· Private foundation
Montauk 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, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $66k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $80,000 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | $50,000 |
| Global Impact | $15,000 |
| Impact Reading | $11,000 |
| Smith College | $10,000 |
| Phillips Academy - Vendor | $10,000 |
| Expressiones Cultural Center | $10,000 |
| La Grua Foundation | $10,000 |
| The Everglades Foundation | $7,500 |
| New England Science and Sailing Fdn | $5,000 |
| Stonington Historical Society | $5,000 |
| Garde Arts Center Inc | $5,000 |
| Ocean Community YMCA | $1,000 |
| Ocean Community YMCA | $1,000 |
| Maine Community Foundation Inc | $1,000 |
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 (FY23–23, $10k) 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 2 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TFThe Farm School Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +76%
- FSFAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL INC7× · 2018–2024 · $67k · revenue +23%
- NENEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC5× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- ILIndwe Learning Centers Incone grant, 2018 · $30k
- NLNEW LONDON MARITIME SOCIETY INCone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -35%
- NENew England Science and Sailingone grant, 2018 · $25k
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.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…
New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.
Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…
Vision: to preserve, share and continue the american story mission: to be a welcoming, thriving, historic site and community resource that engages people of all backgrounds in our inclusive american story. values: - we value caroline…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
It is the mission of the natural resources trust of easton (nrt) to educate the public of significant natural and cultural resources and to acquire and preserve land of special character for the benefit of the public.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
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…
Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…
It is the mission of the seacoast science center to spark curiosity, enhance understanding, and inspire conservation of our blue planet. the center's programming and exhibits encourage visitors and other program participants to recognize…
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 45 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 STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds PINE POINT SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds The Farm School Inc ↗
- Who funds FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds EXPRESSIONES CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BASEBALL INC ↗
- Who funds STAND UP FOR ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds Maine Farmland Trust ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds NEW LONDON MARITIME SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Global Impact ↗
- Who funds PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds Garde Arts Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Safe Futures Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC ↗
- Who funds A BETTER WAY FOUNDATION ABWF INC ↗
- Who funds Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds DENISON PEQUOTSEPOS NATURE CENTER ↗
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: The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation · Kitchings Family Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Montauk Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Montauk Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Safe Futures Inc: 15% of income from government
- The Farm School Inc: 12% of income from government
- Garde Arts Center Inc: 10% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
- Expressiones Cultural Center Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
- The Baseball Inc: 1% of income from government
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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