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The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation at a glance

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The Edward and Mary Lord 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.

$933k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$136k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.3MPhilanthropy$745kHealth$709kEducation$695kArts & Culture$599kEnvironment$539kHousing & Shelter$423kCommunity Improvement$288kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $391k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $506k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CT$136,274
OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA$100,000
SAFE FUTURES INC$80,000
MADONNA PLACE INC$75,000
THE ARC EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC$60,820
AVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC$54,000
ST EDMUND'S RETREAT INC$45,000
NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION$42,000
THREE RIVERS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$30,000
OPERATION FUEL INC$30,000
THE RIVERFRONT CHILDREN'S CENTER$30,000
HIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING$30,000
STANTON-DAVIS HOMESTEAD MUSEUM INC$25,000
SOCIETY OF THE FOUNDERS OF NORWICH$20,488
ROSE CITY SENIOR CENTER$20,000
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, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ESTUARY COUNCIL OF SENIORS INC: $8k → 7%OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $100k → 7%MADONNA PLACE INC: $75k → 9%MADONNA PLACE INC: $75k → 9%MADONNA PLACE INC: $75k → 9%MADONNA PLACE INC: $75k → 9%THE RIVERFRONT CHILDREN'S CENTER: $469k → 9%THE RIVERFRONT CHILDREN'S CENTER: $30k → 9%THE RIVERFRONT CHILDREN'S CENTER: $30k → 9%THE RIVERFRONT CHILDREN'S CENTER: $28k → 9%THE RIVERFRONT CHILDREN'S CENTER: $20k → 9%THE RIVERFRONT CHILDREN'S CENTER: $15k → 9%NEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER INC: $100k → 9%SAFE FUTURES INC: $80k → 9%SAFE FUTURES INC: $30k → 9%SAFE FUTURES INC: $25k → 9%SAFE FUTURES INC: $25k → 9%NEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER INC: $20k → 9%PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $4k → 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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 36 repeat orgs$922k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
36

Total granted

$4.9M
$797k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+19%

Still filing today

78%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • RC
    Riverfront Childrens Center Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $592k · revenue +70% · 26% of their budget
  • MP
    Madonna Place Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $300k · revenue +76%
  • UC
    UNITED COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICESINC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $238k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • RH
    RELIANCE HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +19%
  • EC
    EASTERN CT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • WC
    WATERFORD COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue -18%
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
Wethersfield Historical Society

The purpose of the "Society" is to collect, preserve, and interpret Wethersfield's past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
2
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc

The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Inc. is a collaborative of business and community leaders dedicated to securing and enhancing the economic vitality of eastern Connecticut.

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3
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association Inc

The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…

Arts & Culture
4
Connecticut Housing Coalition Inc

The connecticut housing coalition works to expand housing opportunity and to increase the quantity and quality of affordable housing available to people with low and moderate incomes in connecticut through advocacy, education and…

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5
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce Inc

To foster collaborations to ensure a highly educated, diverse and sustainable nursing workforce to support the healthcare needs of connecticut residents.

Health
6
New Haven Preservation Trust Incorporated

Primary purpose is to save and preserve buildings in New Haven, Connecticut through ongoing involvement with the city, Yale University and its neighborhoods, including educational activities such as walking tours of downtown New Haven and…

—
7
Eastern Connecticut Housing Opportunities Inc

Eastern connecticut housing opportunities, inc. is a non-profit organization organized to provide affordable housing to low-income families of southeastern connecticut.

Housing & Shelter
8
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
9
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
10
Litchfield Historical Society

Museum

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11
Manchester Historical Society Inc

The manchester historical society educates the public about the history of manchester, connecticut; collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits information and artifacts about the town and its diverse population, and advocates for the…

Arts & Culture
12
Connecticut League of History Organizations

The Connecticut League of History Organizations, DBA the Connecticut League of Museums, unifies and strengthens our state's museums and cultural resources to expand their life capacity and community impact. We are the premier destination…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Community and Family Servicesinc; the most unlike its peers is Hygienic Art Inc. 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

