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Margaret Ann Grinnell Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Margaret Ann Grinnell Charitable 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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$58kCivil Rights$25kEnvironment$14kHousing & Shelter$12kEducation$11kArts & Culture$8kPhilanthropy$7kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$290k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREY FARM GIVING DAF$25,000
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 (FY18–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, 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%EQUALITY MAINE FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%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
MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
MD
AZ
AL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$139k · 23 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
9

Total granted

$139k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
0%

Still filing today

65%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsEducationPublic BenefitCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AC
    A CLIMATE TO THRIVE
    6× · 2018–2024 · $8k · revenue +26%
  • NEO Philanthropy Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $7k · revenue +27%
  • MP
    MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • EF
    EqualityMaine Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +76%
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 Climate Action Now

MCAN catalyzes transformative education and action in response to the climate crisis. We seek to honor, unite and amplify the voices of youth, frontline communities, and others historically excluded from the climate conversation and…

Environment
2
EqualityMaine

EqualityMaine works to protect and advance full equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Mainers by creating an inclusive and intersectional movement through political action, community building, education,…

Civil Rights
3
Nh Center for Justice & Equity

We elevate and empower people of color in New Hampshire by fostering connections, changing systems, and meeting community needs to make a better Granite State where all belong.

Civil Rights
4
Maine Equal Justice Partners

Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization working to increase economic security, opportunity and equity for people in Maine.

Crime & Legal
5
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center

The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center serves as a hub of collaboration that strengthens the immigrant community through language acquisition, economic integration and civic engagement.

Human Services
6
Maine Media College

Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…

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7
Maine GearShare

To provide access to outdoor gear and know-how through a collaborative, equity-centered approach.

Recreation & Sports
8
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
9
Right to Democracy Project

Advance democracy, equity, and self-determination in U.S. territories through participatory advocacy, narrative and cultural change, and ecosystem building.

Civil Rights
10
American Civil Liberties Union of Maine

Mission - the aclu of maine works to support bills that advance civil rights and civil liberties and oppose bills that would curtail them. we also provide voter education about how to vote and voting rights at the polls. we do not endorse…

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11
The Alliance for Collective Action

The Alliance for Collective Action convenes leaders of environmental and social movements to advance solutions for a thriving planet. We advance our mission through the Alliance Center building and community, as well as through Collective…

Environment
12
Presente Maine

To empower displaced indigenous and Afro-Latinx peoples of Maine through survival programs, community power building, cultural celebration, and transformative healing practice.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Grieving Children; the most unlike its peers is The Community School of Mount Desert. 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREY FARM GIVING DAF: $55,000 · OtherGREY FARM GIVING DAFTIDES FOUNDATIONMOVEMENT: $12,000 · OtherTIDES FOUNDATIONMOVEMENTEQUITY MAINE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherEQUITY MAINE FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MT DESERT ISLAND: $6,000 · OtherMAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherCOLOR OF CHANGE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $4,000 · Other+15 more: $24,153 · Other+15 moreA CLIMATE TO THRIVE: $8,285 · EnvironmentUnicorn Riot: $3,000 · Arts & CultureAbbe Museum: $2,500 · Arts & CultureIndigo Arts Alliance: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNEO Philanthropy Inc: $7,000 · Public BenefitISLAND READERS & WRITERS AN INITIATIVE FOR MAINE CHILDREN: $3,589 · EducationTHE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MOUNT DESERT: $1,500 · EducationCAMP BEECH CLIFF: $3,089 · Recreation & SportsIn Her Presence: $2,000 · Community ImprovementBOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$119,153Environment$8,285Arts & Culture$7,500Public Benefit$7,000Education$5,089Recreation & Sports$3,089Community Improvement$3,000

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 budgetA CLIMATE TO THRIVE: $8,285 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND READERS & WRITERS AN INITIATIVE FOR MAINE CHILDREN: $3,589 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP BEECH CLIFF: $3,089 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUnicorn Riot: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN TABLE MDI: $2,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHEALTHY ACADIA: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAbbe Museum: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndigo Arts Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIn Her Presence: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEqualityMaine Foundation: $1,553 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMount Desert Land and Garden Preserve: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $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 A CLIMATE TO THRIVE ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAINE PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND READERS & WRITERS AN INITIATIVE FOR MAINE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CAMP BEECH CLIFF ↗
  • Who funds Unicorn Riot ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN TABLE MDI ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY ACADIA ↗
  • Who funds Abbe Museum ↗
  • Who funds Indigo Arts Alliance ↗
  • Who funds In Her Presence ↗
  • Who funds EqualityMaine Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Alliance for Global Justice Corp ↗
  • Who funds Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MOUNT DESERT ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON UJIMA PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN ↗

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…Elmina B Sewall Found…Maine InitiativesincCornelia Cogswell Ros…Onion FoundationHattie a and Fred C L…ImpactassetsincDevonwood Foundation …Gerrish H Milliken Fo…Colket Family Foundat…Maine Humanities Coun…Florence V Burden Fou…
Maine Community Foundation IncME28.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Maine Initiativesinc · Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · Hattie a and Fred C Lynam Trust · Impactassetsinc · Devonwood Foundation 009606-007 · Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 · Colket Family Foundation · Maine Humanities Council · Florence V Burden 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 Margaret Ann Grinnell Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Ann Grinnell Charitable 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 32 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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