Maine · Private foundation
Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2024
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,948
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $333,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $51M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 45 | $1.1M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $1.8M | 65% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $2.1M | 69% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.5M | 88% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $147k | 87% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $513k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Inc | $1,358,333 | 4 | 8% |
| Neighborhood Music School Inc | $1,350,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation | $720,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $525,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Maine Mountain Collaborative | $321,435 | 5 | 45% |
| Chewonki Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Treasure Caretaker Training | $260,000 | 2 | 90% |
| Cold Spring School Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Forest Society of Maine | $190,021 | 5 | 2% |
| Blackfoot Challenge Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 6% |
Show all 23 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 118 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · Ibm International Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research with peer funders
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About Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research
- How much does Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research give?
- Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research reported 46 grants totaling $1,125,846 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Environment (15%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Inc ($1.4M), Neighborhood Music School Inc ($1.4M), Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation ($720k).
- Does Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Ibm International Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research based?
- Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research is based in ME.
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