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New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc

To support grassroots environmental work. The organization seeks to energize and nurture long-term civic engagement in local initiatives that create and maintain healthy, just, safe and environmentally sustainable communities.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Itemized grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$761k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$31,250
Largest grant, FY2024
$98,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 60
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$8.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Community ImprovementEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$761k32%
FY202324$566k50%
FY202260$978k75%
FY202137$536k62%
FY202019$454k42%
FY201931$399k61%
FY201815$197k73%
FY201715$232kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$3.6MFood & Nutrition$252kHuman Services$72kHousing & Shelter$43kCrime & Legal$40kCivil Rights$36kHealth$31kYouth Development$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
CT
RI
CA
MD

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 117 grantees
All grantees of New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Country Alliance for Balanced Change$207,142671%
Whyhunger Inc$169,75032%
Tides Advocacy$115,55530%
A Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc$111,74144%
Asian American Resource Workshop Inc$111,40034%
Ayni Institute Inc$106,49633%
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc$106,35032%
Roots 2empower$82,100324%
Third Sector New England Inc$76,96020%
The Window Dressers Inc$75,418513%
Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc$74,00027%
Brockton Interfaith Community Inc$70,65032%
Click Inc$70,00029%
Kearsarge Food Hub Inc$68,75033%
People Affecting Community Change$66,0002n/a
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$56,32210%
African Alliance of Rhode Island (Aari)$56,000115%
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc$50,70021%
Four Corners Main Street Inc$48,400221%
Mount Washington Valley Preservation Association$45,775235%
Sonrisas Inc$45,17547%
Vital Communities Inc$44,47512%
Maine Foodscapes Inc$44,3583n/a
Black Infinity Collective Inc$41,0001n/a
Eastie Farm Inc$40,00022%
Windham Regional Community Council Inc$36,52550%
Resources for Organizing and Social Change$34,30037%
Women Encouraging Empowerment Inc$30,7401n/a
Vermont Council on Rural Development Inc$30,00013%
Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization$27,90045%
Tiny Seed Project Inc$27,90014%
St Mary's Regional Medical Center$25,00010%
Dorchester Community Food Co-Op$24,0001n/a
Home City Development Inc$23,55031%
Seacoast Eat Local Inc$23,00017%
Woonasquatucket River Watershed$20,22531%
Life in My Days Inc$19,2003n/a
Reality Outreach Inc$17,3752n/a
Cook and Grow$17,1003n/a
Community Harvest of Central Vermont$16,3291n/a
Art Council of Greater New Haven Inc$16,05011%
Cooperative Development Institute Inc$15,30010%
Liberation Ecosystem Inc$15,00011%
Maine Environmental Education Association$15,00028%
Partnership for Providence Parks$14,6152n/a
Milagros Project$14,4002n/a
Center for an Ecology Based Economy$13,65522%
Lucy Parsons Labs$13,40021%
Indian Orchard Citizens Council Inc$13,325215%
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc$12,90020%
Campaign Earth$12,0001n/a
Arise Inc$11,70015%
Worcester Youth Center Inc$11,40020%
Merrimack Valley Black & Brown Voices Inc$10,50028%
Migrant Justice Inc$10,00012%
Alternatives for Community and Environment Inc$10,00011%
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$10,00010%
Trenton Public School$9,4001n/a
West End Civic Association Inc$9,40015%
Town of Craftsbury$9,1001n/a
Better Future Project Inc$9,00011%
Elders Action Network Inc$8,70017%
Huneebee Project Inc$8,44515%
Ceeds4change$8,000169%
Dad Guild Inc$8,00016%
Highlands Coalition$8,0001n/a
Ifka Community Services$8,0001n/a
Society to Benefit Everyone Inc$7,60011%
Coalition Center for Environmental Sustainability$7,6001n/a
Greenroots Inc$7,50011%
Transformative Culture Project Inc F/K/A Press Pass Tv Inc$7,5001n/a
Hawthorne Youth and Community Center$7,50017%
Gather Together United as 1$7,4001n/a
Living With Peace$7,4001n/a
Green Cambridge Inc$7,40012%
Maine Association of Conservation Districts$7,40014%
Memories Made$7,4001n/a
The Nolumbeka Project Inc$6,800110%
Maine Youth Action$6,8001n/a
New American Africans$6,7191n/a
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury Inc$6,40010%
Hartford Food System Inc$6,37511%
Sociedad Latina Inc$6,37510%
Everett Community Growers Inc$6,3751n/a
Refugee Development Center$6,37511%
Oxford Hills Community Gardens$6,37514%
Nourish Bridgeport Inc$6,25011%
Sacred Fire$6,0001n/a
Intervale Center Inc$6,00010%
The Collective Peace Dale$6,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Northern Rhode Island$6,00010%
Black Lives Matter of Greater Burlington DBA Black Liberation Collective$6,000111%
YWCA New Hampshire$6,00010%
New Garden Society Ltd$5,9501n/a
Monitor My Health Inc$5,90011%
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services$5,8751n/a
The City School Inc$5,62511%
The Marble Collection Inc$5,6251n/a
Co-Op Power Inc$5,6251n/a
Young Women's Christian Association of Newburyport$5,6251n/a
Epecare Incorporated$5,6251n/a
Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts Inc$5,62513%
Keney Park Sustainability Project$5,62519%
Choose Yourself$5,5901n/a
Recycle-A-Bike$5,41214%
A Climate to Thrive$5,40011%
University System of New Hampshire$5,4001n/a
March on Maryland$5,40010%
Alchemists' Workshop$5,4001n/a
Building a Local Economy$5,40013%
Montpelier Roxbury School Dis$5,4001n/a
Rounding the Bases Inc$5,3251n/a
Food and Medicine - Jobs With Justice Education Fund$5,32011%
North End Action Team Inc$5,1001n/a
Hazon Inc$5,10010%
Young Writers Project Inc$5,10013%
New Hampshire Peace Action Education Fund$5,10011%