54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 76 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
40/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CT: $735,435 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CTUNITED COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICESINC: $237,500 · OtherUNITED COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICESINCST EDMUNDS RETREAT INC: $180,000 · OtherST EDMUNDS RETREAT INCST JUDE HOUSING CORPORATION: $159,000 · OtherST JUDE HOUSING CORPORATIONTHREE RIVERS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherTHREE RIVERS COLLEGE FOUNDATIONROSE CITY SENIOR CENTER: $150,000 · OtherROSE CITY SENIOR CENTEREASTERN CT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES: $100,000 · OtherTHE ARC EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $99,147 · OtherNEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $159,000 · OtherNEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INCOPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED: $110,000 · Other+32 more: $655,474 · Other+32 moreRiverfront Childrens Center Inc: $591,554 · Human ServicesRiverfront Childrens Cent…Madonna Place Inc: $300,000 · Human ServicesMadonna Place IncSafe Futures Inc: $160,000 · Human ServicesSafe Futures IncNEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER: $120,000 · Human ServicesNEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPI…OCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $100,000 · Human ServicesOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA+2 more: $12,034 · Human ServicesMITCHELL COLLEGE: $460,000 · EducationMITCHELL CO…WATERFORD COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $60,000 · EducationWATERFORD C…SLATER LIBRARY CORPORATION: $25,000 · EducationEASTERN CT COMMUNITY GARDENS ASSOC: $23,889 · EducationFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $145,000 · Arts & CultureMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureSTANTON-DAVIS HOMESTAND MUSEUM INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGarde Arts Center Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMystic Museum of Art Inc: $13,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $62,940 · Arts & CultureAVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $177,500 · EnvironmentDENISON PEQUOTSEPOS NATURE CENTER: $166,666 · EnvironmentTHAMES VALLEY COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $215,000 · Community ImprovementNORWICH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIO: $40,000 · Community ImprovementNORWICH ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementRELIANCE HEALTH INC: $150,000 · HealthThe Brian Dagle Foundation Inc: $45,000 · HealthThe William W Backus Hospital: $20,000 · Health
Other$2,735,556Human Services$1,283,588Education$568,889Arts & Culture$360,940Environment$344,166Community Improvement$280,000Health$215,000

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 budgetRiverfront Childrens Center Inc: $591,554 over 6y, 26% of budgetMITCHELL COLLEGE: $460,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMadonna Place Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICESINC: $237,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHAMES VALLEY COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $215,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $177,500 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetDENISON PEQUOTSEPOS NATURE CENTER: $166,666 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetSafe Futures Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetST JUDE HOUSING CORPORATION: $159,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $159,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTHREE RIVERS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetRELIANCE HEALTH INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $145,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW LONDON HOMELESS HOSPITALITY CENTER: $120,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetOPERATION FUEL INCORPORATED: $110,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetOCEAN COMMUNITY YMCA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ARC EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $99,147 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $80,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetWATERFORD COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSociety of The Founders of Norwich CT Inc: $50,488 over 2y, 29% of budgetSTANTON-DAVIS HOMESTAND MUSEUM INC: $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe Brian Dagle Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetNORWICH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIO: $40,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetALWAYS HOME INC: $37,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetGarde Arts Center Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE NEW LONDON COMMUNITY MEAL CENTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetDisabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetSLATER LIBRARY CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNORWICH ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetEASTERN CT COMMUNITY GARDENS ASSOC: $23,889 over 3y, 13% of budgetSEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $23,815 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARTREACH INC: $21,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetHYGIENIC ART INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetThe William W Backus Hospital: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAURICE C LA GRUA CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetMystic Museum of Art Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHORIZONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL PLACE NORWICH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE DENISON SOCIETY INC: $8,700 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetChildren's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut Inc: $8,240 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFLOCK THEATRE: $8,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetESTUARY COUNCIL OF SENIORS INC: $7,834 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ANTIQUARIAN & LANDMARKS SOCIETY INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetACCESS AGENCY INC: $5,000 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.

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.

Chelsea Groton Founda…The Community Foundat…Dime Bank Foundation …Dominion Energy Chari…Connecticut Humanitie…Kitchings Family Foun…Liberty Bank Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Centreville Savings B…Eversource Energy Fou…Eastern Ct Savings Ba…R S Gernon Trust
Chelsea Groton FoundationCT86.3× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut Inc · Dime Bank Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Kitchings Family Foundation · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Eastern Ct Savings Bank Foundation Inc · R S Gernon Trust

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 The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edward and Mary Lord Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Reliance Health Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Norwich Community Development Corporatio: 100% of income from government
  • The Arc Eastern Connecticut Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Norwich Arts Center Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Thames Valley Council for Community Action Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Access Agency Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Artreach Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Operation Fuel Incorporated: 51% of income from government
  • New London Homeless Hospitality Center: 47% of income from government
  • The New London Community Meal Center Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Horizons Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Disabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut Inc: 37% of income from government
  • United Community and Family Servicesinc: 29% of income from government
  • Waterford Country School Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Riverfront Childrens Center Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Avalonia Land Conservancy Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Madonna Place Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Safe Futures Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Garde Arts Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Sea Research Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Denison Society Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • St Vincent De Paul Place Norwich Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The William W Backus Hospital: 2% of income from government
  • Florence Griswold Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mitchell College: 2% of income from government
  • Flock Theatre: 1% of income from government
  • Eugene O'neill Memorial Theater Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 0% of income from government
  • High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Norwich Rotary Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
8rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Edward and Mary Lord 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.

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 76 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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