· Private foundation
Lucia P Fulton Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $81k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $117k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN LIGHT HEALTH | $42,000 |
| NORTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $35,000 |
| PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM | $17,500 |
| CONNECTICUT FOOD BANK | $11,000 |
| GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK | $11,000 |
| PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM | $9,900 |
| MAINE TREE FOUNDATION | $7,700 |
| CUSHINGWHITNEY MEDICAL LIBRARY YALE UNIVERSITY | $6,600 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN | $6,600 |
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC | $5,500 |
| MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST | $5,500 |
| ROBERT ABBE MUSEUM | $5,500 |
| HOPE AND JUSTICE PROJECT | $5,000 |
| LOAVES AND FISHES - ELLSWORTH | $5,000 |
| MAINE FOREST AND LOGGING MUSEUM INC | $3,300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of Lucia P Fulton Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in MA; by stated purpose, 97%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GSGood Shepherd Food Bank6× · 2020–2025 · $69k · revenue +50%
- CFCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $66k · revenue +97%
- PMPENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM6× · 2020–2025 · $53k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- LSLITTLE SAPLINGS LLCone grant, 2022 · $55k
- HCHealthReach Community Health Centersgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +56%
- CKCamp Kesem Nationalone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +22%
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.
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.
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…
To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.
The mission of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is to inspire, engage and educate through the exhibition, preservation and collection of photographic works. The Museums programs address contemporary, historical, cultural and…
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
MFFM's mission is to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable, farmers' market community as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown food available to…
To illuminate and advance greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations' heritage, living cultures, and homelands.
The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.
The florence griswold museum seeks to promote a greater understanding of connecticut's contribution to american art and history through public exhibitions and educational programs.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds Northern Light Health Foundation ↗
- Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC ↗
- Who funds PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MAINE TREE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
- Who funds HealthReach Community Health Centers ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MAINE FOREST & LOGGING MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society ↗
- Who funds OPERATION HOPE OF FAIRFIELD INC ↗
- Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES NEW HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE AND JUSTICE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Camp Kesem National ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lucia P Fulton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lucia P Fulton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc: 15% of income from government
- Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
- Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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