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Homer Family Foundation at a glance

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Homer 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.

$147k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$363kHealth$82kRecreation & Sports$78kHuman Services$26kYouth Development$15kArts & Culture$14kCommunity Improvement$13kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATE$50,000
KENNEBUNK BEACH IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION$50,000
FBXO31 FOUNDATION$25,000
SPECIAL SURFERS$15,000
KENNEBUNK BEACH IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION$2,675
THE WOODY FOUNDATION INC$1,500
BELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC$1,000
WORLD OF CHANGE$500
LOON ECHO LAND TRUST INC$500
LOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$300
NEW ENGLAND SKI MUSEUM$250
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 (FY17–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EASTER SEALS NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $5k → 7%SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $15k → 7%WEBHANNET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 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
VT
NH
MA
IA
UT
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$527k · 15 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
14

Total granted

$527k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
+22%

Still filing today

87%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2024 · $223k · revenue +35%
  • BH
    BELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +141%
  • KB
    KENNEBUNK BEACH IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $58k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • SW
    SWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +21%
  • ES
    Easter Seals New Hampshire Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +76%
  • TR
    TURTLE RIDGE FOUNDATION INC MILLER-WHITEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +29%
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
Kennebunk Land Trust

Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.

Environment
2
New England Handicapped Sports Association

NEHSA is a volunteer non-profit organization operated for and by individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to integrate individuals into society through sports and social activities.

—
3
Newburyport Maritime Society Inc

To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History

Arts & Culture
4
Camp Casco Inc

Camp Casco builds community for families affected by childhood cancer in New England through free camps and social opportunities.

Recreation & Sports
5
Bowdoin International Music Festival

The mission of the Bowdoin International Music Festival is to provide gifted young musicians from around the world with an opportunity to study with world-class artists, and to provide audiences with classical music performed to the…

Arts & Culture
6
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
7
Mount Snow Adaptive Sports Inc

Adaptive Sports at Mount Snow is a volunteer-driven non-profit that provides adaptive sports, recreational opportunities and educational experiences to the Mount Snow community and its visitors throughout the year. Adaptive Sports at Mount…

—
8
The Sunapee New Hampshire Historical Society

To bring together those persons interested in the history of Sunapee and in the collection of, preservation and exhibition of documents, photographs and artifacts pertaining to that history.

—
9
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
10
Boothbay Harbor Waterfront Preservation

The organization aims to enhance the traditional character of Boothbay Harbor, with a particular focus on protecting the working waterfront and expanding public access to the water for the benefit of both residents and visitors.

Environment
11
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
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12
Somerset Woods Trustees

To conserve lands with significant ecological or cultural resources and manage them in a sustainable way for public benefit.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Webhannet Charitable Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is FBXO31 Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 31 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $223,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATEDBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $135,000 · EducationBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC+3 more: $3,350 · EducationKENNEBUNK BEACH IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION: $57,675 · OtherKENNEBUNK BEACH IM…World of Change: $13,000 · OtherWorld of ChangeThe Woody Foundation Inc dba The Way Forward Foundation: $9,500 · OtherThe Woody Foundati…Cross Roads House Inc: $6,500 · OtherCross Roads House …BRIDGTON COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,500 · OtherBRIDGTON COMMUNITY…+5 more: $8,100 · Other+5 moreMaineHealth: $40,000 · HealthMaineHealthFBXO31 FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthFBXO31 FOUND…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthSPECIAL SURFERS: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsSWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentTURTLE RIDGE FOUNDATION INC MILLER-WHITE: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentNEW ENGLAND SKI MUSEUM INC: $10,750 · Arts & CulturePRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & Culture
Education$361,350Other$100,275Health$66,000Recreation & Sports$25,000Human Services$20,500Youth Development$14,500Arts & Culture$11,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $223,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $135,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKENNEBUNK BEACH IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION: $57,675 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMaineHealth: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFBXO31 FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetSPECIAL SURFERS: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSWIMMING WITH A MISSION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWorld of Change: $13,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ENGLAND SKI MUSEUM INC: $10,750 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe Woody Foundation Inc dba The Way Forward Foundation: $9,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCross Roads House Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGTON COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEaster Seals New Hampshire Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURTLE RIDGE FOUNDATION INC MILLER-WHITE: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBridgton Academy: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLoon Echo Land Trust Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE HELP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOUIS T GRAVES MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $850 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTOMMY MCNAMARA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDARTMOUTH DRAGON FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEBHANNET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKENNEBUNKPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

New Hampshire Charita…The Bauman Family Fou…The William J J Gordo…Bangor Savings Bank F…Davis Family Foundati…Bny Mellon Charitable…Maine Community Found…Eastern Bank Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Bauman Family Foundation Inc · The William J J Gordon Family Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Homer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Homer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 31 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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