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The Larch 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.

$496k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2024
7
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$275,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 19
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$1.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Larch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsCivil RightsEmploymentOther
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
FY2024still arriving9$496k56%
FY20237$1.1M29%
FY20224$556k25%
FY20219$570k56%
FY202011$530k45%
FY201913$161k62%
FY201819$877k79%
FY201716$527kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.4MHealth$930kEducation$221kPhilanthropy$89kInternational$26kScience & Tech$25kCivil Rights$23kRecreation & Sports$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
CA
WV
VA
MD
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of The Larch Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$3,283,00081%
Augusta Levy Learning Center Inc$514,09088%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$229,50060%
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation$150,000216%
Speaking Up for US$144,000225%
Mountaineer Autism Project$25,0001n/a
Snell Foundation Inc$25,00012%
American Friends of Sar El Inc$25,000128%
Merit Spread Foundation Inc$22,25010%
Israel on Campus Coalition Inc$18,00010%
Charles E Miller Foundation$18,000113%
Wals Foundation$11,0002n/a
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$11,00020%
University of Washington School of Law Foundation$10,00012%
Equal Justice Initiative$10,00010%
Strive International Inc$10,00010%
Speak About It$8,00021%
National Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc$5,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
California Collegiate Inc$5,00010%
Depaul USA Inc$5,00010%
Oglebay Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Family Planning Association of Maine Inc$5,00010%
Herring Gut Learning Center$2,50030%
The Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness$2,00041%
Oglebay Institute$1,50010%
Leap Inc$1,50012%
Hospice of Southern Maine$1,00010%
Florida Holocaust Museum Inc$1,00010%
Bravely Beautiful Inc$1,0001n/a
Waynflete School$1,00010%
The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation$50010%
Jackson Memorial Library$50010%
Honr Network Inc$5001n/a
Kent Land Trust Inc$50010%
Blue Hill Heritage Trust$50010%
York Community Service Assoc Inc$50010%
Ethan Henry Lecours Foundation$5001n/a
Norwalk Land Trust Inc$50010%
Chicago Dramatists$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($282k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Larch Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,283,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAugusta Levy Learning Center Inc: $514,090 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $229,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAuschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetSpeaking Up for US: $144,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetSnell Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Sar El Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetMerit Spread Foundation Inc: $22,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIsrael on Campus Coalition Inc: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharles E Miller Foundation: $18,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGulf of Maine Research Institute: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Washington School of Law Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStrive International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpeak About It: $8,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNational Center for Civil and Human Rights Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Collegiate Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDepaul USA Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOglebay Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Planning Association of Maine Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHerring Gut Learning Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness: $2,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOglebay Institute: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeap Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHospice of Southern Maine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Holocaust Museum Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaynflete School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJackson Memorial Library: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKent Land Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Hill Heritage Trust: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYork Community Service Assoc Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorwalk Land Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Dramatists: $300 over 1y, 0.1% 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 35.

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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.

Maine Community Foundation IncME22.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Onion Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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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How do I get to The Larch Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Larch Foundation 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.

About The Larch Foundation

How much does The Larch Foundation give?
The Larch Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $496,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Larch Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (70%), Health (19%), Education (5%).
Who are The Larch Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($3.3M), Augusta Levy Learning Center Inc ($514k), Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc ($230k).
Does The Larch Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Larch 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 Larch Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Onion Foundation.
Where is The Larch Foundation based?
The Larch Foundation is based in CA.

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 61 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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