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Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$593k
Granted FY2023
31
Grants FY2023
31
Organizations funded FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$80,000
States reached, FY2023
5
Total assets, FY2023
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

Health$110kFood & Nutrition$90kReligion$80kEducation$63kYouth Development$60kHuman Services$50kAnimals$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$35kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 20 grantees
All grantees of Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mainegenral Medical Center$80,0001n/a
Augusta Food Bank$50,00012%
Boys&Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley$50,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$35,00010%
Kennebec Valley Humane Society$25,00011%
The Children's Center Utah$25,00010%
Spectrum Generations$20,00010%
Turner Public Library Portland Trust Company Manager$15,000118%
Family Violence Project$15,00011%
Kennebec Valley YMCA$15,00010%
Greater Augusta Back to School Program$15,0001n/a
Augusta Teen Center of the Boys & Girls Club$10,00011%
Viles Arboretum$10,00012%
Winthrop Food Pantry$10,00016%
Sexual Assault Crisis & Support Center$5,00011%
Music for Mavis$5,0001n/a
Friends of Lithgow Library$4,0001n/a
Amda Inc (American Musical and Dramatic Academy)$2,50010%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$2,50010%
Trustees of Boston University$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($196k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAugusta Food Bank: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBoys&Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKennebec Valley Humane Society: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Children's Center Utah: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpectrum Generations: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTurner Public Library Portland Trust Company Manager: $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFamily Violence Project: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKennebec Valley YMCA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAugusta Teen Center of the Boys & Girls Club: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetViles Arboretum: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWinthrop Food Pantry: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSexual Assault Crisis & Support Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmda Inc (American Musical and Dramatic Academy): $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $2,500 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 16.

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.

Kennebec Savings Bank FoundationME26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation · Elsie & William Viles Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Bracy Memorial Trust Fund · United Way of Kennebec Valley · John T Gorman Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Helen W Fuller Testamentary Trust · Es & Mj Mayer Foundation · Reny Charitable Foundation · Franklin Savings Bank Community Development 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.

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About Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn

How much does Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn give?
Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn reported 31 grants totaling $592,750 in its FY2023 IRS filing.
What does Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (12%), Food & Nutrition (10%), Religion (9%).
Who are Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2023: Mainegenral Medical Center ($80k), Augusta Food Bank ($50k), Boys&Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley ($50k).
Does Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn 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 Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation, Elsie & William Viles Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn based?
Sheaffer Lewis J Community Pfdn is based in OH.

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 31 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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