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Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord

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.

$49k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
4
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$155k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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 arriving11$48k64%
FY20234$45k25%
FY20229$51k44%
FY20214$20k25%
FY202016$86k44%
FY201911$76k64%
FY201813$138k46%
FY201728$242kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$234kArts & Culture$173kEducation$67kPublic Benefit$54kFood & Nutrition$32kScience & Tech$31kHealth$26kAnimals$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
AL
GA
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 39 grantees
All grantees of Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre$71,00050%
Save the Sound$35,00020%
Bridge Repertory Theater Inc$30,0002n/a
350org$30,00030%
Creative Arts Workshop Inc$20,00031%
Earthjustice$20,00020%
The Trust for Public Land$20,00020%
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Leap$15,0002n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$15,00040%
Connecticut Audubon Society Inc$15,00010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$15,00020%
Concord Academy$14,50040%
American Farmland Trust$13,00020%
The Tahirih Justice Center$11,50020%
Food Recovery Network Inc$10,00012%
Defenders of Wildlife$10,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00010%
New Hartford Land Trust Inc$10,00015%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$10,00010%
Pattagansett Lake Association$7,5001n/a
Washington University$7,05020%
Fellowship Place Inc$6,00010%
Center for Arms Control and$5,00010%
Cobb Sheriff's Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc$5,00010%
Safe Futures Inc$5,00020%
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc$5,00011%
East Lyme Land Trust Inc$5,0001n/a
Ohio Campus Compact$4,00010%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$3,00010%
Colchester Land Trust Inc$2,50011%
Human Rights Watch Inc$2,50010%
Lide Haiti$2,00010%
East Lyme Puppetry Project Inc$1,5001n/a
Boca Grande Historical Society Inc$1,00010%
Royal Palm Players Inc$1,00010%
Amas Musical Theatre Inc$50010%
Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($240k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre: $71,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSave the Sound: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget350org: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Arts Workshop Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetEarthjustice: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Forestry Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Audubon Society Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConcord Academy: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Farmland Trust: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tahirih Justice Center: $11,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFood Recovery Network Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hartford Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $7,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship Place Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Arms Control and: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCobb Sheriff's Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAvalonia Land Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSafe Futures Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Farmland Trust Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOhio Campus Compact: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColchester Land Trust Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLide Haiti: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Grande Historical Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRoyal Palm Players Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmas Musical Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 33.

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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.

The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret AndreassiFL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret Andreassi · The George and Carol Milne Foundation · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord

How much does Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord give?
Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord reported 12 grants totaling $48,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Arts & Culture (24%), Education (9%).
Who are Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre ($71k), Save the Sound ($35k), Bridge Repertory Theater Inc ($30k).
Does Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord 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 Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret Andreassi, The George and Carol Milne Foundation, Newalliance Foundation Inc.
Where is Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord based?
Ruth Du Pont Lord Charitable Trust Co Pauline Lord is based in CT.

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 62 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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