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The Fremarch Foundation at a glance

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The Fremarch Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$193k
Granted FY2018
31
Grants FY2018
9
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$91kArts & Culture$78kEnvironment$26kYouth Development$20kHealth$15kRecreation & Sports$13kAnimals$6kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2018 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k22 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $143k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Paul's School$30,000
Dartmouth College$25,000
The New York Junior League$20,000
The Mount Sinai Hospital$15,000
Central Park Conservancy$12,500
Brunswick School$10,000
Thomas Cole National Historic Site$10,000
The Brearley School$10,000
Yale University$10,000
Coral Reef Alliance$5,000
The City Gardens Club of NYC$5,000
The Nature Conservancy$5,000
Mission Blue$3,000
Marine Conservation Institute$2,500
New York Public Library$2,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Coral Reef Alliance: $5k → 10%Colgate University: $1k → 11%Thomas Cole National Historic Site: $10k → 11%New York Public Library: $3k → 17%Wildlife Conservation Society: $3k → 28%Alexander Hamilton Society: $3k → 14%Mole Manre Lab Aquarium: $2k → 12%Reef Environmental Education Founda: $2k → 13%Sea Turtle Conservancy: $2k → 19%Oregon Ballet Theatre: $1k → 12%Cuniff Dixon Foundation: $3k → 7%Brunswick School: $10k → 9%Marine Conservation Institute: $3k → 9%The Nature Conservancy: $5k → 4%St Paul's School: $30k → 7%Dartmouth College: $25k → 10%Central Park Conservancy: $13k → 17%Pigeon Key Foundation: $2k → 13%Reef Check Foundation: $2k → 9%The City Gardens Club of NYC: $5k → 17%Aperture Foundation: $10k → 17%Aperture Foundation: $1k → 17%New York Philharmonic: $3k → 17%The Brearley School: $10k → 17%The New York Junior League: $20k → 17%St David's School: $2k → 17%American Museum of Natural History: $50k → 17%American Museum of Natural History: $2k → 17%New York Historical Society: $1k → 17%The Mount Sinai Hospital: $15k → 17%St Bernards School: $500 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
NY
OR
NJ
CT
CA
DC
FL
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 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.

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The Coral Reef and Marine Science Foundation Inc C/O James Bildner
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2
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
3
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
4
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
California Academy of Sciences

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…

Arts & Culture
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
10
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

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11
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
12
Rhode Island School of Design

The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Pigeon Key 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.
04the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
24/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationST PAUL'S SCHOOLTrustees of Dartmouth College: $25,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmouth CollegeTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationTHE BREARLEY SCHOOLBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC+4 more: $6,500 · Education+4 moreAmerican Museum of Natural History: $52,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureAPERTURE FOUNDATION INCTHOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE+3 more: $4,500 · Arts & Culture+3 moreThe New York Junior League: $20,000 · OtherThe New York Junior Le…YALE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCuniff Dixon Foundation: $2,500 · OtherReef Check Foundation: $2,000 · OtherFragments of Hope: $2,000 · OtherSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $3,000 · OtherSylvia Earle AllianceM…Wildlife Conservation Society: $2,500 · Other+2 more: $3,000 · Other+2 moreTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $15,000 · HealthCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $5,000 · EnvironmentCITY GARDENS CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY: $5,000 · EnvironmentPIGEON KEY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentReef Relief Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCIETY: $2,500 · InternationalSea Turtle Conservancy: $2,000 · International
Education$81,500Arts & Culture$77,500Other$50,000Health$15,000Recreation & Sports$14,500Environment$12,500International$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $52,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPERTURE FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY GARDENS CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSylvia Earle AllianceMission Blue: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ALEXANDER HAMILTON SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSea Turtle Conservancy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPIGEON KEY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON BALLET THEATRE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReef Relief Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC: $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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA11.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Fremarch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fremarch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 33 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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