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Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr

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.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2024
24
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$525,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 28
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$51M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $738k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving26$3.2M23%
FY202324$2.4M29%
FY202224$3.2M29%
FY202127$2.5M7%
FY202028$2.5Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$12MPhilanthropy$1.5MCommunity Improvement$855kAnimals$300kHuman Services$200kEducation$100kPublic Benefit$50kScience & Tech$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MT
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
NE
VA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$1,400,00040%
Loon Echo Land Trust Inc$825,000428%
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$719,30044%
Open Space Institute Inc$670,00049%
Western Foothills Land Trust$585,000437%
Sunrise County Economic Council$550,00044%
Maine Rivers$500,000553%
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust$470,000410%
The Monadnock Conservancy$421,50047%
Downeast Lakes Land Trust$410,000315%
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All grantees of Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$1,400,00040%
Loon Echo Land Trust Inc$825,000428%
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$719,30044%
Open Space Institute Inc$670,00049%
Western Foothills Land Trust$585,000437%
Sunrise County Economic Council$550,00044%
Maine Rivers$500,000553%
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust$470,000410%
The Monadnock Conservancy$421,50047%
Downeast Lakes Land Trust$410,000315%
Mahoosuc Land Trust Inc$375,000415%
Greater Lovell Land Trust Inc$325,000313%
Momentum Conservation$320,000254%
Maine Environmental Education Association$310,000412%
Inland Woods Trails$305,000313%
Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc$300,000410%
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries$300,000413%
Open Space Institute$300,0001n/a
Downeast Salmon Federation$300,00037%
Tin Mountain Conservation Center Inc$275,00056%
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education Inc$230,000211%
Lakes Environmental Association$227,00047%
Maine Mountain Collaborative$220,000348%
Frenchman Bay Conservancy$200,00023%
Cheshire County Conservation District$200,0001n/a
Downeast Community Partners Inc$200,00021%
The Trust for Public Land$200,00020%
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation$180,00048%
Center for an Ecology Based Economy$150,000320%
New Hampshire Environmental Educators$120,000343%
Audubon Society of New Hampshire$100,00013%
Marine Research and Education Inc$100,0001n/a
A Climate to Thrive$100,000221%
Clean Energy Nh$95,00028%
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine$75,00024%
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust$70,000211%
Friends of Casco Bay$60,00016%
Francis Small Heritage Trust Inc$50,000114%
Maine Philanthropy Center$30,00032%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $1,400,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLoon Echo Land Trust Inc: $825,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetNortheast Wilderness Trust Corporation: $719,300 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetOpen Space Institute Inc: $670,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetWestern Foothills Land Trust: $585,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetSunrise County Economic Council: $550,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetMaine Rivers: $500,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetUpper Saco Valley Land Trust: $470,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetThe Monadnock Conservancy: $421,500 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetDowneast Lakes Land Trust: $410,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetMahoosuc Land Trust Inc: $375,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetGreater Lovell Land Trust Inc: $325,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMomentum Conservation: $320,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetMaine Environmental Education Association: $310,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetInland Woods Trails: $305,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetNashua River Watershed Assoc Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetMaine Center for Coastal Fisheries: $300,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetDowneast Salmon Federation: $300,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetTin Mountain Conservation Center Inc: $275,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetDowneast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education Inc: $230,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetLakes Environmental Association: $227,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetMaine Mountain Collaborative: $220,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetFrenchman Bay Conservancy: $200,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetDowneast Community Partners Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHubbard Brook Research Foundation: $180,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetCenter for an Ecology Based Economy: $150,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetNew Hampshire Environmental Educators: $120,000 over 3y, 43% of budgetAudubon Society of New Hampshire: $100,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetA Climate to Thrive: $100,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetClean Energy Nh: $95,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetSmall Woodland Owners Association of Maine: $75,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPresumpscot Regional Land Trust: $70,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetFriends of Casco Bay: $60,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFrancis Small Heritage Trust Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMaine Philanthropy Center: $30,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNational Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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…Davis Conservation Fo…Onion FoundationElmina B Sewall Found…The Nature ConservancyMorton-Kelly Charitab…New Hampshire Charita…Fidelity FoundationJohn Sage FoundationQuimby Family Foundat…Fields Pond Foundatio…Momentum Conservation
Maine Community Foundation IncME49.9× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation · Onion Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · John Sage Foundation · Quimby Family Foundation · Fields Pond Foundation Inc · Momentum Conservation

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 Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr

How much does Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr give?
Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr reported 27 grants totaling $3,238,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (69%), Philanthropy (9%), Community Improvement (5%).
Who are Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation ($1.4M), Loon Echo Land Trust Inc ($825k), Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation ($719k).
Does Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Davis Conservation Foundation, Onion Foundation.
Where is Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr based?
Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Tr is based in PA.

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 51 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.4M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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