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Lawrence Family Foundation

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.7MHealth$281kArts & Culture$192kRecreation & Sports$182kFood & Nutrition$114kEnvironment$70kEducation$50kCommunity Improvement$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $130k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $309k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BANGOR REGION YMCA$1,400,000
Individual grant recipient$123,573
CAMP CAPELLA$100,000
NORTHERN LIGHT EMMC FOUNDATION$85,000
GRANGE GRAPPLER CLUB$40,000
THE BAY SCHOOL$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
RED CROSS$20,000
GOOD SHEPARD FOOD BANK$20,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$8,500
BANGOR AREA HOMELESS SHELTER$5,000
BLUE HILL LIBRARY$5,000
HOSPICE OF HANCOCK COUNTY$3,000
COTTONTAIL COTTAGE FARM SANCTUARY$2,000
DOWNEAST WOOD BANK$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BANGOR REGION YMCA: $1.4M → 15%CAMP CAPELLA: $100k → 11%DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $2k → 11%DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNER'S: $1k → 11%DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNER'S: $1k → 11%FAMILIES FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 11%FAMILIES FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 11%FAMILIES FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 11%SPECIAL CHILDRENS FRIENDS: $250 → 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.
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 40 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
28

Total granted

$1.2M
$309k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+202%

Still filing today

38%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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
    Good Shepherd Food Bank
    8× · 2018–2025 · $76k · revenue +83%
  • BH
    BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST
    6× · 2019–2025 · $57k · revenue +126%
  • MG
    MAINE GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $28k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BANGOR REGIONAL YMCA
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • ER
    ELLSWORTH ROTARY CLUB
    one grant, 2024 · $35k
  • AF
    ACADIA FIRE SOCCER CLUB
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
Penobscot Community Health Center

Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1997 that is governed by a Board of community volunteers and is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine. PCHC is driven by its mission…

Health
2
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
3
Maine Health Access Foundation Inc
Health
4
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
5
Bangor Historical Society

Bangor Historical Society's Mission is to share the region's rich history with the community and its visitors through research, education and programs.

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6
Southern New Hampshire Health System Inc

Southern New Hampshire Health is dedicated to providing exceptional care that improves the health and well-being of individuals and communities we serve.

Health
7
Vna Home Health & Hospice Northern Light Home Care & Hospice

VNA Home Health & Hospice d/b/a Northern Light Home Care & Hospice provides clinically excellent, compassionate home health and hospice care to individuals and families

Health
8
Bangor Theological Seminary
Religion
9
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
10
Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital

The Hospital is a not-for-profit entity established to provide health care services through its acute care facility and physician practices.

Health
11
Acadia Hospital Corp Northern Light Acadia Hospital

The primary mission and significant activities of Acadia Hospital, Corp. d/b/a Northern Light Acadia Hospital are the provision of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults.

Health
12
Inland Hospital Northern Light Inland Hospital

To care for and serve our community by providing Healthcare Services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Downeast Community Partners Inc; the most unlike its peers is Acadia Choral Society. 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

31 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. 31 of the 78 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1,400,000 · Human ServicesBANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONCAMP CAPELLA INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCAMP CAPELLA INC+3 more: $5,250 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient: $284,569 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE BANGOR REGIONAL YMCA: $200,000 · OtherTHE BANGOR REGIONAL YMCANORTHERN LIGHT EMMC FOUNDATION: $130,000 · OtherNORTHERN LIGHT EMMC FOUNDATIONNORTHERN LIGHT EMMC FOUNDAT: $120,000 · OtherNORTHERN LIGHT EMMC FOUNDATHOLDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $68,000 · OtherHOLDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETYGRANGE GRAPPLER CLUB: $50,000 · Other+55 more: $389,850 · Other+55 moreTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $85,000 · HealthISLAND NURSING HOME INC: $18,000 · HealthISLAND HEALTH & WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthGood Shepherd Food Bank: $76,000 · Food & NutritionBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $57,028 · EnvironmentMAINE GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION: $28,000 · Community ImprovementBLUE HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,000 · Community ImprovementBLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5,000 · EducationTHE BLUE HILL HARBOR SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationBangor Area Recovery Network Inc: $1,000 · EducationSTONINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,000 · Education
Human Services$1,505,250Other$1,242,419Health$107,250Food & Nutrition$76,000Environment$57,028Community Improvement$43,000Education$9,000

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 budgetCAMP CAPELLA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $76,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $57,028 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetMAINE GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION: $28,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE BAY SCHOOL: $26,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE BANGOR AREA HOMELESS SHELTER: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetISLAND NURSING HOME INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBLUE HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetBLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetISLAND HEALTH & WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE VOLUNTEERS OF HANCOCK COUNTY: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBLUE HILL FIRE COMPANY: $3,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BLUE HILL HARBOR SCHOOL: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMAINE DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOTTONTAIL COTTAGE FARM SANCTUARY: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBangor Humane Society: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamilies First Community Center: $1,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph Healthcare Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKennebec Valley YMCA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY PENINSULA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBangor Area Recovery Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSTONINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL CHILDRENS FRIENDS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY ACADIA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADIA CHORAL SOCIETY: $100 over 1y, 0.3% 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 BANGOR YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP CAPELLA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MAINE GROCERS & FOOD PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE BANGOR AREA HOMELESS SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND NURSING HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds BLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND HEALTH & WELLNESS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS 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…Bangor Savings Bank F…Fisher Charitable Fou…Davis Family Foundati…Becton Family Foundat…Heart of Maine United…The Clements Family C…Machias Savings Bank …Stephen & Tabitha Kin…Elmina B Sewall Found…The Thomas B Stanley …Prior Family Foundati…
Maine Community Foundation IncME48.3× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee · Heart of Maine United Way · The Clements Family Charitable Trust · Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · The Thomas B Stanley Jr and Ruth B Stanley Family Foundation Inc · Prior Family 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 Lawrence Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Lawrence Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lawrence Family Foundation 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 78 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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