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Smoke Rise Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$504k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$926kInternational$365kEducation$344kHealth$250kHuman Services$62kFood & Nutrition$61kReligion$60kRecreation & Sports$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $415,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $504,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $88,500 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $147k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $205k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAINFOREST TRUST$80,000
POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC.$65,000
AMERICARES$60,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$40,000
PALESTINIAN CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND$22,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$20,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$20,000
THE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FUND OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$15,000
PROJECT CETI$10,000
NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC$10,000
WHITE OAK CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$10,000
SECOND WIND FOUNDATION$6,000
PUTNEY SCHOOL$5,000
GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION$5,000
UPPER VALLEY HAVEN, INC$5,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 36 repeat orgs$239k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
7

Total granted

$2.1M
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+7%

Still filing today

64%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • PM
    POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $249k · revenue +71%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    4× · 2018–2024 · $225k · revenue +111%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $180k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • AD
    ALIGHT DONOR CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $60k
  • VP
    VOTERS PARTICIPATION CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SE
    SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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.

03Its 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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
3
Wild Landscapes Inc

Wild landscapes, inc. (wli) is dedicated to conserving large and connected landscapes globally significant to wildlife and crucial to local communities. our environmental conservation strategy is to empower communities, conservationists,…

Animals
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
6
Pinchot Institute for Conservation

The pinchot institute for conservation is a public benefit non-profit corporation. we are passionate about protecting nature and creating breakthroughs that result in more sustaianable ecosystems and economies. the institute is…

Environment
7
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
8
Global Justice Ecology Project Inc

Global justice ecology project builds local, national, and international alliances with action to address the intertwined root causes of social injustice, ecological destruction, and economic domination.

Environment
9
The Nature Conservancy

The mission of the nature conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

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10
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
11
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
12
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is White Oak Conservation Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

32 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. 32 of the 49 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAINFOREST TRUST: $470,930 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUSTAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $179,866 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INCALIGHT: $160,416 · InternationalALIGHT+2 more: $25,000 · InternationalHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $100,000 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERYPUTNEY SCHOOL INC: $75,000 · OtherPUTNEY SCHOOL INCALIGHT DONOR CENTER: $60,000 · OtherALIGHT DONOR CENTERFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $40,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $35,000 · OtherVOTERS PARTICIPATION CENTER: $25,000 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $35,000 · Other+23 more: $260,550 · Other+23 moreENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $224,755 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEF…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $104,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES…Ocean Alliance Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentOcean Alliance In…FLORIDA GREENWAYS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION INC: $16,507 · EnvironmentPOPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $248,833 · EducationPOPULATION …Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $35,000 · HealthGood Neighbor Health Clinic Inc: $30,000 · HealthREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FUND OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $15,000 · HealthWHITE OAK CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $13,000 · AnimalsUPPER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $12,000 · AnimalsGREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
International$836,212Other$690,550Environment$365,262Education$248,833Health$80,000Animals$75,000Recreation & Sports$55,000

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 budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $470,930 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPOPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC: $248,833 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $224,755 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $179,866 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $160,416 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $104,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPUTNEY SCHOOL INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE OAK CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGood Neighbor Health Clinic Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFLORIDA GREENWAYS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION INC: $16,507 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FUND OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetHartland Volunteer Fire Department: $14,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetREADING-WEST WINDSOR FOOD SHELF INC: $13,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetWOODSTOCK COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF: $13,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUPPER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT CETI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND WIND FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSPARK COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetGLOBAL PARTNERS FOR HEALTH: $3,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION MEDIA CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALIGHT ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds PUTNEY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE OAK CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds Good Neighbor Health Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds Ocean Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA GREENWAYS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FUND OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ↗
  • Who funds Hartland Volunteer Fire Department ↗
  • Who funds READING-WEST WINDSOR FOOD SHELF INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CETI INC ↗
  • Who funds START CHANGE INC ↗

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.

New Hampshire Charita…Mascoma Bank Foundati…The Vermont Community…The Couch Family Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Couch Family Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Smoke Rise Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Smoke Rise Foundation 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.

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 49 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $627k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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