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Cochran Gifford a Tr Uind at a glance

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Cochran Gifford a Tr Uind

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$60kArts & Culture$1k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$186k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THOMAS COLLEGE$2,000
HUSSON UNIVERSITY$1,750
ST JOSEPHS COLLEGE OF MAINE$1,000
SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$1,000
EMERSON COLLEGE$1,000
MASS COLLEGE OF PHARM AND HEALTH SCIENCE$1,000
UNE - WESTBROOK COLLEGE OF HEATH$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FARMINGTON$500
EASTERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$500
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY$500
UMASS BOSTON$250
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE$250
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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NY
MA
RI
CA
NE
VA
FL
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41k · 12 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
17

Total granted

$41k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+20%

Still filing today

58%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

  • HU
    Husson University
    5× · 2021–2025 · $9k · revenue +18%
  • PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +22%
  • EMERSON COLLEGE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • University of New England
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +20%
  • SC
    STONEHILL COLLEGE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +23%
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
Boston Architectural College

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

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2
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
3
The President and Trustees of Colby College

to provide a rigorous and transformative liberal arts education that prepares students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens.

Education
4
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
5
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
6
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
7
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Emmanuel College

Emmanuel college is a coed, residential catholic liberal arts and sciences college with 2,112 undergraduate and graduate students.

Education
10
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Bryant University

Bryant University's mission is to educate and inspire students to discover their passion and become innovative leaders with character around the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emerson College; the most unlike its peers is Central Maine Community College Foundation. 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

18 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. 18 of the 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Husson University: $8,766 · EducationHusson UniversityPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $4,750 · EducationPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGEEMERSON COLLEGE: $4,250 · EducationEMERSON COLLEGETHOMAS COLLEGE: $3,500 · EducationTHOMAS COLLEGEBowdoin College: $2,066 · EducationBowdoin CollegeCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $1,733 · EducationUniversity of New England: $1,500 · EducationSTONEHILL COLLEGE INC: $1,500 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $1,250 · Education+7 more: $4,900 · Education+7 moreEASTERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3,283 · OtherEASTERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF MAINE: $3,150 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINESOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2,500 · OtherSOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH: $2,450 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTHCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY: $2,033 · OtherCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITYLESLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,033 · OtherLESLEY UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS: $1,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVISMOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY: $1,250 · OtherUMASS AMHERST: $1,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORNO: $1,033 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $1,033 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE AUGUSTA: $1,000 · OtherUNE - WESTBROOK COLLEGE OF HEATH: $1,000 · OtherMASS COLLEGE OF PHARM AND HEALTH SCIENCE: $1,000 · Other+5 more: $2,400 · Other+5 more
Education$34,215Other$26,915

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 budgetHusson University: $8,766 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $4,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEMERSON COLLEGE: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS COLLEGE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $2,066 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLESLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,033 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $1,733 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New England: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONEHILL COLLEGE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCreighton University: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHEATON COLLEGE: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $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.

Higgins Mary E Educ F…Albert H YoungLillian M Baker Trust…Jw Robinson Welfare T…Frederic E Skillings …Sweetser Foundation I…Davis Educational Fou…Melmac Education Foun…Harold Alfond Foundat…Maine Community Found…Verizon FoundationDonor Advised Charita…
Higgins Mary E Educ FundOH15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Higgins Mary E Educ Fund · Albert H Young · Lillian M Baker Trust Portland Trust Co LLC · Jw Robinson Welfare Trust · Frederic E Skillings Trust Uw · Sweetser Foundation Inc · Davis Educational Foundation · Melmac Education Foundation · Harold Alfond Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Cochran Gifford a Tr Uind funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cochran Gifford a Tr Uind. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Stonehill College Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Champlain College Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Emerson College: 0% of income from government
  • Wheaton College: 0% of income from government
  • Lesley University: 0% of income from government
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 35 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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