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Laurel Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$62k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 36
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$25k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Laurel Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
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
FY2025still arriving33$62k18%
FY202417$24k18%
FY202331$69k29%
FY202216$33k25%
FY202128$64k32%
FY202027$65k22%
FY201933$71k15%
FY201836$103k36%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$165kEducation$146kInternational$104kHealth$59kRecreation & Sports$23kArts & Culture$22kPhilanthropy$22kFood & Nutrition$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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PA
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NE
MO
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DC
LA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Laurel Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Women's Bakery Inc$102,00072%
Sweet Briar Institute$48,50050%
North Carolina Outward Bound School$47,55080%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$44,00070%
Spring Island Trust$42,15071%
Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo$30,25040%
Port Royal Sound Foundation$21,00041%
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society$15,00181%
Sustainable Harvest International$12,00050%
Spring Island Trust Foundation Inc$11,00013%
Sierra Club Foundation$10,50070%
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$9,25060%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$7,50080%
Michigan Civic Education Fund$7,50010%
Kate Svitek Memorial Foundation$6,20071%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$5,25010%
Teach for America Inc$5,25020%
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$3,57740%
Beaufort County Open Land Trust$3,50040%
McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation$3,50020%
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society$3,10050%
Harbor Springs Chamber Foundation$3,00041%
Marin Country Day School$3,00030%
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council$2,85060%
Victory Life Center$2,5001n/a
Haverford School$2,50040%
Hopeful Horizons$2,50040%
Lower Merion Conservancy$2,00020%
Lucky Paw Foundation Inc$2,00033%
Pathfinder International$2,00020%
United Way of the Lowcountry$2,00020%
American Horticultural Society$1,76040%
City Year Inc$1,75030%
National Geographic Society$1,65040%
Katie Samson Foundation Inc$1,35035%
Rockville Presbyterian Church$1,2503n/a
Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens$1,25030%
National Park Foundation$1,00030%
Jack Reid Foundation$1,00010%
Maritime Heritage Alliance$1,00011%
Center for Plant Conservation Inc$1,00040%
National Arbor Day Foundation$1,00030%
Byerschool Foundation$75020%
Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre$75020%
Louisiana Youth Seminar Inc$50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$50010%
Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity Inc$50010%
National Organization for Women Inc$50010%
Balsam Mountain Trust$50010%
Cambiar Education$50010%
Wild Seed Project$45020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$35020%
Episcopal Academy$25010%
Low Country Institute Inc$25010%
Penn Center Inc$25010%
Happy Cat Inc$2501n/a
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25010%
The People's Light & Theatre Company$2501n/a
Girls First$25010%
The Garden Conservancy Inc$25010%
Main Line Animal Rescue Inc$25010%
Lakes Region Conservation Trust$25010%
The Chanticleer Foundation$25010%
Natural Lands Trust Inc$25010%
American University$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Laurel Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Women's Bakery Inc: $102,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetSweet Briar Institute: $48,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Carolina Outward Bound School: $47,550 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $44,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSpring Island Trust: $42,150 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBoys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo: $30,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPort Royal Sound Foundation: $21,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHarbor Springs Area Historical Society: $15,001 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSustainable Harvest International: $12,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSpring Island Trust Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $10,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $9,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc: $7,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMichigan Civic Education Fund: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKate Svitek Memorial Foundation: $6,200 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: $3,577 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBeaufort County Open Land Trust: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMcLaren Northern Michigan Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Bay Humane Society: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHarbor Springs Chamber Foundation: $3,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMarin Country Day School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTip of the Mitt Watershed Council: $2,850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHaverford School: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHopeful Horizons: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLower Merion Conservancy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLucky Paw Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetPathfinder International: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of the Lowcountry: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Horticultural Society: $1,760 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $1,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKatie Samson Foundation Inc: $1,350 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetJenkins Arboretum & Gardens: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJack Reid Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaritime Heritage Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Plant Conservation Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Arbor Day Foundation: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetByerschool Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarbor Springs Lyric Theatre: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLouisiana Youth Seminar Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLowcountry Habitat for Humanity Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Organization for Women Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBalsam Mountain Trust: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCambiar Education: $500 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 61.

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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.

Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation IncDE22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Sa Ming Foundation · The Offield Family Foundation · Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Frey Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott 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.

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About Laurel Charitable Trust

How much does Laurel Charitable Trust give?
Laurel Charitable Trust reported 33 grants totaling $62,327 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Laurel Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Education (24%), International (17%).
Who are Laurel Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Women's Bakery Inc ($102k), Sweet Briar Institute ($49k), North Carolina Outward Bound School ($48k).
Does Laurel Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Laurel Charitable Trust 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 Laurel Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Amg Charitable Gift Foundation.
Where is Laurel Charitable Trust based?
Laurel Charitable Trust is based in PA.

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 92 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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