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The Heather Foundation 009246-000 at a glance

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The Heather Foundation 009246-000

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$47kPhilanthropy$36kInternational$25kCommunity Improvement$20kYouth Development$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$14kHuman Services$14kEmployment$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$415k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK$5,000
OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP$5,000
MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$5,000
TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC$4,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
BAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY$2,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CLUB$1,500
BRUNSWICK WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$1,000
BOOTS2ROOTS$1,000
VALO$1,000
FRIENDS OF CHIKUMBUSO INC$1,000
BRIDGE TO RUTLAND$500
SOLOMON HOUSE$500
BROC-COMMUNITY ACTION IN$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $4k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $4k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $4k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $3k → 8%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $3k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $2k → 7%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$180k · 28 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
4

Total granted

$180k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+31%

Still filing today

71%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Human ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • GS
    Good Shepherd Food Bank
    7× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +83%
  • BH
    BAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue +199%
  • B
    BOOTS2ROOTS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +614%

Funded once

  • BL
    BOMAZEEN LAND TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +31%
  • TC
    THE COALITION TO RESTORE
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • MR
    MAINE-WABANAKI REACH
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -8%
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
Working Villages International

Our mission is to get rural people out of poverty. We do this by investing in agricultural interventions that substantially raise farmers' incomes.

International
2
Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation

The mission of Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & The Environment is to transform our relationship with farming and food for a healthier planet.

Philanthropy
3
Hancock County Habitat for Humanity

Partnering with economically disadvantaged individuals and families. Hancock County Habitat For Humanity seeks to eliminate poverty housing and to make decent, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action.

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4
Maine GearShare

To provide access to outdoor gear and know-how through a collaborative, equity-centered approach.

Recreation & Sports
5
Maine Donor Alliance Fund

To build a permanent and powerful progressive movement in Maine. We will promote a healthy, just, equitable democracy through research, engagement, and education of Maine's citizens. We will engage in democracy expansion, voter engagement,…

Education
6
Maine Media College

Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…

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7
Fork Food Lab

Fork Food Lab is a nonprofit food business incubator and shared commercial kitchen focused on growing the local food economy. We support the growth of sustainable Maine-based businesses by providing entrepreneurs with work space,…

Environment
8
The Genesis Fund

The mission of The Genesis Fund is to bring together resources to create housing and other economic and social opportunities for underserved people and communities throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Religion
9
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust

To preserve and protect land surrounding the appalachian trail in maine for public benefit.

Environment
10
New Hampshire Women's Foundation Inc

New hampshire women's foundation invests in opportunity and equality for women and girls in new hampshire through research, advocacy, education and grant making.

Education
11
Abbe Museum

To illuminate and advance greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations' heritage, living cultures, and homelands.

Arts & Culture
12
Maine Needs Inc

We strive to help individuals and families in Maine meet their basic, material needs by providing donated clothing, hygiene products, household items, and other necessities. We focus our work on those starting life over from scratch:…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Faith House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Maquam Bay of Missisquoi 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 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAINE WOMENS FUND: $20,000 · OtherMAINE WOMENS FUNDOLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP: $18,000 · OtherOLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIPNETWORK FOR GOOD TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $10,000 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INCSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · Other+17 more: $27,000 · Other+17 moreGood Shepherd Food Bank: $30,000 · Food & NutritionGood Shepherd Food BankBAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY: $8,000 · Food & NutritionBAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRYSOLOMON HOUSE: $4,000 · Food & NutritionSOLOMON HOUSETHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE TANZANIAN CHIL…Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $10,000 · Human ServicesOlympia Snowe Wome…NEWSTORY CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEWSTORY CENTER IN…Faith House Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesFaith House IncMaine Community Foundation Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFriends of Chikumbuso Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,000 · InternationalNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CLUB: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentVALO: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOOTS2ROOTS: $7,000 · Employment
Other$81,000Food & Nutrition$42,000Human Services$33,000Philanthropy$15,000International$12,000Youth Development$8,000Employment$7,000

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 budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $30,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMAINE WOMENS FUND: $20,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBOOTS2ROOTS: $7,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CLUB: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEWSTORY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Chikumbuso Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOLOMON HOUSE: $4,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFaith House Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRUNSWICK WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVALO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNortheast Harbor Ambulance Service Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetRUTLAND FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDismas of Vermont Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAQUAM BAY OF MISSISQUOI INC: $1,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetUPPER VALLEY HAVEN: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINCLUSIVE ARTS VERMONT INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOMAZEEN LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAINE-WABANAKI REACH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBayou Community Foundation: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds MAINE WOMENS FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds BAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds BOOTS2ROOTS ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE CLUB ↗
  • Who funds NEWSTORY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Chikumbuso Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOLOMON HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Faith House Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BRUNSWICK WALDORF SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds VALO ↗
  • Who funds Northeast Harbor Ambulance Service Inc ↗
  • Who funds RUTLAND FREE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Dismas of Vermont Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAQUAM BAY OF MISSISQUOI INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds INCLUSIVE ARTS VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds BOMAZEEN LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MAINE-WABANAKI REACH ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Bayou Community Foundation ↗

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.

Maine Community Found…The Vermont Community…Gerrish H Milliken Fo…Td Charitable Foundat…Peoples United Commun…Agnes M Lindsay TrustNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Maine Community Foundation IncME22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 · Td Charitable Foundation · Peoples United Community Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Heather Foundation 009246-000 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Heather Foundation 009246-000. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 43%
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Newstory Center Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Maquam Bay of Missisquoi Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Dismas of Vermont Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Upper Valley Haven: 38% of income from government
  • Inclusive Arts Vermont Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 Heather Foundation 009246-000 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 35 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.

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