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 79 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Country Alliance for Balanced Change: $207,142 over 6y, 71% of budgetWhyhunger Inc: $169,750 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTides Advocacy: $115,555 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA Better Way Foundation Abwf Inc: $111,741 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetAsian American Resource Workshop Inc: $111,400 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetAyni Institute Inc: $106,496 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetVermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc: $106,350 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetRoots 2empower: $82,100 over 3y, 24% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $76,960 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Window Dressers Inc: $75,418 over 5y, 13% of budgetPocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Inc: $74,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetBrockton Interfaith Community Inc: $70,650 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetClick Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetKearsarge Food Hub Inc: $68,750 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $56,322 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Alliance of Rhode Island (Aari): $56,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBrunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc: $50,700 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFour Corners Main Street Inc: $48,400 over 2y, 21% of budgetMount Washington Valley Preservation Association: $45,775 over 2y, 35% of budgetSonrisas Inc: $45,175 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetVital Communities Inc: $44,475 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetEastie Farm Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWindham Regional Community Council Inc: $36,525 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetResources for Organizing and Social Change: $34,300 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetVermont Council on Rural Development Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization: $27,900 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetTiny Seed Project Inc: $27,900 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetSt Mary's Regional Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHome City Development Inc: $23,550 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSeacoast Eat Local Inc: $23,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetWoonasquatucket River Watershed: $20,225 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetArt Council of Greater New Haven Inc: $16,050 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCooperative Development Institute Inc: $15,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLiberation Ecosystem Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMaine Environmental Education Association: $15,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetCenter for an Ecology Based Economy: $13,655 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLucy Parsons Labs: $13,400 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetIndian Orchard Citizens Council Inc: $13,325 over 2y, 15% of budgetNeighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc: $12,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArise Inc: $11,700 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetWorcester Youth Center Inc: $11,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMerrimack Valley Black & Brown Voices Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetMigrant Justice Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAlternatives for Community and Environment Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest End Civic Association Inc: $9,400 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBetter Future Project Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetElders Action Network Inc: $8,700 over 1y, 7.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 79.

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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.

Haymarket People's Fund IncMA47.9× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Haymarket People's Fund Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc · Barr Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Henry P Kendall Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Hyams Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

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.

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About New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc

How much does New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc give?
New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $760,621, out of $1,190,717 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 60 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (87%), Food & Nutrition (6%), Human Services (2%).
Who are New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: North Country Alliance for Balanced Change ($207k), Whyhunger Inc ($170k), Tides Advocacy ($116k).
Does New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Haymarket People's Fund Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc.
Where is New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc based?
New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc is based in NH.

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 143 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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