIANCE INC: $565 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaykeeper: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Canobie Films Foundation Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Canobie Films Foundation Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Canobie Films Foundation Incorporated?

Find your warmest path to Canobie Films Foundation Incorporated 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 17 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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