· Private foundation
Carl S Poole Jr Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CARING FOR KIDS | $25,000 |
| HOUSE IN THE WOODS | $10,000 |
| WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY | $10,000 |
| BRISTOL AREA LIBRARY | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| RUTHERFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| VEGGIES TO TABLE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +47%
- CFCARING FOR KIDS5× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue +194%
- FDFour Directions Development Corporation4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +186%
Funded once
- CLCENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +35%
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.
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.
Provide firewood for heat for local residents in need.
Protect and conserve upper and lower wilson ponds and their surrounding areas for the benefit of residents and visitors alike.
The center for an agricultural economy supports rural communities and working landscapes by building a more interconnected local food system.
Provide temporary housing and counseling services for the homeless of northern maine
The lincoln county foood bank is organized to provide food assistance to those individuals who are economically disadvantaged and without adequate food sources.
The burrillville land trust is dedicated to maintaining the town's rural character by preserving open space, protecting the beauty and viability of our farms, and preserving the woodlands, meadows, ponds, and rivers around us.
To provide one-time emergency assistance to windham, me residents experiencing a critical need for fuel, help direct individuals to appropriate long-term resources, and promote a culture of neighbors helping neighbors.
Repair and/or renovate homes in the town of manchester, ct with assistance of community volunteers.
Kestrel land trust conserves and cares for forests, farms, and riverways in the connecticut river valley of western massachusetts while nurturing an enduring love of the land
Aquidneck community table works in the areas of health, environment, agriculture and aquaculture to build a thriving local economy and make healthy food accessible to all.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CARING FOR KIDS ↗
- Who funds House in the Woods Inc ↗
- Who funds Four Directions Development Corporation ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds RUTHERFORD LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC ↗
- Who funds VEGGIES TO TABLE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Reny Charitable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carl S Poole Jr Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl S Poole Jr Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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