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The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$136k
Granted FY2022
53
Grants FY2022
53
Organizations funded FY2022
21%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
53 to 60
FY2021 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
10
Total assets, FY2022
$931k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 21% of the organizations The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202253$136k21%
FY202160$107kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$58kAnimals$56kArts & Culture$25kScience & Tech$18kEnvironment$9kCivil Rights$7kPhilanthropy$6kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
TN
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wildlife Conservation Society$30,50020%
Charlotte Country Day School$20,00020%
Discovery Trail Inc$10,00021%
The Hutchison School$8,00020%
The Raptor Trust$7,00020%
The Trustees of Princeton University$6,75020%
Opera Carolina$6,25010%
Birch Rock Camp$6,00011%
Stoneleigh-Burnham School$5,00020%
Ivy 1879 Foundation Inc$3,50020%
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All grantees of The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wildlife Conservation Society$30,50020%
Charlotte Country Day School$20,00020%
Discovery Trail Inc$10,00021%
The Hutchison School$8,00020%
The Raptor Trust$7,00020%
The Trustees of Princeton University$6,75020%
Opera Carolina$6,25010%
Birch Rock Camp$6,00011%
Stoneleigh-Burnham School$5,00020%
Ivy 1879 Foundation Inc$3,50020%
South Portland Land Trust$3,0002n/a
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$3,00020%
University Radio Foundation Inc$2,75010%
Cornell University$2,75020%
Teach for America Inc$2,50010%
The Kings Academy Inc$2,25020%
Maine Island Trail Association$2,00020%
Portland Trails$2,00020%
Maine Humanities Council$2,00020%
Wayside Food Programs$2,00020%
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland$2,00020%
Maine Audubon Society$2,00020%
New England Aquarium Corporation$1,50020%
Sciencenter Discovery Museum$1,50020%
The Village at Ithaca Inc$1,50020%
Tompkins County Public Library$1,0002n/a
Dempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care$1,00010%
Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc$1,00010%
South Portland Historical Society$1,00021%
Marine Mammals of Maine$1,00010%
Riding to the Top$1,00010%
Avian Haven$1,00010%
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network Inc$50020%
Ithaca Childrens Garden Inc$50010%
South Portland Food Cupboard$50010%
The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc$50010%
The Contemporary Theater Company$50010%
Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes$25010%
Seventh Art Corporation of Ithaca$25010%
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($98k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $30,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharlotte Country Day School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDiscovery Trail Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Hutchison School: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Raptor Trust: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $6,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Carolina: $6,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBirch Rock Camp: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStoneleigh-Burnham School: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIvy 1879 Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity Radio Foundation Inc: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kings Academy Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Island Trail Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPortland Trails: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Humanities Council: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWayside Food Programs: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Refuge League of Greater Portland: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Audubon Society: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Aquarium Corporation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSciencenter Discovery Museum: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Village at Ithaca Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Portland Historical Society: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMarine Mammals of Maine: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRiding to the Top: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAvian Haven: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCayuga Lake Watershed Network Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIthaca Childrens Garden Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Portland Food Cupboard: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Contemporary Theater Company: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSeventh Art Corporation of Ithaca: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Inc: $250 over 1y, 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 38.

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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 Found…Saco & Biddeford Savi…Community Foundation …Sam L Cohen FoundationPark Foundation IncAmica Companies Found…Vincent B and Barbara…Triad Foundation IncNarragansett Number O…Simmons Foundation - …Fisher Charitable Fou…Foundation for Jewish…
Maine Community Foundation IncME28.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Park Foundation Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization · Triad Foundation Inc · Narragansett Number One Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

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 Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc

How much does The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc give?
The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc reported 53 grants totaling $136,250 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 60 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
What does The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (13%), Animals (12%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2022: Wildlife Conservation Society ($31k), Charlotte Country Day School ($20k), Discovery Trail Inc ($10k).
Does The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc 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 Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc.
Where is The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc based?
The Robert G & Jane V Engel Foundation Inc is based in ME.

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 71 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $122k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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