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The Griffin-Cole Fund

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.

$4.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
56
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2021
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,500,000
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$113M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$3.3MEnvironment$1.7MHealth$283kScience & Tech$100kArts & Culture$86kHuman Services$49kFood & Nutrition$21kHousing & Shelter$15kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$2,600,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,000,00020%
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation$373,75026%
The Watershed Institute Inc$257,00022%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$200,00010%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$200,00020%
Princeton Day School Inc$150,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$139,00010%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$100,00020%
Center at 353 Inc$40,00022%
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All grantees of The Griffin-Cole Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$2,600,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,000,00020%
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation$373,75026%
The Watershed Institute Inc$257,00022%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$200,00010%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$200,00020%
Princeton Day School Inc$150,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$139,00010%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$100,00020%
Center at 353 Inc$40,00022%
Corner House Foundation$30,00019%
Kieve Wavus Education Inc$30,00020%
Isles Inc$20,00020%
Friends of Mvyradio Inc$12,50011%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$12,5002n/a
Historic Morven Inc$11,00021%
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc$10,50020%
Mercer Street Friends Center$10,00010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$10,00010%
D&R Greenway Land Trust Inc$10,00010%
The Chubbys Project a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$10,00015%
New Jersey Seeds Inc$10,00010%
McCarter Theatre Company$10,00010%
Island Grown Initiative Ltd$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$10,00010%
The Trustees of Reservations$10,00010%
High Mountain Institute Inc$6,00020%
Martha's Vineyard Museum Inc$6,00020%
Biodiversity Works$5,000111%
Biodiversityworks Inc$5,00011%
Polly Hill Arboretum Inc$5,00010%
Orkeeswa Inc$2,50010%
Historical Society of Princeton$2,50020%
Arts Council of Princeton$2,50020%
Capital Harmony Works Inc$1,00010%
Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad$1,00010%
Hitops Inc$1,00010%
Martha's Vineyard Art Association$1,00010%
Chappaquiddick Community Center$1,00010%
The Edgartown Firemen's Associationinc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Griffin-Cole Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $2,600,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSheriff's Meadow Foundation: $373,750 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetThe Watershed Institute Inc: $257,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTrustees of Phillips Academy: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Day School Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $139,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter at 353 Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCorner House Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetKieve Wavus Education Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIsles Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Mvyradio Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHistoric Morven Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMercer Street Friends Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetD&R Greenway Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Chubbys Project a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetNew Jersey Seeds Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsland Grown Initiative Ltd: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Mountain Institute Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Museum Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBiodiversity Works: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBiodiversityworks Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPolly Hill Arboretum Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOrkeeswa Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHistorical Society of Princeton: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArts Council of Princeton: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCapital Harmony Works Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrinceton First Aid and Rescue Squad: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHitops Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Art Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChappaquiddick Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Edgartown Firemen's Associationinc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Princeton Area Commun…Curtis W McGraw Found…Bristol-Myers Squibb …The Robert Wood Johns…Educational Ventures …George H and Estelle …The Frank J Ryan and …The Snyder Family FundMargaret and Marshall…Runestone Family Foun…Pheasant Hill Foundat…The J Robert & Barbar…
Princeton Area Community Foundation IncNJ33× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Educational Ventures Inc · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation · The Snyder Family Fund · Margaret and Marshall Bartlett Family Foundation Inc C/O John Bartlet · Runestone Family Foundation · Pheasant Hill Foundation Inc · The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc

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 The Griffin-Cole Fund

How much does The Griffin-Cole Fund give?
The Griffin-Cole Fund reported 56 grants totaling $4,444,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does The Griffin-Cole Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (13%), Environment (7%), Health (1%).
Who are The Griffin-Cole Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: President and Fellows of Middlebury College ($2.6M), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($1.0M), Sheriff's Meadow Foundation ($374k).
Does The Griffin-Cole Fund 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 Griffin-Cole Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, Curtis W McGraw Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc.
Where is The Griffin-Cole Fund based?
The Griffin-Cole Fund is based in NY.

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 56 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 $5.3M 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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