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Road Runners Club of America at a glance

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Road Runners Club of America

Promote and support the sport of distance running in Maine.

$347k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$66k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$215kHealth$95kPhilanthropy$75kEducation$60kHuman Services$44kRecreation & Sports$43kEnvironment$24kCommunity Improvement$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $257,957, the rows itemized in this filing. The $347,398 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $89,441 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $179k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $66k
$18,142
Median grant
2
States reached
$196k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Good Shepard Food Bank$65,500
Locker Project$32,000
Wayside Food Programs$27,310
Children's Odessey$23,042
Grahamtastic Connections$18,338
In Her Presence$18,142
Robbie Foundation$15,300
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program$15,000
Preble Street$15,000
Cultivating Community$15,000
Riding to the Top$8,000
Fleur De Lis Camp$5,325
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 (FY22–25, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%Grahamtastic Connections: $18k → 9%Maine Paws for Veterans: $17k → 9%Wayfinder School: $19k → 11%Through These Doors: $19k → 7%Preble Street: $15k → 7%Rising to the Top: $9k → 7%Riding to the Top: $8k → 7%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Road Runners Club of America’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Road Runners Club of Americalessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$123k · 4 repeat orgs$391k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
12

Total granted

$123k
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $223k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TT
    THROUGH THESE DOORS
    2× · 2021–2022 · $26k · revenue +19%
  • TT
    Teens to Trails
    2× · 2020–2021 · $18k · revenue +56%
  • RT
    RIDING TO THE TOP
    2× · 2024–2025 · $17k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • WO
    World of Change
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -41%
  • M
    MaineHealthgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue +28%
  • WS
    WAYFINDER SCHOOLSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $19k · revenue +82%
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
Maine GearShare

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

Recreation & Sports
2
Maine Access Points

To recognize the resiliency of people who use drugs and to work in collaboration to create access points for overdose prevention and harm reduction services in Maine.

Health
3
Fork Food Lab

Fork Food Lab is a nonprofit food business incubator and shared commercial kitchen focused on growing the local food economy. We support the growth of sustainable Maine-based businesses by providing entrepreneurs with work space,…

Environment
4
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well being of children statewide; provides affordable home away from home lodging which increases access to medical care for…

Health
5
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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6
Maine Federation of Farmers Markets

MFFM's mission is to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable, farmers' market community as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown food available to…

Food & Nutrition
7
Other Maine Program of Aid for

Supporting the education and basic needs of Maine children with a focus on economically disadvantaged children living in rural Maine.

Human Services
8
Waypoint Maine Inc

Waypoint Maine provides a comprehensive array of programs that each year provides essential services and support to over 1,000 children and adults with special needs.

Human Services
9
Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation

The mission of Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & The Environment is to transform our relationship with farming and food for a healthier planet.

Philanthropy
10
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
11
Maine Needs Inc

We strive to help individuals and families in Maine meet their basic, material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items, and other necessities. We focus our work on those starting life over from scratch:…

Human Services
12
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Through These Doors; the most unlike its peers is Robbie Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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 27 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Good Shepherd Food Bank: $65,500 · Food & NutritionGood Shepherd Food BankWayside Food Programs: $61,572 · Food & NutritionWayside Food ProgramsLocker Project: $32,000 · Food & NutritionLocker ProjectCULTIVATING COMMUNITY: $15,000 · Food & NutritionCULTIVATING COMMUNITYVEGGIES TO TABLE: $10,500 · Food & NutritionVEGGIES TO TABLETHROUGH THESE DOORS: $25,945 · Human ServicesTHROUGH THESE DOORSWAYFINDER SCHOOLS: $18,500 · Human ServicesWAYFINDER SCHOOLSGrahamtastic Connection: $18,338 · Human ServicesGrahamtastic Connecti…MAINE PAWS FOR VETERANS INC: $17,000 · Human ServicesMAINE PAWS FOR VETERA…RIDING TO THE TOP: $17,000 · Human ServicesRIDING TO THE TOPPREBLE STREET: $15,000 · Human ServicesPREBLE STREETMaine Community Foundation Inc: $75,000 · PhilanthropyMaine Communit…World of Change: $20,000 · OtherWorld of ChangeCamp Susan Curtis Foundation: $18,500 · OtherCamp Susan Curtis Fou…Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program: $15,000 · OtherMid Coast Hunger Prev…SALTWATER CLASSROOM: $5,200 · OtherEcology Education Inc: $18,500 · OtherEcology Education IncIn Her Presence: $18,142 · OtherIn Her PresenceMAINE SENIOR GAMES: $8,850 · OtherMAINE SENIOR GAMESFLEUR DE LIS CAMP INC: $5,325 · OtherChildren's Odyssey: $23,042 · EducationEducate Maine: $18,500 · EducationMaineHealth: $18,500 · HealthRobbie Foundation: $15,300 · Health(ACPMP)APPENDIX CANCERPSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,115 · HealthTeens to Trails: $18,060 · Youth DevelopmentSG UNITED FOUNDATION: $7,650 · Youth Development
Food & Nutrition$184,572Human Services$111,783Philanthropy$75,000Other$109,517Education$41,542Health$40,915Youth Development$25,710

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $65,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWayside Food Programs: $61,572 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetLocker Project: $32,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHROUGH THESE DOORS: $25,945 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMaineHealth: $18,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYFINDER SCHOOLS: $18,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEducate Maine: $18,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEcology Education Inc: $18,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGrahamtastic Connection: $18,338 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTeens to Trails: $18,060 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetMAINE PAWS FOR VETERANS INC: $17,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetRIDING TO THE TOP: $17,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetRobbie Foundation: $15,300 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMid Coast Hunger Prevention Program: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVEGGIES TO TABLE: $10,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMAINE SENIOR GAMES: $8,850 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetSG UNITED FOUNDATION: $7,650 over 1y, 3.4% of budget(ACPMP)APPENDIX CANCERPSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $7,115 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFLEUR DE LIS CAMP INC: $5,325 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSALTWATER CLASSROOM: $5,200 over 1y, 6.9% 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.

Maine Community Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationBangor Savings Bank F…Fisher Charitable Fou…John T Gorman Foundat…Saco & Biddeford Savi…United Way IncSimmons Foundation - …Stephen & Tabitha Kin…Elmina B Sewall Found…Agnes M Lindsay TrustOnion Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME31.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · United Way Inc · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Onion 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 Road Runners Club of America funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Road Runners Club of America. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Road Runners Club of America?

    Find your warmest path to Road Runners Club of America 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 27 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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