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Ganlee Fund

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.1M
Granted FY2019
58
Grants FY2019
54
Organizations funded FY2019
15%
First-time grantees FY2019
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Median grant, FY2019
$500
Largest grant, FY2019
$921,814
Organizations funded a year
47 to 54
FY2017 to FY2019
States reached, FY2019
11
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 15% of the organizations Ganlee Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19
InternationalEducationAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY201954$2.1M15%
FY201848$80k10%
FY201747$80kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$1.8MArts & Culture$172kHealth$81kEnvironment$44kEducation$33kInternational$22kAnimals$14kScience & Tech$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Historic Sotterley Inc$160,500311%
Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley Inc$60,00031%
Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation$18,0003n/a
Friends of Acadia$15,00030%
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation$15,00030%
Orange County Land Trust Inc$10,00031%
College of the Atlantic$10,00020%
Sidwell Friends School$8,5003n/a
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park$8,00030%
Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving$6,00031%
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All grantees of Ganlee Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Historic Sotterley Inc$160,500311%
Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley Inc$60,00031%
Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation$18,0003n/a
Friends of Acadia$15,00030%
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation$15,00030%
Orange County Land Trust Inc$10,00031%
College of the Atlantic$10,00020%
Sidwell Friends School$8,5003n/a
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park$8,00030%
Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving$6,00031%
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory$5,50030%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Hancock Count$5,00030%
Rocking the Boat Inc$5,00030%
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries$4,50030%
Neighborhood House Club$4,50030%
Acadia Wildlife Foundation$4,50032%
Jesup Memorial Library$3,50030%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$3,50030%
Yoga Gives Back$3,50031%
International Partners in Mission$3,0003n/a
Patuxent Tidewater Land Tr$2,60030%
Mount Desert Island Historical Society$2,00030%
The Pierpont Morgan Library$1,80030%
American Indian College Fund$1,60020%
The Sanctuary for Animals Inc$1,50018%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$1,50030%
Acadia Family Center$1,50030%
The Jackson Laboratory$1,50030%
Abbe Museum$1,50030%
A Wider Circle Inc$1,40030%
Clean Water Fund$1,00020%
Mount Desert Nursing Assoc$1,00020%
The Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Inc$1,00030%
Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County$1,00020%
Friends of McGill University Inc$95030%
Earthjustice$92530%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$90030%
International Rescue Committee INC$80020%
National Parks Conservation Association$75030%
School Year Abroad Inc$70030%
The Chapin School Ltd$65030%
Some Inc$65020%
Casey Trees$55030%
Rock Creek Conservancy Inc$55030%
Maine Farmland Trust$50010%
Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties Inc$50010%
Bokamoso Youth Foundation$5001n/a
Smile Train Inc$47530%
Bread for the City Inc$4502n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$30030%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$25020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20010%
Ocean Conservancy$15010%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$15010%
The Wilderness Society$10010%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ganlee Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHistoric Sotterley Inc: $160,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHazelden Betty Ford Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOrange County Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCollege of the Atlantic: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSchoodic Institute at Acadia National Park: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carving: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMount Desert Island Biological Laboratory: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Hancock Count: $5,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRocking the Boat Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Center for Coastal Fisheries: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood House Club: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAcadia Wildlife Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetJesup Memorial Library: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoga Gives Back: $3,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPatuxent Tidewater Land Tr: $2,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMount Desert Island Historical Society: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sanctuary for Animals Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetGulf of Maine Research Institute: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAcadia Family Center: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jackson Laboratory: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAbbe Museum: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA Wider Circle Inc: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClean Water Fund: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMount Desert Nursing Assoc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHospice Volunteers of Hancock County: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of McGill University Inc: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $925 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSchool Year Abroad Inc: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chapin School Ltd: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSome Inc: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCasey Trees: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRock Creek Conservancy Inc: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $475 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 50.

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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.

Maine Community Foundation IncME27.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Colket Family Foundation · Ethel D Colket Foundation · Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc · Florence V Burden Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Nature Conservancy · Hattie a and Fred C Lynam Trust · The Robert P and Arlene R Kogod Family Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Janet Stone Jones Foundation · The Medway Charitable Trust

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.

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How do I get to Ganlee Fund?

Find your warmest path to Ganlee Fund 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.

About Ganlee Fund

How much does Ganlee Fund give?
Ganlee Fund reported 58 grants totaling $2,073,628 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
What does Ganlee Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Arts & Culture (8%), Health (4%).
Who are Ganlee Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Historic Sotterley Inc ($161k), Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley Inc ($60k), Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation ($18k).
Does Ganlee Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2019, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ganlee Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ganlee Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Colket Family Foundation, Ethel D Colket Foundation.
Where is Ganlee Fund based?
Ganlee Fund is based in NY.

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 62 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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