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Reny Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Reny Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$380k
Granted FY2024still arriving
105
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$685kEducation$563kArts & Culture$231kFood & Nutrition$142kHuman Services$128kYouth Development$125kPhilanthropy$124kCommunity Improvement$111kOther$0
02FY2024 · 105 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k94 grants · $179k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $151k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$50,000
MAINE FARMLAND TRUST$40,000
MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$16,000
ELDERCARE NETWORK$15,000
LINCOLN ACADEMY ANNUAL FUND$15,000
MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM$15,000
GOOD SHEPARD FOOD BANK$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MIDCOAST HUNGER PREVENTION PROGRAM$10,000
HEARTY ROOTS$10,000
HONOR FLIGHT MAINE$10,000
WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CAMDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY$5,000
MDF- MAINE DOWNTOWN CENTER$5,000
02The need
03

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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $361k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%KIEVE-WAVUS EDUCATION: $1k → 9%KIEVE-WAVUS EDUCATION: $1k → 9%DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5k → 11%DOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5k → 11%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%SPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $1k → 12%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%CAMP CAPELLA: $2k → 11%WALDO COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERS: $1k → 13%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%SWEETSER: $1k → 9%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%SWEETSER: $1k → 9%SWEETSER: $1k → 9%SWEETSER: $1k → 9%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%SWEETSER: $1k → 9%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%BATH AREA BACKPACK PROGRAM: $2k → 9%HOMEWORTHY: $1k → 11%BATH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 9%NEW HOPE MIDCOAST: $5k → 11%NEW HOPE MIDCOAST: $5k → 11%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $1k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $1k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $1k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN: $1k → 11%KNOX COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $1k → 11%COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $50k → 9%COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $50k → 9%COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $30k → 9%COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $30k → 9%TWIN VILLAGE ALLIANCE: $26k → 9%TWIN VILLAGE ALLIANCE: $25k → 9%ELDERCARE NETWORK OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $10k → 9%ELDERCARE NETWORK OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $10k → 9%ELDERCARE NETWORK OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $10k → 9%COASTAL KIDS PRESCHOOL: $8k → 9%COASTAL KIDS PRESCHOOL: $5k → 9%COASTAL KIDS PRESCHOOL: $3k → 9%COASTAL KIDS PRESCHOOL: $2k → 9%MOBIUS INC: $1k → 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.
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.
$2.4M · 174 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

174 repeat relationships: 83 still active in FY2024, 91 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

174
82

Total granted

$2.4M
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+26%

Still filing today

50%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentFood & 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

  • CR
    Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
    4× · 2017–2020 · $275k · revenue +33%
  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $160k · revenue +75%
  • LA
    LINCOLN ACADEMY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $147k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • BC
    BOYS&GIRLS CLUBS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -2%
  • TJ
    THE JACKSON LABORATORYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +74%
  • GH
    GIFFT HILL ANNUAL APPEAL
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
2
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
3
Kennebunk Land Trust

Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.

Environment
4
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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5
Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve

The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.

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6
Maine Historical Society

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…

Arts & Culture
7
Maine & Company

Maine & Company is a private, non-profit business development sales organization. Its purpose is to improve Maine's success in attracting new business and expanding and retaining existing business by providing a focused, statewide sales…

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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
Maine GearShare

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

Recreation & Sports
10
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts

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…

Arts & Culture
11
Maine Council on Aging

A broad multi-disciplinary network that works to ensure we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and communities. With the voices of people with lived experience, we work on policy issues related to…

Unclassified
12
Maine Island Trail Association

The mission of the Maine Island Trail Association is to advance a model of thoughtful use and volunteer stewardship of Maine's wild islands, creating an inspiring recreational water trail that is cared for by the people who use it.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine; the most unlike its peers is Mandy S Angels Diabetic Service Dogs Incorporated. 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

