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Laurence B Flood Foundation Inc

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.

$237k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$367kEnvironment$296kFood & Nutrition$137kCommunity Improvement$101kInternational$40kHealth$31kAnimals$31kArts & Culture$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $108k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Blue Hill Community Development$100,000
George Stevens Academy$35,000
Blue Hill Heritage Trust$25,000
The Rising Tide Media$15,000
Ukraine Trust Chain$12,500
FoodDrop L3C$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Xavier University of Louisiana$5,000
Bagaduce River Equine Rescue$5,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$3,333
MDI Biological Laboratory$2,000
Blue Hill Northern Light Hospital$1,000
Good Shepherd Food Bank$1,000
The Land Institute$1,000
Blue Hill Public Library$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry: $500 → 11%Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry: $500 → 11%Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry: $500 → 11%Tree of Life: $3k → 11%Tree of Life: $3k → 11%Tree of Life: $2k → 11%Tree of Life: $1k → 11%Tree of Life: $1k → 11%Tree of Life: $1k → 11%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
NH
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
MD
AZ
KS
DC
LA
GA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$915k · 37 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
20

Total granted

$915k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+39%

Still filing today

70%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationHealthInternationalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GS
    George Stevens Academy
    6× · 2020–2025 · $290k · revenue +1%
  • XU
    XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $33k · revenue +19%
  • BR
    Bagaduce River Equine Rescue
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +203%

Funded once

  • HI
    HEALTHY ISLAND PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue 0%
  • CO
    CORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • E
    EBHVIA
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
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
Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…

Arts & Culture
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
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
5
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
6
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

To improve human health by discovering fundamental mechanisms of tissue repair, aging and regeneration, translating our discoveries for the benefit of medicine and society, and developing the next generation of scientific leaders.

Science & Tech
7
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
8
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
9
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
10
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
11
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blue Hill Heritage Trust; the most unlike its peers is Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. 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

38 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. 38 of the 66 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
25/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

George Stevens Academy: $289,800 · EducationGeorge Stevens AcademyXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $33,000 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA+5 more: $28,500 · Education+5 moreBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $255,000 · EnvironmentBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST+7 more: $14,516 · Environment+7 moreTilth Arts & Agriculture: $86,250 · OtherTilth Arts & AgricultureGreat Pond Mountain Trust: $27,000 · OtherGreat Pond Mountain TrustOld Surry Village School: $20,160 · OtherOld Surry Village SchoolFoodDrop L3C: $17,500 · OtherFoodDrop L3CIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherHEALTHY ISLAND PROJECT INC: $12,500 · OtherTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $9,500 · OtherGood Shepherd Food Bank: $15,800 · OtherGood Shepherd Food BankTREE OF LIFE INC: $9,500 · Other+32 more: $48,250 · Other+32 moreBLUE HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $100,000 · Community ImprovementBLUE HILL …UKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN: $33,000 · InternationalPartners for World Health: $5,000 · International+3 more: $1,500 · InternationalBagaduce River Equine Rescue: $31,000 · AnimalsFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $15,400 · PhilanthropyRISING TIDE MEDIA: $15,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · Philanthropy
Education$351,300Environment$269,516Other$256,460Community Improvement$100,000International$39,500Animals$31,000Philanthropy$30,900

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 budgetGeorge Stevens Academy: $289,800 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $255,000 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $33,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN: $33,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBagaduce River Equine Rescue: $31,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $15,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $15,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRISING TIDE MEDIA: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHEALTHY ISLAND PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREE OF LIFE INC: $9,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $6,666 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Land Institute: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartners for World Health: $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSustainable Harvest International: $3,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBEACON ACADEMY INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $2,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARK: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Neurologic Diseases Inc: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY: $1,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEDGWICK-BROOKLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHANCOCK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE HILL SOCIETY FOR AID TO CHILDREN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDowneast Chapter of Maine Audubon: $150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL LEGAL SERVICES INC DBA PRISONERS' LEGAL SVCS: $100 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds George Stevens Academy ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds UKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN ↗
  • Who funds Bagaduce River Equine Rescue ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds RISING TIDE MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY ISLAND PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds TREE OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds The Land Institute ↗
  • Who funds NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Partners for World Health ↗
  • Who funds Sustainable Harvest International ↗
  • Who funds BEACON ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Farmland Trust ↗
  • Who funds SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Neurologic Diseases Inc ↗
  • Who funds SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LOAVES & FISHES FOOD PANTRY INC ↗

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…Prior Family Foundati…The Clements Family C…Becton Family Foundat…Boston Foundation IncTaber Foundation-TrCharlotte's WebThe Gb Knecht Foundat…Lojo FoundationThe Martin FoundationThe Thomas B Stanley …Francis T & Louis T N…
Maine Community Foundation IncME32.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Prior Family Foundation · The Clements Family Charitable Trust · Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee · Boston Foundation Inc · Taber Foundation-Tr · Charlotte's Web · The Gb Knecht Foundation · Lojo Foundation · The Martin Foundation · The Thomas B Stanley Jr and Ruth B Stanley Family Foundation Inc · Francis T & Louis T Nichols 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Laurence B Flood Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laurence B Flood Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Beacon Academy Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Laurence B Flood Foundation Inc 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 66 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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