Maine · Private foundation
The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation
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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $645k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $21k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $23k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $30k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $48k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $79k | 34% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $31k | 48% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis | $20,600 | 5 | 57% |
| Frenchman Bay Conservancy | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Friends in Action | $11,310 | 7 | 1% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $9,450 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $9,250 | 6 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Society | $8,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Food Bank | $7,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Crabtree Neck Land Trust | $7,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Maine Island Trail Association | $5,700 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation · Onion Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Murray Charitable Trust · Quimby Family Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
Compare The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation with peer funders
About The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation
- How much does The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation give?
- The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $26,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (25%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis ($21k), Frenchman Bay Conservancy ($17k), Friends in Action ($11k).
- Does The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation 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 Joel Frantzman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Davis Conservation Foundation, Onion Foundation.
- Where is The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation based?
- The Joel Frantzman Family Foundation is based in ME.
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