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Mennen Environmental Foundation

The specific and primary purpose of the Mennen Environmental Foundation is to engage in charitable, educational, and scientific activities as a supporting organization, which operates programs to protect, preserve and enchance the natural environment.

$364k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$1.4MAnimals$493kScience & Tech$163kCivil Rights$40kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $356k
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$45,000
Save Napa Valley Foundation$35,000
The Center for Biological Div$30,500
The Climate Center$30,000
Center for Coastal Studies$30,000
American Rivers$25,000
Green Corps$25,000
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalitio$25,000
Green Forests Work$25,000
Point Blue Conservation Scien$20,000
EcoFlight$20,000
Sea Turtle Conservancy$20,000
Indifly$15,000
Seacology$10,000
AmericanCanyonParksFoundation$8,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Center for Coastal Studies: $36k → 8%Manomet: $20k → 8%Indifly: $15k → 14%Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $100k → 10%Point Blue Conservation Scien: $20k → 8%Save Napa Valley Foundation: $35k → 9%The Climate Center: $30k → 9%American Rivers: $25k → 14%Sea Turtle Conservancy: $75k → 19%Music for the Earth: $14k → 9%EcoFlight: $20k → 6%Native American Rights Fund: $15k → 12%Green Corps: $25k → 12%Save Our Wild Salmon Coalitio: $25k → 9%Trust for Wildlife: $97k → 11%Friends of Maine Coastal Isl: $27k → 11%Center for Coastal Studies: $36k → 8%Manomet: $20k → 8%Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $50k → 10%Save Napa Valley Foundation: $35k → 9%The Climate Center: $25k → 9%Sea Turtle Conservancy: $20k → 19%Native American Rights Fund: $15k → 12%Trust for Wildlife: $68k → 11%Friends of Maine Coastal Isl: $25k → 11%Center for Coastal Studies: $30k → 8%Manomet: $20k → 8%Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $50k → 10%Save Napa Valley Foundation: $25k → 9%The Climate Center: $25k → 9%Sea Turtle Conservancy: $20k → 19%Trust for Wildlife: $53k → 11%Friends of Maine Coastal Isl: $20k → 11%Center for Coastal Studies: $29k → 8%Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $50k → 10%Save Napa Valley Foundation: $25k → 9%Sea Turtle Conservancy: $20k → 19%Trust for Wildlife: $45k → 11%Friends of Maine Coastal Isl: $20k → 11%Center for Coastal Studies: $20k → 8%Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $45k → 10%ICARE: $36k → 9%Forests Forever: $25k → 10%Sea Turtle Conservancy: $20k → 19%Trust for Wildlife: $25k → 11%Friends of Maine Coastal Islands: $18k → 11%ICARE: $36k → 9%ICARE: $35k → 9%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
VT
WA
MT
MN
MA
CT
CA
CO
KY
AZ
DC
FL
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.
$2.0M · 15 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -35% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
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Total granted

$2.0M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-35%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k 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
EnvironmentInternationalAnimalsCivil RightsEducationFood & 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

  • GY
    GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $295k · revenue +60%
  • GF
    GREEN FORESTS WORK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $275k · revenue ×14
  • CF
    CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $151k · revenue +223%

Funded once

  • FF
    FORESTS FOREVER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -35%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R
    one grant, 2019 · $18k · revenue +18%
  • MF
    MUSIC FOR THE EARTH INC
    one grant, 2017 · $14k · revenue -54%
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Wildcoast

The mission of wildcoast is to conserve coastal and marine ecosystems and address climate change through natural solutions. our staff is dedicated to conserving threatened and endangered coastlines and wildlife in california and mexico.…

Environment
3
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
7
Pacific Coast Environmental Conservancy

Organization was able to support efforts for the protection and sustainability of the unique pacific coast environments

Environment
8
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
9
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
10
Endangered Species International

Endangered Species International is strongly committed to reversing the trend of human-induced species extinction, saving endangered animals, and preserving wild places.

Animals
11
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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12
Environment Now
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seacology; the most unlike its peers is Save Napa Valley Foundation. 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 24 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)
18/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $295,000 · EnvironmentGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITIONGREEN FORESTS WORK INC: $275,000 · EnvironmentGREEN FORESTS WORK INCCENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INC: $151,100 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INCSAVE NAPA VALLEY FOUNDATION: $120,000 · EnvironmentSAVE NAPA VALLEY FOUNDATIONINSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION ADVOCAC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: $107,000 · EnvironmentINSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION ADVOCAC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONMANOMET INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentMANOMET INC+4 more: $95,000 · Environment+4 moreTrust For Wildlife Inc: $287,500 · OtherTrust For Wildlife IncCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: $162,500 · OtherCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYFriends of Maine Coastal Isl: $91,520 · OtherFriends of Maine Coastal IslNature Canada: $60,000 · OtherNature CanadaSEACOLOGY: $40,000 · OtherSEACOLOGY+2 more: $21,800 · OtherSea Turtle Conservancy: $155,000 · InternationalINDIFLY INCORPORATED: $15,000 · InternationalThe Climate Center: $80,000 · EducationPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $50,000 · AnimalsSAVE OUR WILD SALMON: $25,000 · AnimalsNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $40,000 · Civil RightsFRIENDS OF MAINE COASTAL ISLANDS NW R: $18,000 · Food & Nutrition
Environment$1,103,100Other$663,320International$170,000Education$80,000Animals$75,000Civil Rights$40,000Food & Nutrition$18,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $295,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTrust For Wildlife Inc: $287,500 over 5y, 53% of budgetGREEN FORESTS WORK INC: $275,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $155,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES INC: $151,100 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSAVE NAPA VALLEY FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 4y, 58% of budgetThe Climate Center: $80,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMANOMET INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPOINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEACOLOGY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORESTS FOREVER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetGREEN CORPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetECOFLIGHT: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMUSIC FOR THE EARTH INC: $13,800 over 1y, 12% 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.

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.

PatagoniaorgNational Fish and Wil…Marin Community Found…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
PatagoniaorgCA16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Mennen Environmental Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mennen Environmental Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Center for Coastal Studies Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Manomet Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of 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 · 0–90%
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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How do I get to Mennen Environmental Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mennen Environmental 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 24 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 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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