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The Cabin Foundation

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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$498,040
Organizations funded a year
19 to 24
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$115k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations The Cabin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving37$2.3M43%
FY202419$1.3M16%
FY202322$1.6M14%
FY202224$1.5M29%
FY202123$1.5M22%
FY202023$1.3M26%
FY201924$1.4M13%
FY201824$1.1M29%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$5.2MEnvironment$2.9MHuman Services$1.5MRecreation & Sports$1.3MEducation$983kFood & Nutrition$375kYouth Development$320kReligion$275kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MT
MN
WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
CO
VA
TN
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Parkinson Voice Project Inc$3,753,040819%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$1,149,51180%
Dorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc$700,000935%
Montana Skatepark Association$615,000851%
Charity Global Inc$510,00050%
Portland Community Squash$504,73568%
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust$500,511712%
Camp Chippewa Foundation$320,00456%
Animeals$300,000414%
Northern Forest Center Inc$200,00041%
Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of The Cabin Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Parkinson Voice Project Inc$3,753,040819%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$1,149,51180%
Dorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc$700,000935%
Montana Skatepark Association$615,000851%
Charity Global Inc$510,00050%
Portland Community Squash$504,73568%
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust$500,511712%
Camp Chippewa Foundation$320,00456%
Animeals$300,000414%
Northern Forest Center Inc$200,00041%
The Trustees of Grinnell College$150,00030%
Baylor Health Care System$150,00010%
Hospice of Southern Maine$130,00050%
Side x Side Inc$110,00065%
Foundation for Portland Public Schools$105,00051%
Trout Unlimited$100,0022n/a
The Saint Joseph Foundation$100,000213%
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc$85,00090%
Portland Trails$80,00036%
Portland Parks Conservancy$60,000227%
Trout Unlimited Inc$55,00030%
Portland Wheelers$50,000510%
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program$50,00010%
Marshalltown Education Partnership Inc$50,000122%
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$50,00011%
City of Portland$50,0001n/a
Maine Farmland Trust$50,00011%
Maine Network Partners$40,0002n/a
Women Make Movies Inc$35,00010%
Friends of Portland Adult Education$30,0001n/a
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$25,0001n/a
Good Shepherd Food Bank$25,00010%
Khmer Maine$25,00016%
Missoula Curling Club$25,000115%
Bowdoin College$22,00010%
Maine Development Foundation$20,00011%
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Sail Maine$20,00041%
New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc$20,00041%
Winona State University Foundation$20,00020%
March of Dimes Inc$15,00030%
Lakes Area Interfaith Caregivers$10,00024%
Rippleffect Inc$10,00011%
Speak About It$5,00011%
National Trust for Local News$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Cabin Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetParkinson Voice Project Inc: $3,753,040 over 8y, 19% of budgetBaylor Health Care System Foundation: $1,149,511 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetDorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc: $700,000 over 9y, 35% of budgetMontana Skatepark Association: $615,000 over 8y, 51% of budgetCharity Global Inc: $510,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Community Squash: $504,735 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetCape Elizabeth Land Trust: $500,511 over 7y, 12% of budgetCamp Chippewa Foundation: $320,004 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetAnimeals: $300,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetNorthern Forest Center Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Grinnell College: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor Health Care System: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHospice of Southern Maine: $130,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSide x Side Inc: $110,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetFoundation for Portland Public Schools: $105,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Saint Joseph Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetDallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc: $85,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Trails: $80,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetPortland Parks Conservancy: $60,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Wheelers: $50,000 over 5y, 10.0% of budgetKennebec Valley Community Action Program: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarshalltown Education Partnership Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKhmer Maine: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetMissoula Curling Club: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBowdoin College: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Development Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSail Maine: $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNew England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWinona State University Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLakes Area Interfaith Caregivers: $10,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetRippleffect Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSpeak About It: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 39.

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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.

Lennox FoundationDE46.6× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lennox Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Onion Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · The Old Bug Light Charitable Foundation C/O Spinnaker Trust · Murray Charitable Trust · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · United Way Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable 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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How do I get to The Cabin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cabin Foundation 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 The Cabin Foundation

How much does The Cabin Foundation give?
The Cabin Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $2,344,389 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Cabin Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (38%), Environment (21%), Human Services (11%).
Who are The Cabin Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Parkinson Voice Project Inc ($3.8M), Baylor Health Care System Foundation ($1.1M), Dorobo Fund for Tanzania Inc ($700k).
Does The Cabin Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cabin Foundation 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 The Cabin Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lennox Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation.
Where is The Cabin Foundation based?
The Cabin Foundation is based in ME.

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 73 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.

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