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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 FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$3.3MEnvironment$1.7MHealth$283kScience & Tech$100kArts & Culture$86kHuman Services$49kFood & Nutrition$21kHousing & Shelter$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $319k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.0M
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$113M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
President And Fellows Of Middlebury College$1,500,000
President And Fellows Of Middlebury College$1,000,000
Environmental Defense Fund$500,000
Trustees of Phillips Academy$200,000
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation$200,000
Boston Medical Center Corporation$150,000
Trustees of Princeton University$100,000
Princeton Day School$100,000
The Watershed Institute$57,000
President And Fellows Of Middlebury College$50,000
Institute For Advanced Study$50,000
The Watershed Institute$50,000
Princeton Day School$50,000
Trustees of Princeton University$43,000
Trustees of Princeton University$42,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.7M · 19 repeat orgs$906k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$4.7M
$256k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+40%

Still filing today

79%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $650k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesScience & TechOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PA
    President and Fellows of Middlebury College
    2× · 2021–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +32%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    2× · 2021–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +21%
  • BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $200k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    one grant, 2021 · $139k · revenue -34%
  • PD
    Princeton Day School Annual Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $45k
  • CORNER HOUSE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -84%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
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
7
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
8
The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust

Our mission is to spark people's curiosity to explore, steward, and find peace and joy in nature. in service to this, norman bird sanctuary inspires, builds, and engages a community of stewards who preserve, protect, enjoy, and learn from…

Animals
9
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
10
Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
11
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
12
Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science Inc

The purpose of the school is to promote, advance and sponsor charitable and educational activities.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Princeton Day School Inc and the most unlike its peers is Chappaquiddick Community Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Charter and Independent Sch…Urban Agriculture EducationEducation Equity InitiativesPregnancy Support CentersFood Pantries and AssistanceClassical Music OrchestrasLocal History MuseumsVolunteer Fire & RescueLgbtqia+ Advocacy and Commu…Christian Outreach Ministri…Community Hospital SystemsCommunity Theater CompaniesEnvironmental Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 45 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr19%15%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%40%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr19%4%20–35yr13%5%35–55yr16%90%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/41
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,719

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 56 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
18/40
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

President and Fellows of Middlebury College — $2,600,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury CollegeTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY — $200,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMYPRINCETON DAY SCHOOL INC — $150,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University — $139,000 · Education+2 more — $16,000 · EducationENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $1,000,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORP…SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION — $373,750 · EnvironmentSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATIONTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC — $252,000 · EnvironmentTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC+5 more — $35,000 · EnvironmentTrustees of Princeton University — $185,000 · OtherPrinceton Day School Annual Fund — $45,000 · OtherCORNER HOUSE FOUNDATION — $30,000 · OtherMcCarter Theatre Center for the Performing Arts — $15,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $12,500 · OtherISLES INC — $20,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF MVYRADIO INC — $12,500 · Other+17 more — $48,750 · OtherBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION — $200,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Illinois — $10,000 · Health+2 more — $2,000 · HealthINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Science & TechKieve Wavus Education Inc — $30,000 · Human ServicesCENTER AT 353 INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesMERCER STREET FRIENDS CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesORKEESWA INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesHISTORIC MORVEN INC — $11,000 · Arts & CulturePrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc — $10,500 · Arts & CultureMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY — $10,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES — $10,000 · Arts & CultureMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC — $6,000 · Arts & CultureARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON — $2,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PRINCETON — $2,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$3,105,000Environment$1,660,750Other$368,750Health$212,000Science & Tech$100,000Human Services$67,500Arts & Culture$54,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 — $252,000 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 budgetKieve Wavus Education Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORNER HOUSE FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetCENTER AT 353 INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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 budgetMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW JERSEY SEEDS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCER STREET FRIENDS CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHUBBYS PROJECT A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetD&R GREENWAY LAND TRUST INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois — $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 budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIODIVERSITYWORKS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBIODIVERSITY WORKS — $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPOLLY HILL ARBORETUM INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON — $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PRINCETON — $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetORKEESWA INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD ART ASSOCIATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCapital Harmony Works Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHITOPS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRINCETON FIRST AID AND RESCUE SQUAD — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPPAQUIDDICK COMMUNITY CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EDGARTOWN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATIONINC — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 56 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 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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