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Comeau Family Foundation

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.

$339k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$405kYouth Development$175kEnvironment$150kInternational$75kArts & Culture$60kEducation$59kCommunity Improvement$50kFood & Nutrition$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $330k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMAN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING$40,000
LIFELINE PUPPY RESCUE$40,000
HANDS IN OUTREACH$25,000
WAYPOINT ADVENTURES$25,000
LIFE RING SECULAR RECOVERY$20,000
BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST$20,000
TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN$20,000
THORNE NATURE EXPERIENCE$20,000
SECOND WIND FUND$20,000
ELEVATE YOUTH$15,000
BOSTON SCORES$15,000
BAGS OF FUN$15,000
DOC WAYNE$15,000
SOJOURNER HOUSE$10,000
ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GOOD SPORTS: $20k → 7%LOAVES AND FISHES: $25k → 8%HANDS IN OUTREACH: $25k → 12%ELEVATE YOUTH: $20k → 16%LIFE RING SECULAR RECOVERY: $20k → 10%ONE LOVE FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%BAGS OF FUN: $15k → 8%LIFELINE PUPPY RESCUE: $40k → 10%RISE AGAINST SUICIDE: $25k → 12%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 12%SAFE PASSAGE: $20k → 7%OLD SURRY VILLAGE SCHOOL: $20k → 11%WOMEN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING: $40k → 16%GOOD SPORTS: $10k → 7%WAYPOINT ADVENTURE: $25k → 8%HANDS IN OUTREACH: $25k → 12%ELEVATE YOUTH: $15k → 16%LIFE RING SECULAR RECOVERY: $20k → 10%BAGS OF FUN: $15k → 8%RISE: $25k → 12%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 12%WOMAN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING: $40k → 16%WAYPOINT ADVENTURE: $25k → 8%HANDS IN OUTREACH: $25k → 12%ELEVATE YOUTH: $15k → 16%LIFE RING SECULAR RECOVERY: $20k → 10%BAGS OF FUN: $15k → 8%THORNE NATURE EXPERIENCE: $20k → 12%TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 12%BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $20k → 11%WOMEN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING: $40k → 16%BOSTON SCORES: $15k → 16%PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES: $20k → 10%THORNE NATURE EXPERIENCE: $20k → 12%FOOD FOR THOUGHT: $15k → 12%BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $20k → 11%WOMEN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING: $20k → 16%WAYPOINT ADVENTURES: $25k → 8%BOSTON SCORES: $20k → 16%THORNE NATURE EXPERIENCE: $20k → 12%PROJECT ANGEL HEART: $20k → 12%BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $20k → 11%BOSTON SCORES: $15k → 16%PROJECT ANGEL HEART: $20k → 12%BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $20k → 11%DOC WAYNE: $15k → 16%SECOND WIND FUND: $30k → 12%SECOND WIND FUND: $20k → 12%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$949k · 16 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$949k
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
-12%

Still filing today

69%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHealthEnvironmentEducationInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WA
    WAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $85k · revenue +154%
  • BH
    BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST
    4× · 2021–2024 · $80k · revenue +14%
  • HI
    HANDS IN OUTREACH INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOAVES AND FISHES
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • RA
    Rise Against Suicide
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -12%
  • R
    RISE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
Aim Youth Mental Health

See Schedule O regarding Organization's mission.AIM is bridging the gap between research and access to care for youth struggling with their mental health by finding, funding and implementing evidence-based treatments, empowering youth to…

Health
2
Vive

VIVE addresses the health equity and wellness needs of many of Colorados low-income youth, who face significant health disparities and often lack access to engaging physical activity and health education.

Youth Development
3
Rise Above the Disorder

Rise Above The Disorder is a non-profit centered on making mental health care accessible and affordable to everyone. Our cause was founded in 2012 as a team of volunteers helping people find local therapists and crowd-funding the cost of…

Health
4
Horizons for Youth

Horizons for Youth mission is to transform children's lives by providing targeted resources, rooted in education, in a trusting partnership with their families and communities.

Youth Development
5
Connors Climb Foundation

The mission of connor's climb foundation is to provide suicide prevention education by raising awareness, reducing stigma, and equipping youth, educators, and the community at large with tools and resources focused on the vulnerable age…

Health
6
Youth Guidance

A leader in social and emotional development, community engagement, and positive youth development, Youth Guidance has strategically created programs to address community needs across four delivery areas: Community & Afterschool Programs…

Education
7
Positive Tracks Inc

Positive tracks equips ages 12-25 with the skills and resources to build and lead their own athletic challenges to champion causes they care about most, so young people can change the world.

Philanthropy
8
Youth Homes

The mission of youth homes is to help every youth feel safe, have a sense of belonging, and find a place to call home.

Human Services
9
Exalt Youth

Exalt youth serves youth involved in the criminal justice system, moving them away from incarceration towards re-engagement with education and meaningful job opportunities. our students come from some of the most economically depressed…

Youth Development
10
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
11
Wind Youth Services Inc

Provide Emergency Housing, Supportive Services and Opportunitites to Youth Experiencing Homelessness.

Human Services
12
The Aspen Effect Inc

Create youth interactions that strengthen resilience and leadership and help prevent mental health crisis.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Sports Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lifeline Pet Rescue. 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 26 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
8/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 · OtherTENNYSON CENTER FOR CHILDRENLIFE RING SECULAR RECOVERY: $60,000 · OtherLIFE RING SECULAR RECOVERYBAGS OF FUN: $55,000 · OtherBAGS OF FUNIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOLD SURRY VILLAGE SCHOOL: $29,000 · OtherOLD SURRY VILLAGE SCHOOLLOAVES AND FISHES: $25,000 · OtherLOAVES AND FISHESRISE: $25,000 · OtherRISEFOOD FOR THOUGHT: $15,000 · OtherLIFELINE PET RESCUE: $40,000 · OtherLIFELINE PET RESCUEDOC WAYNE INC: $25,000 · OtherDOC WAYNE INC+2 more: $20,000 · OtherWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INCAmerica Scores New England DBA Boston Scores: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentAmerica Scores New Eng…Elevate Youth Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentElevate Youth IncGOOD SPORTS INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGOOD SPORTS INCWOMEN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING: $140,000 · HealthWOMEN FOR HEALTHY …Rise Against Suicide: $25,000 · HealthRise Against Suici…THE JED FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthTHE JED FOUNDATIONBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $80,000 · EnvironmentBLUE HILL HERI…THORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $70,000 · EnvironmentTHORNE ECOLOGI…HANDS IN OUTREACH INC: $75,000 · InternationalHANDS IN …Safe Passage: $20,000 · InternationalSafe Pass…SECOND WIND FUND INC: $50,000 · EducationTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $10,000 · EducationPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $50,000 · Community Improvement
Other$384,000Youth Development$225,000Health$185,000Environment$150,000International$95,000Education$60,000Community Improvement$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING: $140,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetWAYPOINT ADVENTURE INC: $85,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $80,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHANDS IN OUTREACH INC: $75,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetTHORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAmerica Scores New England DBA Boston Scores: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND WIND FUND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetElevate Youth Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOC WAYNE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRise Against Suicide: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Passage: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

Boston Foundation IncCummings Foundation G…Colorado Gives Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…
Boston Foundation IncMA16.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment 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 Comeau Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Comeau Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • America Scores New England Dba Boston Scores: 30% of income from government
  • Doc Wayne Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Sojourner House Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Comeau Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Comeau 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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