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Louise Judith and Edgar May Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Louise Judith and Edgar May Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$102k
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$41kArts & Culture$40kEducation$33kRecreation & Sports$28kHuman Services$27kFood & Nutrition$21kCrime & Legal$19kPhilanthropy$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k41 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VERMONT LEGAL AID$10,000
VERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA$6,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
COPLEY HOSPITAL$5,000
USCRI$5,000
JENNA'S PROMISE$5,000
WINDHAM FOUNDATION INC$5,000
VERMONT FOODBANK$5,000
CHILL$3,000
VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN$3,000
MT ASCUTNEY OUTDOORS$3,000
MARTHA'S COMMUNITY KITCHEN$3,000
DISMAS OF VERMONT$3,000
LAMOILLE RESTORATIVE CENTER$3,000
SHELBURNE FARMS$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SPRINGFIELD AREA PARENT CHILD CTR: $1k → 9%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $8k → 9%LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER: $3k → 9%SHELBURNE FOOD SHELF: $1k → 10%HOWARD CENTER: $2k → 10%HOWARD CENTER: $1k → 10%HOWARD CENTER: $1k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 10%LUND FAMILY CENTER: $1k → 10%KING STREET CENTER: $1k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 10%KING STREET CENTER: $1k → 10%KING STREET CENTER: $1k → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 10%LUND FAMILY CENTER: $500 → 10%HOWARD CENTER: $250 → 10%SPECTRUM YOUTH FAMILY SVCS: $150 → 10%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$399k · 42 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
15

Total granted

$399k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+62%

Still filing today

55%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JT
    Jenna Tatro Memorial Fund
    4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +16%
  • CH
    Copley Hospital Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +22%
  • LR
    LAMOILLE RESTORATIVE CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $14k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue -7%
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
Vermont Center for Family Studies

Our mission is to strengthen families and communities by improving human relationships. We do this through the training of expert family therapists, advisors, leaders, and family members in Bowen Family Systems Theory.

Human Services
2
Vermont Family Network Inc

Vfn's mission is to empower and support all vermont families of children with special needs.

Human Services
3
Cooperation Vermont

The mission of cooperation vermont is to build thriving community economic and enviromental democracy.

Community Improvement
4
Gunsensevt

To ensure all vermonters are free from gun violence

Civil Rights
5
Vermont Realtors Charitable Foundation Inc
Public Benefit
6
Hunger Free Vermont Inc

To end the injustice of hunger for everyone and prioritize the people most affected by hunger to make a permanent systemic change.

Crime & Legal
7
Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs Inc

The vermont coalition of runaway and homeless youth programs mission is to ensure that youth have access to the support services they need to be safe and stable. to accomplish this, the coalition works to: ensure continued funding for…

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8
Groundworks Collaborative Inc

Groundworks collaborative, inc. provides emergency shelter, housing assistance & a food shelf for homeless persons.

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9
Elevate Youth Services Inc

Elevate's mission is to promote safety, competence, and confidence as youth create their path through adolescence and into adulthood.elevate provides a wide range of innovative and effective programs that empower and enrich the lives of…

Human Services
10
United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc

Our mission is to build a stronger northwest vermont by mobilizing our community to improve people's lives. united way isn't just our name - it's how we work. we bring together individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and government entities…

Philanthropy
11
Feed Every Need

Feed Every Need is fighting hunger and food insecurity in Vermont by providing prepared meals to partner organizations for distribution to htose in need.

Food & Nutrition
12
Vermont Psychological Services Former Behavior Therapy & Psychotherapy

Provide psychology & counseling to members of society who display behavior & psychological problems.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vermont Foodbank; the most unlike its peers is The Windham Foundation Inc. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 68 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)
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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

Individual grant recipient: $46,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA: $37,000 · OtherVERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRATHE WINDHAM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE WINDHAM FOUNDATION INCCOCHRAN'S SKI CENTER: $18,000 · OtherCOCHRAN'S SKI CENTERCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE SINGLE PARENTS: $16,000 · OtherCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE SINGLE PARENTSCHILL: $14,000 · OtherUSCRI: $10,000 · Other+40 more: $121,363 · Other+40 moreJenna Tatro Memorial Fund: $17,500 · HealthJenna Tatro…Copley Hospital Inc: $14,500 · HealthCopley Hosp…THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER: $13,000 · HealthTHE UNIVERS…+1 more: $500 · HealthLAMOILLE RESTORATIVE CENTER INC: $13,500 · Crime & LegalVERMONT LEGAL AID INC: $12,500 · Crime & LegalDismas of Vermont Inc: $6,000 · Crime & LegalLAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesHowardCenter Inc: $4,250 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $3,150 · Human ServicesKING STREET CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesLund Family Center Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesSHELBURNE FOOD SHELF INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD AREA PARENT CHILD CENTER: $1,000 · Human ServicesVERMONT FOODBANK: $9,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHAS KITCHEN: $8,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionMt Ascutney Outdoors Inc: $9,500 · Recreation & SportsKIDS ON THE BALL INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsSHELBURNE FARMS: $14,000 · Environment
Other$282,363Health$45,500Crime & Legal$32,000Human Services$24,900Food & Nutrition$18,000Recreation & Sports$14,500Environment$14,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE WINDHAM FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJenna Tatro Memorial Fund: $17,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCopley Hospital Inc: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAMOILLE RESTORATIVE CENTER INC: $13,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT LEGAL AID INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMt Ascutney Outdoors Inc: $9,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetVERMONT FOODBANK: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHAS KITCHEN: $8,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMENTOR Vermont Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDismas of Vermont Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $5,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS ON THE BALL INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHowardCenter Inc: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $3,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKING STREET CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOUTRIGHT VERMONT: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $2,063 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLund Family Center Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATAMOUNT TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHELBURNE FOOD SHELF INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe North End Food Pantry Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommon Roots Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 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 THE WINDHAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Jenna Tatro Memorial Fund ↗
  • Who funds Copley Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHELBURNE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds LAMOILLE RESTORATIVE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT LEGAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds LAMOILLE FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Mt Ascutney Outdoors Inc ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds MARTHAS KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds MENTOR Vermont Inc ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Dismas of Vermont Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS ON THE BALL INC ↗
  • Who funds HowardCenter Inc ↗
  • Who funds PREVENT CHILD ABUSE VERMONT ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds KING STREET CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTRIGHT VERMONT ↗

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.

The Vermont Community…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…National Life Group C…United Way of Northwe…Community Bank Na Fou…Fanny Allen Corporati…Oakland Foundation IncGeorge W Mergens Foun…The Kelsey TrustFrancis T & Louis T N…The Windham Foundatio…Agnes M Lindsay Trust
The Vermont Community FoundationVT42.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc · Community Bank Na Foundation of New England Inc · Fanny Allen Corporation · Oakland Foundation Inc · George W Mergens Foundation · The Kelsey Trust · Francis T & Louis T Nichols Foundation · The Windham Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay 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 Louise Judith and Edgar May Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Louise Judith and Edgar May Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 34%
  • Vermont Legal Aid Inc: 72% of income from government
  • Prevent Child Abuse Vermont: 58% of income from government
  • Lamoille Restorative Center Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Mentor Vermont Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Springfield Area Parent Child Center: 53% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
  • King Street Center Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Dismas of Vermont Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Lamoille Family Center Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Lund Family Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Club of Burlington Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
  • Outright Vermont: 13% of income from government
  • HowardCenter Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Simmons University: 1% of income from government
  • The Windham Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The University of Vermont Medical Center: 1% of income from government
  • Common Roots Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Copley Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely 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 Louise Judith and Edgar May 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 68 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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