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The Partridge Foundation at a glance

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The Partridge Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.4M
Granted FY2017
13
Grants FY2017
4
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $607k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.8M
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAIR FOOD NETWORK$1,250,000
MAINE FARMLAND TRUST$500,000
FRIENDS OF ACADIA$500,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY INC$250,000
EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER$250,000
COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES INTERNATIONAL$167,000
COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC$100,000
ISLAND READERS AND WRITERS$100,000
ISLAND INSTITUTE$100,000
THE CORNUCOPIA PROJECT$90,000
ASHLEY BRYAN CENTER$50,000
MONADNOCK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL$10,000
RED HOOK ART PROJECT INC$10,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $250k → 17%RED HOOK ART PROJECT INC: $10k → 20%FAIR FOOD NETWORK: $1.3M → 14%MONADNOCK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: $10k → 7%ISLAND INSTITUTE: $100k → 11%ASHLEY BRYAN CENTER: $50k → 11%MAINE FARMLAND TRUST: $500k → 13%EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $250k → 15%THE CORNUCOPIA PROJECT: $90k → 7%FRIENDS OF ACADIA: $500k → 11%COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $100k → 11%ISLAND READERS AND WRITERS: $100k → 11%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 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
Lakewood Northern Light Continuing Care Lakewood

Lakewood d/b/a Northern Light Continuing Care Lakewood is a 105 bed long-term care facility that provides skilled, dementia and long-term nursing care.

Health
2
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
3
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
4
MaineHealth

MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

Health
5
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
6
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
7
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

Science & Tech
8
Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…

Arts & Culture
9
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust

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

Environment
10
Growsmart Maine

To build lasting prosperity without sacrificing the quality of life that defines maine.

Environment
11
Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

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12
Midcoast Conservancy

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maine Farmland Trust; the most unlike its peers is Red Hook Art Project Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 13 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAIR FOOD NETWORK INC: $1,250,000 · Food & NutritionFAIR FOOD NETWORK INCMaine Farmland Trust: $500,000 · Food & NutritionMaine Farmland TrustTHE CORNUCOPIA PROJECT INC: $90,000 · Food & NutritionEastern Maine Medical Center Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Cen: $250,000 · HealthEastern Maine Med…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $250,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOO…+1 more: $10,000 · HealthFriends of Acadia: $500,000 · EnvironmentFriends of Acadi…COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES INTERNATIONAL: $167,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $100,000 · OtherISLAND READERS & WRITERS AN INITIATIVE FOR MAINE CHILDREN: $100,000 · EducationIsland Institute: $100,000 · EducationTHE ASHLEY BRYAN CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureRED HOOK ART PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Food & Nutrition$1,840,000Health$510,000Environment$500,000Other$267,000Education$200,000Arts & Culture$60,000

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 budgetFAIR FOOD NETWORK INC: $1,250,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $500,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $500,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetEastern Maine Medical Center Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Cen: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetISLAND READERS & WRITERS AN INITIATIVE FOR MAINE CHILDREN: $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIsland Institute: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CORNUCOPIA PROJECT INC: $90,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetTHE ASHLEY BRYAN CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetMonadnock Community Hospital: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED HOOK ART PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% 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.

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.

Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA6.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Partridge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Partridge Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Partridge Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Partridge 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.

    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 13 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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