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Colket Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$779k
Granted FY2024still arriving
92
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2024.

Education$1.2MHealth$451kEnvironment$242kFood & Nutrition$206kHuman Services$146kRecreation & Sports$120kPublic Safety & Disaster$119kReligion$113kOther$0
02FY2024 · 92 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k69 grants · $143k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $370k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $266k
$2,500
Median grant
15
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EPISCOPAL ACADEMY$110,000
SUN VALLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL$55,000
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL$51,000
BAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY$50,000
BAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION$30,000
MOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOCIATION$27,000
MAINE SEACOAST MISSION$25,000
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION$25,000
HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC$25,000
SUMMER SEARCH$25,000
COLORADO COLLEGE$25,000
MT DESERT ISLAND YMCA$25,000
FRIENDS OF ACADIA$25,000
NORTHEAST HARBOR SAILING SCHOOL$25,000
ISLAND HOUSING TRUST$17,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $92k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CHARITY: $5k → 10%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $500 → 10%PROJECT HOME: $3k → 22%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $3k → 10%HOBE SOUND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 10%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CHARITY: $48k → 6%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1k → 22%MT DESERT ISLAND YMCA: $25k → 11%KIDS CORNER INC: $300 → 11%ISLAND CONNECTIONS: $300 → 11%ISLAND CONNECTIONS: $300 → 11%ISLAND CONNECTIONS: $300 → 11%KIDS CORNER INC: $300 → 11%KIDS' CORNER: $300 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
NH
ID
MT
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
DE
SC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.7M · 107 repeat orgs$345k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

107 repeat relationships — 76 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

107
61

Total granted

$2.7M
$240k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+17%

Still filing today

86%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EA
    Episcopal Academy
    4× · 2021–2024 · $440k · revenue +43%
  • HS
    HOLDERNESS SCHOOL
    4× · 2021–2024 · $271k · revenue +21%
  • SV
    Sun Valley Community School Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $187k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SD
    ST DAVID'S CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SJ
    ST JAMES SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Marine Science Institute

The institutes mission is to cultivate a responsibility for the natural environment and our human communities through interdisciplinary science education.

—
3
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
4
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

To inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.

Arts & Culture
5
Kennebunk Land Trust

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

Environment
6
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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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
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
9
Great Pond Mountain Conservation Tr

Conserving land, water and wildlife habitat for the communities of northwest hancock county. protecting our legacy of: abundant wildlife habitat and biodiversity clean water rural character and scenic beauty working forests and farms…

—
10
Maine Maritime Museum

To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.

Arts & Culture
11
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
12
The Forest Park Conservancy

To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nantucket Community Sailing Inc and the most unlike its peers is Seal Cove Auto Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFood Banks and PantriesHealth Access Advocacy and …Youth Sports ProgramsPublic Library OperationsIndependent K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing Developm…Cancer Support ServicesLocal History MuseumsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Elementary Literacy TutoringSenior Support ServicesAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity Arts CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Environmental Conservation …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Development CentersVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr16%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr16%49%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.7% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%1/144
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,421

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

133 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 133 of the 180 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
131/133
Grantees still filing
101/133
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Episcopal Academy — $440,000 · EducationEpiscopal AcademyHOLDERNESS SCHOOL — $271,000 · EducationHOLDERNESS SCHOOLSun Valley Community School Inc — $187,000 · EducationSun Valley Community School IncTHE COLORADO COLLEGE — $155,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGESAINT JAMES SCHOOL — $40,000 · Education+16 more — $99,600 · Education+16 moreST DAVID'S CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL DIRECTION — $68,400 · OtherST DAVID'S CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL DIR…Maine Seacoast Mission — $60,000 · OtherMaine Seacoast MissionHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC — $50,388 · OtherSUMMER SEARCH — $77,881 · OtherSUMMER SEARCH+115 more — $713,650 · Other+115 moreKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES — $75,000 · HealthKEYSTONE H…MOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL — $63,500 · HealthMOUNT DESE…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $45,500 · HealthTHE CHILDR…MOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOC — $41,500 · HealthMOUNT DESE…COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $16,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY …MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION — $15,000 · HealthMEDICAL UN…+6 more — $22,600 · Health+6 moreWillistown Conservation Trust Inc — $139,000 · EnvironmentWillistow…Friends of Acadia — $45,000 · EnvironmentFriends o…THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $26,000 · EnvironmentTHE PENNS…BIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $24,500 · EnvironmentBIG SKY C…+8 more — $22,900 · Environment+8 moreBAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY — $105,500 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $44,000 · Food & NutritionOPEN TABLE MDI — $20,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $5,000 · Food & NutritionDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC — $45,000 · Recreation & SportsNORTHEAST HARBOR SAILING SCHOOL — $28,000 · Recreation & SportsNANTUCKET COMMUNITY SAILING INC — $23,630 · Recreation & SportsRADNOR HUNT FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsCOMMUNITY CLOTHES CHARITY — $53,000 · Human ServicesMt Desert Island YMCA — $25,000 · Human ServicesEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania — $5,000 · Human ServicesHOBE SOUND CHILD CARE CENTER INC — $4,000 · Human Services+4 more — $5,300 · Human Services
Education$1,192,600Other$970,319Health$279,100Environment$257,400Food & Nutrition$174,500Recreation & Sports$106,630Human Services$92,300

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEpiscopal Academy — $440,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHOLDERNESS SCHOOL — $271,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSun Valley Community School Inc — $187,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE — $155,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWillistown Conservation Trust Inc — $139,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY — $105,500 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH — $77,881 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES — $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL — $63,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Seacoast Mission — $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CLOTHES CHARITY — $53,000 over 2y, 80% of budgetHOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC — $50,388 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $45,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Acadia — $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $44,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOC — $41,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSAINT JAMES SCHOOL — $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetISLAND HOUSING TRUST — $30,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc — $30,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBAR HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT — $30,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetJESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY — $29,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNORTHEAST HARBOR SAILING SCHOOL — $28,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $26,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY — $25,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMt Desert Island YMCA — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $24,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $24,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET COMMUNITY SAILING INC — $23,630 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $22,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CLUB — $21,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetOPEN TABLE MDI — $20,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER — $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget1LOVE4ANIMALS INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER INC — $15,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSOMESVILLE LANDING CORPORATION — $13,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC — $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST HARBOR LIBRARY — $10,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP POLICE ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc — $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTOWN OF MOUNT DESERT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetRADNOR HUNT FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetPAOLI FIRE COMPANY — $9,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ethel D Colket Founda…Maine Community Found…Cornelia Cogswell Ros…Florence V Burden Fou…Hattie a and Fred C L…Fore River FoundationGerrish H Milliken Fo…E Newbold & Margaret …Diana Davis Spencer F…Hamilton Family Found…Legatus FoundationThe Widgeon Point Cha…
Ethel D Colket FoundationPA117.5× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ethel D Colket Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc · Florence V Burden Foundation · Hattie a and Fred C Lynam Trust · Fore River Foundation · Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 · E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith F Foundation (Dba Thornedge Fdn) · Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc · Hamilton Family Foundation · Legatus Foundation · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Colket Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County — 2% of income from government
  • The Banner Lake Club Inc — 1% of income from government
  • St Andrew's School of Delaware Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
37report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Colket Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Colket Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 180 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines