Skip to content
Rosamond Thaxter Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Rosamond Thaxter Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$96k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$97kArts & Culture$85kYouth Development$45kHousing & Shelter$44kHealth$33kFood & Nutrition$26kEducation$25kPublic Benefit$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIRL SCOUTS OF THE GREEN & WHITE$7,500
Mainspring$7,500
FOOTPRINTS FOOD PANTRY$5,000
LOVERING HEALTH CENTER$5,000
FAIR TIDE$5,000
KITTERY LAND TRUST$5,000
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION$4,500
SEACOAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL$3,500
The Telling Room$3,000
GUNDALOW COMPANY$3,000
WHITE PINE PROGRAMS$3,000
Players Ring Theatre$3,000
PORTSMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$3,000
THE DANCE HALL$3,000
BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NH$2,500
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 (FY20–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SEACOAST VILLAGE PROJECT: $500 → 5%ON BELAY: $500 → 5%SEACOAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $4k → 5%HAVEN: $3k → 5%HAVEN: $2k → 5%HAVEN: $2k → 5%HAVEN: $2k → 5%SEACOAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $2k → 5%SEACOAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $2k → 5%SEACOAST COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $2k → 5%SWEETSER CHILDRENS SERVICES: $3k → 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.
$450k · 43 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +53% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
19

Total granted

$450k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+53%

Still filing today

56%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • KL
    KITTERY LAND TRUST INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $44k · revenue ×23
  • FT
    Fair Tide
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +709%
  • CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • 3A
    3 Artspace
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • RW
    ROBERT W TRAIP ACADEMY
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • MC
    MAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
Kennebunk Land Trust

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

Environment
3
Harbor House Community Service Center

To enrich the quality of life of all people on Mount Desert Island through recreational, educational and social programs.

Community Improvement
4
Yarmouth Historical Society

To develop and promote awareness of the town of Yarmouth history and acquire, preserve, and exhibit artifacts of historical significance.

—
5
New Hampshire Preservation Alliance

Preservation of historic landmarks, communities and landscapes in order to protect and revitalize the character of the Statess communities and add to their economic vitality.

—
6
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
7
Newburyport Maritime Society Inc

To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History

Arts & Culture
8
Sail Maine

To provide affordable access to the water through community sailing and educational programming.

Arts & Culture
9
Piscataquog Land Conservancy

The Piscataquog Land Conservancy is a nonprofit land conservation organization founded in 1970. Its purpose is to conserve the natural and scenic environment of the Piscataquog, Souhegan and Nashua River watershed communities of southern…

—
10
Kennebunkport Historical Society

To preserve, protect and present kennebunkport's social, cultural and architectural history.

Arts & Culture
11
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage Foundation Inc Attn Susan Sacco
—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Inc; the most unlike its peers is Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry. 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

41 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. 41 of the 66 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
28/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GIRL SCOUTS OF THE GREEN & WHITE: $31,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF THE GREEN & WHITEMainspring: $27,500 · OtherMainspringFootprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry: $19,500 · OtherFootprints Inc Footprints Food PantryKITTERY: $19,420 · OtherKITTERYPortsmouth Historical Society: $13,500 · OtherPortsmouth Historical SocietyLOVERING HEALTH CENTER: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $9,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $9,365 · Other+33 more: $108,746 · Other+33 moreKITTERY LAND TRUST INC: $43,500 · EnvironmentKITTERY LAND TRUS…CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $26,500 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW …Ecology Education Inc: $3,500 · EnvironmentMAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN: $3,000 · EnvironmentPRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $12,000 · Arts & CulturePRESCOTT PARK…ICE DANCE INTERNATIONAL: $11,500 · Arts & CultureICE DANCE INT…THE DANCE HALL: $10,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DANCE HAL…ARTS IN REACH - ENCOURAGING GROWTH THROUGH THE ARTS: $9,500 · Arts & CultureARTS IN REACH…BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureBLACK HERITAG…Kittery Art Association: $4,500 · Arts & CultureKittery Art A…MAINE PRESERVATION: $2,400 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureGUNDALOW COMPANY: $20,500 · EducationGUNDALOW …White Pine Programs: $11,500 · EducationWhite Pin…RICE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · EducationRICE PUBL…Fair Tide: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterCross Roads House Inc: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterA House for ME: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterHAVEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES: $8,500 · Human ServicesSeacoast Community School: $8,500 · Human ServicesSweetser: $2,500 · Human Services+3 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesThe Star Island Corporation: $9,000 · Community Improvement
Other$249,031Environment$76,500Arts & Culture$60,400Education$42,000Housing & Shelter$34,000Human Services$21,000Community Improvement$9,000

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 budgetKITTERY LAND TRUST INC: $43,500 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetFair Tide: $30,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $26,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGUNDALOW COMPANY: $20,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFootprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry: $19,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPortsmouth Historical Society: $13,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWhite Pine Programs: $11,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetICE DANCE INTERNATIONAL: $11,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE DANCE HALL: $10,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetRICE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetARTS IN REACH - ENCOURAGING GROWTH THROUGH THE ARTS: $9,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Star Island Corporation: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSeacoast Community School: $8,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKittery Art Association: $4,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetYork Hospital: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEcology Education Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Telling Room: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY TOOLBOX INC: $3,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE ART ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSEACOAST PATHWAYS: $2,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY YORK COUNTY MAINE: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCross Roads House Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSweetser: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAINE PRESERVATION: $2,400 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR WILDLIFE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA House for ME: $1,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetGOODWORK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPortsmouth Pro Musica: $1,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOLD YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of The Music Hall: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFUEL & MORE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetON BELAY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE HELP FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS FIVE AND OVER: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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 KITTERY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Fair Tide ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GUNDALOW COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry ↗
  • Who funds Portsmouth Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds PRESCOTT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds White Pine Programs ↗
  • Who funds ICE DANCE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE DANCE HALL ↗
  • Who funds RICE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds ARTS IN REACH - ENCOURAGING GROWTH THROUGH THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Star Island Corporation ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Seacoast Community School ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Kittery Art Association ↗
  • Who funds York Hospital ↗
  • Who funds Ecology Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN ↗

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.

A Caring Community IncNew Hampshire Charita…Maine Community Found…Foundation for Seacoa…Bangor Savings Bank F…Kennebunk Savings Ban…The Schleyer Foundati…Virginia Hodgkins Som…Davis Family Foundati…Eastern Bank Foundati…Exeter Hospital IncNewburyport Bank Char…
A Caring Community IncME65.8× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: A Caring Community Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Foundation for Seacoast Health · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation · The Schleyer Foundation · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Davis Family Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · Exeter Hospital Inc · Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Rosamond Thaxter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rosamond Thaxter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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 66 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Rosamond Thaxter’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    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