126 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. 126 of the 276 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
121/126
Grantees still filing
97/126
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COASTAL RIVERS CONSERVATION TRUST- FOR DENNY HOUSE: $110,000 · OtherCOASTAL RIVERS CONSERVATION TRUST- FOR DENNY HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherPortland Public Schools: $50,000 · OtherHEARTY ROOTS INC: $50,000 · Other+141 more: $1,011,271 · Other+141 moreCoastal Rivers Conservation Trust: $275,000 · EnvironmentCoastal Rivers Co…Midcoast Conservancy: $109,250 · EnvironmentMidcoast Conserva…+5 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $160,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY E…TWIN VILLAGES ALLIANCE: $51,300 · Human ServicesTWIN VILLAGES A…Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $40,000 · Human ServicesOlympia Snowe W…ELDERCARE NETWORK OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $30,500 · Human ServicesELDERCARE NETWO…COASTAL KIDS PRESCHOOL: $18,000 · Human ServicesNEW HOPE FOR WOMEN INC: $15,500 · Human Services+10 more: $42,300 · Human Services+10 moreMaine Maritime Museum: $92,500 · Arts & CultureMaine Mar…DAMARISCOTTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $26,000 · Arts & CultureDAMARISCO…WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER: $21,000 · Arts & CultureWASHBURN-…THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLI…Johnson Hall Inc: $12,500 · Arts & CultureJohnson H…ARTVAN: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMain Street Bath: $9,400 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $22,600 · Arts & Culture+9 moreLINCOLN ACADEMY: $147,300 · EducationMaine Central Institute: $8,000 · EducationPINE TREE SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · Education+8 more: $24,000 · EducationMaine Community Foundation Inc: $106,000 · PhilanthropyMaine Farmland Trust: $60,000 · Food & NutritionGood Shepherd Food Bank: $39,000 · Food & NutritionVEGGIES TO TABLE: $4,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,281,271Environment$404,250Human Services$357,600Arts & Culture$214,000Education$186,300Philanthropy$106,000Food & Nutrition$105,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCoastal Rivers Conservation Trust: $275,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $160,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetLINCOLN ACADEMY: $147,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMidcoast Conservancy: $109,250 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $106,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Maritime Museum: $92,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTWIN VILLAGES ALLIANCE: $51,300 over 2y, 30% of budgetHEARTY ROOTS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $39,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetELDERCARE NETWORK OF LINCOLN COUNTY: $30,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHonor Flight Maine Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $28,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $26,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDAMARISCOTTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $26,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetBOYS&GIRLS CLUBS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTEDFORD HOUSING: $22,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER: $21,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOASTAL KIDS PRESCHOOL: $18,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNEW HOPE FOR WOMEN INC: $15,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJohnson Hall Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMaine Development Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGARDINER MAIN STREET: $11,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetMid Coast Hunger Prevention Program: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANDY S ANGELS DIABETIC SERVICE DOGS INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetWOMEN FOR HEALTHY RURAL LIVING: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetARTVAN: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetDOWNEAST COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOP: $9,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMain Street Bath: $9,400 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetHOUSING RESOURCES FOR YOUTH: $9,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetMaine Central Institute: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOBIUS INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHIP INC: $7,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNEWCASTLE FIRE COMPANY INC: $7,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetPINE TREE SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOMERSET WOODS TRUSTEES: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLINCOLN COUNTY DENTAL INC: $5,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSEEDS OF HOPE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $5,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLINCOLNHEALTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAINE LOBSTERMEN'S ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMIDCOAST OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSweetser: $5,000 over 5y, 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 Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY ENERGY FUND OF LINCOLN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Midcoast Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Maine Maritime Museum ↗
  • Who funds Maine Farmland Trust ↗
  • Who funds TWIN VILLAGES ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds HEARTY ROOTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds ELDERCARE NETWORK OF LINCOLN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Honor Flight Maine Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds DAMARISCOTTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS&GIRLS CLUBS OF KENNEBEC VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds TEDFORD HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds WASHBURN-NORLANDS FOUNDATION INC WASHBURN-NORLANDS LIVING HISTORY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL KIDS PRESCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗

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…Bangor Savings Bank F…Davis Family Foundati…Fisher Charitable Fou…Stephen & Tabitha Kin…Elmina B Sewall Found…John T Gorman Foundat…Simmons Foundation - …Onion FoundationSam L Cohen FoundationMorton-Kelly Charitab…Franklin Savings Bank…
Maine Community Foundation IncME124.7× affinity91 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Onion Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Franklin Savings Bank Community Development 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 Reny Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reny Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Comfort Cases Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 276 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home