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Ganlee Fund at a glance

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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
11
States reached
$922k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2019 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k52 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $152k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.8M
$500
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND (C VAN HEERDEN FAMILY FUND)$921,814
FIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND (GS VAN HEERDEN FUND)$921,814
HISTORIC SOTTERLEY INC$100,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY INC$52,000
HISTORIC SOTTERLEY INC$10,000
HISTORIC SOTTERLEY INC$10,000
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION$5,000
MOEGYO HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION$5,000
FRIENDS OF ACADIA$5,000
COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC$5,000
ORANGE COUNTY LAND TR$5,000
MOUNT DESERT LAND & DESERT PERSERVE$2,500
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADAIA NATIONAL PARK$2,000
THE WENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM OF BIRD CARVING$2,000
ROCKING THE BOAT INC$1,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOGA GIVES BACK: $3k → 14%HOSPICE OF ORANGE & SULLIVAN COUNTIES: $500 → 14%YOGA GIVES BACK: $500 → 14%YOGA GIVES BACK: $500 → 14%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
MN
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
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.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$383k · 49 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2019, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
3

Total granted

$383k
$800

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+97%

Still filing today

88%
100%

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%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EnvironmentEducationAnimalsInternationalHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • HS
    HISTORIC SOTTERLEY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $161k · revenue +148%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +2%
  • FO
    Friends of Acadia
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • MF
    Maine Farmland Trustgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +134%
  • OC
    OCEAN CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $150 · revenue +97%
  • AW
    AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $150 · revenue +54%
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
5
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
6
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
7
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
8
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
9
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
10
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
11
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
12
National Ecological Observatory Network Inc

To enable understanding and forecasting of the impacts of climate change, land-use change, and invasive species on continental-scale ecology by providing support for infrastructure and consistent methodologies to support research and…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is International Partners in Mission. 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

55 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. 55 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/55
Grantees still filing
45/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND (GS VAN HEERDEN FUND): $921,814 · OtherFIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND (GS VAN HEERDEN FUND)FIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND (C VAN HEERDEN FAMILY FUND): $921,814 · OtherFIDELITY DONOR ADVISED FUND (C VAN HEERDEN FAMILY FUND)HISTORIC SOTTERLEY INC: $160,500 · OtherHISTORIC SOTTERLEY INC+24 more: $121,525 · Other+24 moreFriends of Acadia: $15,000 · EnvironmentORANGE COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentSCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARK: $8,000 · EnvironmentMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $3,500 · EnvironmentPATUXENT TIDEWATER LAND TR: $2,600 · Environment+9 more: $5,175 · EnvironmentHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $1,500 · HealthMOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOC: $1,000 · HealthROCKING THE BOAT INC: $5,000 · EducationJESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $3,500 · EducationThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $1,800 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,600 · EducationA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $1,400 · EducationFRIENDS OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY INC: $950 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $850 · EducationTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $650 · EducationSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF HANCOCK COUNT: $5,000 · AnimalsACADIA WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · AnimalsTHE SANCTUARY FOR ANIMALS INC: $1,500 · AnimalsGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,500 · Animals+1 more: $150 · AnimalsMount Desert Island Biological Laboratory: $5,500 · Science & TechMaine Center for Coastal Fisheries: $4,500 · Science & TechWENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM OF BIRD CARVING: $6,000 · Arts & CultureAbbe Museum: $1,500 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $300 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,125,653Environment$44,275Health$17,500Education$15,750Animals$12,650Science & Tech$10,000Arts & Culture$7,800

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 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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $850 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $300 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 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.

Maine Community Found…Colket Family Foundat…Ethel D Colket Founda…Cornelia Cogswell Ros…Florence V Burden Fou…The Chicago Community…The Nature ConservancyHattie a and Fred C L…The Robert P and Arle…Davis Family Foundati…Janet Stone Jones Fou…The Medway Charitable…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ganlee Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ganlee Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Rock Creek Conservancy Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Historic Sotterley Inc: 28% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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

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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.

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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