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The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2023
46
Grants FY2023
46
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$250
Largest grant, FY2023
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
38 to 84
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
19
Total assets, FY2023
$426k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalEnvironmentAnimalsEducationHealthArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202346$30k30%
FY202277$62k23%
FY202184$73k35%
FY202058$45k48%
FY201942$55k40%
FY201839$52k23%
FY201738$50kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Environment$203kAnimals$66kArts & Culture$40kEducation$20kInternational$16kHealth$12kSocial Science$9kYouth Development$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 105 grantees
All grantees of The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$14,00040%
Conservation International Foundation$11,20060%
Earthjustice$11,00040%
Rainforest Trust$10,10050%
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc$10,00030%
Population Media Center Inc$9,00040%
The Wilderness Society$8,59040%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$8,50050%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$8,45050%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$7,00030%
Alaska Wilderness League$7,00040%
Mara Elephant Project USA Inc$7,00020%
Defenders of Wildlife$7,00040%
Population Connection$6,50040%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$6,50050%
American Rivers Inc$6,50040%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$6,25070%
Buzzards Bay Coalition$6,04050%
National Parks Conservation Association$6,00050%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$5,70050%
National Park Foundation$5,60060%
Southcoast Health System Inc$5,38520%
Indiana University School of Medicine$5,0002n/a
New England Forestry Foundation Inc$5,00040%
National Wildlife Federation$5,00060%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$4,50040%
Wildlife Conservation Society$4,35510%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$4,10020%
Sippican Lands Trust Inc$4,00031%
The Grand Canyon Trust Inc$4,00030%
World Animal Protection$3,95040%
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc$3,90050%
Earthworks$3,75050%
Trees Water and People$3,50050%
American Farmland Trust$3,50040%
The Marine Mammal Center$3,50040%
Sierra Club$3,45030%
Yosemite Foundation$3,00030%
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust$2,75040%
Negative Population Growth Inc$2,50030%
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Inc$2,50020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,40040%
Friends of the Earth$2,20040%
Rainforest Alliance Inc$2,20030%
Cornell University$2,00010%
Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation$2,00022%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$2,00020%
Building Youth Around the World$2,00011%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$1,70030%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$1,55050%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,50020%
Rainforest Action Network$1,50020%
The Trustees of Reservations$1,20020%
Finca International Inc$1,19040%
Greenpeace Inc$1,10040%
Indiana University Foundation$1,10010%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$1,10030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00030%
Tabor Academy$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$90030%
American Indian College Fund$85040%
Boston Rescue Mission Inc$80020%
International Campaign for Tibet$80030%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$80030%
Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation$70020%
Spca International Inc$70030%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$70030%
St Josephs Indian School$7002n/a
MAP International Inc$65040%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$60020%
The Willa Cather Foundation$60030%
Grand Canyon Conservancy$50010%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide$50010%
Marion Art Center Inc$50010%
Society for the Preservation of New Engl$50010%
Food for the Poor Inc$48530%
Share Our Strength$30030%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$30020%
Barnstormers Inc$30020%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$30020%
Fcnl Education Fund$30020%
Human Rights Watch Inc$26030%
Chimp Haven Inc$25010%
Our Sisters School$25010%
Manomet Inc$25010%
Catholic Relief Services$2502n/a
Rochester Land Trust Inc$25010%
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$25010%
American Friends Service Committee$2251n/a
Save the Redwoods League$20010%
Compassion & Choices$20010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$20010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20010%
United States Association for UNHCR$20020%
Engenderhealth Inc$20020%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$15020%
United Service Organizations Inc$15010%
The Home for Little Wanderers Inc$15010%
People for the American Way$12510%
Mattapoisett Land Trust Inc$10010%
Lost Meadows Mule Refuge$1001n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$10010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10010%
Repower$10010%
Winter Wildlands Alliance Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $11,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Trust: $10,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPopulation Media Center Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $8,590 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $8,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlaska Wilderness League: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMara Elephant Project USA Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPopulation Connection: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Trail Conservancy: $6,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBuzzards Bay Coalition: $6,040 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $5,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $5,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthcoast Health System Inc: $5,385 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Forestry Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Yellowstone Coalition: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $4,355 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSippican Lands Trust Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Grand Canyon Trust Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Animal Protection: $3,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: $3,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEarthworks: $3,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTrees Water and People: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Farmland Trust: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $3,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUpper Saco Valley Land Trust: $2,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNegative Population Growth Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetForest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $2,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Alliance Inc: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOwens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation: $2,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Youth Around the World: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% 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 100.

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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.

The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-IMA19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I · Boston Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Ludes Family Foundation · Fields Pond Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation · Give Lively Foundation Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Marin Community 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.

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About The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation

How much does The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation give?
The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $30,075 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 84 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Environment (53%), Animals (17%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: African Wildlife Foundation Inc ($14k), Conservation International Foundation ($11k), Earthjustice ($11k).
Does The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I, Boston Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
Where is The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation based?
The John T & Theresa D Cederholm Private Foundation is based in MA.

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 154 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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