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Robertson Family Fund Inc

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.

$360k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$67,500
Organizations funded a year
21 to 37
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$8.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Robertson Family Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionScience & TechHuman ServicesOther
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 arriving24$360k25%
FY202330$334k23%
FY202222$320k41%
FY202126$414k12%
FY202037$432k51%
FY201921$234k38%
FY201825$309k60%
FY201724$318kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$832kScience & Tech$491kArts & Culture$326kEnvironment$235kAnimals$213kHuman Services$136kInternational$110kHealth$106kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
IL
WI
NY
MA
SD
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
NM
TN
DC
AL
FL

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 53 grantees
All grantees of Robertson Family Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Owl Research Institute Inc$160,00078%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$155,00020%
Berkeley Film Foundation$102,00068%
Kent School$87,50060%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$85,00050%
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc$82,00070%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$75,00070%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$70,00060%
The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc$57,50051%
Stowe Land Trust$52,00052%
Florida Oceanographic Society Inc$52,00050%
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$40,00040%
Caumsett Foundation Inc$40,00063%
Wild Dolphin Project Inc$32,50032%
St Johns Church$30,0001n/a
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$29,55010%
Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc$29,50061%
ACCE Institute$25,00010%
The Benjamin Private School Inc$25,00030%
Global Philanthropy Partnership$20,00010%
Urban Sustainability Directors Network$20,0001n/a
Center for Marine Education & Recreation$17,00041%
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$17,00020%
The Hartford Family Foundation$15,0002n/a
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$15,00020%
The Film Collaborative Inc$12,00010%
Earth Lab SF$10,000111%
Global Food Justice Alliance$10,000110%
The Berkshire School Inc$10,00010%
RS Events for Life Inc$10,00013%
Jabuticaba Productions$10,00019%
Stowe Volunteer Firefighters Inc$9,50047%
The Current Inc$7,00021%
Partnership for Public Service Inc$5,00010%
The Fund for American Studies$5,00010%
Hartford Family Foundation Inc$5,00015%
The Pacifica Foundation$5,00010%
Hively$5,00010%
America Scores$5,00011%
Planting Justice$5,00010%
Meals on Wheels Inc$3,04040%
Thistle Farms Inc$3,00010%
Lava Mae$3,00010%
Intersection for the Arts$3,00010%
Stowe Performing Arts Inc$3,00021%
Redwood Discovery Museum$3,00012%
Stowe Rescue Squad Inc$2,5001n/a
Salvation Farms Inc$2,50010%
Feeding America$1,00010%
Lamoille Community House Inc$50010%
The Lord's Place Inc$25010%
St Josephs Indian School$2001n/a
Special Olympics Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robertson Family Fund Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOwl Research Institute Inc: $160,000 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetCold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $155,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBerkeley Film Foundation: $102,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetKent School: $87,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAllen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School: $85,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetServices and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc: $82,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $75,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: $57,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetStowe Land Trust: $52,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetFlorida Oceanographic Society Inc: $52,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMote Marine Laboratory Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCaumsett Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetWild Dolphin Project Inc: $32,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $29,550 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLake Champlain Land Trust Inc: $29,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetACCE Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Benjamin Private School Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Philanthropy Partnership: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Marine Education & Recreation: $17,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSeventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Film Collaborative Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Lab SF: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGlobal Food Justice Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetThe Berkshire School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRS Events for Life Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetJabuticaba Productions: $10,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetStowe Volunteer Firefighters Inc: $9,500 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetThe Current Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPartnership for Public Service Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for American Studies: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Family Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetThe Pacifica Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHively: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica Scores: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPlanting Justice: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Inc: $3,040 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThistle Farms Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLava Mae: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStowe Performing Arts Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRedwood Discovery Museum: $3,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSalvation Farms Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLamoille Community House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lord's Place Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $200 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 48.

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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.

Lintilhac Foundation IncVT15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lintilhac Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · The New York Community Trust · James E Robison Foundation · Oakland Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · The James Irvine Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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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How do I get to Robertson Family Fund Inc?

Find your warmest path to Robertson Family Fund Inc 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.

About Robertson Family Fund Inc

How much does Robertson Family Fund Inc give?
Robertson Family Fund Inc reported 24 grants totaling $360,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Robertson Family Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Science & Tech (16%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Robertson Family Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Owl Research Institute Inc ($160k), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ($155k), Berkeley Film Foundation ($102k).
Does Robertson Family Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robertson Family Fund Inc 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 Robertson Family Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lintilhac Foundation Inc, The Vermont Community Foundation, The New York Community Trust.
Where is Robertson Family Fund Inc based?
Robertson Family Fund Inc is based in FL.

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 92 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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