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Edgard & Geraldine Feder Foundation at a glance

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Edgard & Geraldine Feder Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$153k
Granted FY2022
44
Grants FY2022
9
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$195kAnimals$75kFood & Nutrition$19kEducation$13kRecreation & Sports$10kHealth$8kYouth Development$4kCommunity Improvement$500Other$0
02FY2022 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k39 grants · $86k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $67k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIA$22,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIA$15,000
A PAW IN THE DOOR$10,000
A PAW IN THE DOOR$10,000
CAMP RUSK FOUNDATION INC$10,000
MSSPA$5,000
FALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRA$5,000
MAINE FIBER ARTS$5,000
MAINE FIBER ARTS$5,000
A PAW IN THE DOOR$5,000
GENTLE BARN$5,000
MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM$4,000
FALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRA$3,000
BATH AREA FOOD BANK PA$3,000
THE GOOD SHEPARD FOOD BANK$3,000
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 (FY19–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 41% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%FALMOUTH CHAMBERS PLAYERS: $11k → 8%HANDEL & HAYDN SOCIETY: $10k → 16%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIA: $22k → 10%BATH AREA FOOD BANK PA: $3k → 11%MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%FOUR NATIONS ENSEMBLE: $3k → 11%CAMP RUSK FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 17%WSHU PUBLIC RADIO: $2k → 9%HIGH HOPES FOUNDATION: $4k → 7%PEARY MACMILLAN ARTIC INSTITUTE: $2k → 7%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $31k → 9%MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $10k → 15%FALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRA: $5k → 8%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIA: $18k → 10%BATH AREA FOOD BANK: $2k → 11%GENTLE BARN: $6k → 14%FOUR NATIONS ENSEMBLE: $3k → 11%ORCHESTRA NEW ENGLAND: $3k → 12%MSSPA: $5k → 7%A PAW IN THE DOOR: $22k → 9%FALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRA: $5k → 8%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIA: $15k → 10%BATH AREA FOOD BANK PA: $2k → 11%GENTLE BARN: $5k → 14%TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 6%FOUR NATIONS ENSEMBLE: $2k → 11%SUNNY BROOK FARM AND SANTUARY: $3k → 7%YALE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: $12k → 12%A PAW IN THE DOOR: $10k → 9%FALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRA: $3k → 8%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIA: $1k → 10%GENTLE BARN: $2k → 14%A PAW IN THE DOOR: $10k → 9%FALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRA: $2k → 8%A PLACE CALLED HOPE: $2k → 7%CHOCOLATE CHURCH ARTS CENTER: $8k → 9%FALMOUTH CHAMBERS PLAYERS: $2k → 8%A PAW IN THE DOOR: $8k → 9%PATTEN FREE LIBRARY: $7k → 9%KENNEBEC EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: $6k → 9%A PAW IN THE DOOR: $5k → 9%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $5k → 9%MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM: $4k → 9%MAINE FIBER ARTS: $5k → 9%MAINE FIBER ARTS: $5k → 9%MAINE FIBER ARTS: $4k → 9%MAINE FIBER ARTS: $4k → 9%MAINE FIBER ARTS: $2k → 9%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

ME
NH
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$258k · 13 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
15

Total granted

$258k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+29%

Still filing today

69%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22
AnimalsArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MF
    MAINE FIBERARTS
    3× · 2019–2022 · $20k · revenue +15%
  • TG
    THE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2022 · $13k · revenue +13%
  • MP
    Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation
    2× · 2019–2022 · $11k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • YC
    YALE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
    one grant, 2019 · $12k
  • HA
    HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +4%
  • PF
    PATTEN FREE LIBRARYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +36%
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
Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…

Arts & Culture
2
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
Penobscot Marine Museum

Penobscot marine museum inspires curiosity and fosters understanding about life and work on the maine coast to encourage stewardship of our communities and the sea.

Arts & Culture
5
Seacoast Science Center Inc

It is the mission of the seacoast science center to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our blue planet. the center's programming and exhibits encourage visitors and other program participants to recognize…

Arts & Culture
6
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine

At the children's museum & theatre of maine, we set the stage for every child to imagine and learn through play.

Arts & Culture
7
The Connecticut River Foundation At Steamboat Dock Inc

The connecticut river museum's mission is to deepen appreciation of the river's history and to inspire its stewardship by providing unique educational and recreational experiences to diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
8
The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust

Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…

Animals
9
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc

The museum's mission is to celebrate maine's role in american art. to accomplish that mission the museum provides an extensive offering of collections, exhibitions, education and retail services to the general public.

Arts & Culture
10
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc

To protect the nature of massachusetts for people and for wildlife through education, land conservation, advocacy, scientific research, and habitat stewardship/restoration.

Environment
11
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
12
The Maritime Aquarium At Norwalk Inc

The maritime aquarium at norwalk seeks to ignite a connection to long island sound and the ocean to enrich the lives of all people and inspire action to protect our blue planet.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Handel and Haydn Society; the most unlike its peers is Camp Rusk Foundation Inc. 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

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 42 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIA: $56,400 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PICCOLA ACCADEMIAFALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRA: $15,000 · OtherFALMOUTH CHAMBER PLAYERS ORCHESTRAIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYALE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: $12,000 · OtherYALE COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSIndividual grant recipient: $9,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBATH AREA FOOD BANK: $7,000 · OtherKENNEBEC EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL: $6,000 · OtherMSSPA: $5,000 · Other+11 more: $19,500 · Other+11 moreMaine Maritime Museum: $41,000 · Arts & CultureMaine Maritime MuseumMAINE FIBERARTS: $19,500 · Arts & CultureMAINE FIBERARTSMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $11,000 · Arts & CultureMaine Public Broadcasting Corpo…HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETYCHOCOLATE CHURCH ARTS CENTER: $8,100 · Arts & CultureCHOCOLATE CHURCH ARTS CENTERORCHESTRA NEW ENGLAND: $7,000 · Arts & CultureORCHESTRA NEW ENGLAND+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureA PAW IN THE DOOR: $55,000 · AnimalsA PAW IN THE DOORTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $13,000 · AnimalsTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATIONCAMP RUSK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · AnimalsCAMP RUSK FOUNDATION INC+4 more: $4,250 · AnimalsPATTEN FREE LIBRARY: $7,000 · EducationTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $2,000 · EducationROOM TO READ: $1,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $1,000 · EducationGood Shepherd Food Bank: $8,000 · Food & NutritionPets for Vets Inc: $1,500 · Public BenefitNorth Shore Audubon Society: $1,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$142,900Arts & Culture$97,600Animals$82,250Education$13,000Food & Nutrition$8,000Public Benefit$1,500Environment$1,000Health$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA PAW IN THE DOOR: $55,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetMaine Maritime Museum: $41,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMAINE FIBERARTS: $19,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP RUSK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetCHOCOLATE CHURCH ARTS CENTER: $8,100 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORCHESTRA NEW ENGLAND: $7,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCONNECTICUT CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPets for Vets Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Shore Audubon Society: $1,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetROOM TO READ: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF LONG ISLAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHESPERUS: $1,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 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.

Ibm International Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ibm International FoundationNY12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Edgard & Geraldine Feder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edgard & Geraldine Feder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Handel and Haydn Society: 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Edgard & Geraldine Feder 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 42 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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