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The Roux Family Foundation at a glance

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The Roux Family Foundation

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.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$31MScience & Tech$4.6MHealth$2.0MYouth Development$1.1MEnvironment$1.1MArts & Culture$875kRecreation & Sports$334kFood & Nutrition$278kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $83k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $345k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.8M
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$2,100,000
HARPSWELL HERITAGE LAND TRUST$650,000
THE STATION FOUNDATION$125,000
BOSTON CELTICS SHAMROCK FOUNDATION$100,000
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$70,000
A PLACE TO START$50,000
COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDENS$25,000
FULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL$25,000
FOCUS MAINE$22,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
RYAN CALLAHAN FOUNDATION$2,500
MGEF$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $340k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 14%FAIR CHANCE: $5k → 14%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $100k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $100k → 7%OLYMPIA SNOWE WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $100k → 7%PROSPERITYME: $25k → 7%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 30 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
48

Total granted

$39M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $655k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2020–2025 · $30M · revenue +63%
  • IF
    INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES
    4× · 2019–2022 · $4.4M · revenue +563% · 75% of their budget
  • TS
    THE STATION FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $690k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • FC
    FAUQUIER COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2018 · $262k
  • US
    UNITED SOCIETY OF SHAKERS SABBATHDAY LAKE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +12%
  • CL
    CONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $175k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
3
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
7
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
8
Maine Farmland Trust

Maine Farmland Trust protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.

Food & Nutrition
9
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
10
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy; the most unlike its peers is Initiative for Digital Engineering and Life Sciences. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

60 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. 60 of the 83 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/60
Grantees still filing
47/60
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $30,000,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY+8 more: $472,500 · EducationINITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES: $4,410,000 · OtherINITIATIVE FOR DIGI…BOSTON CELTICS SHAMROCK FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · OtherBOSTON CELTICS SHAM…FAUQUIER COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT: $262,000 · OtherTREE STREET YOUTH CENTER: $250,000 · Other+39 more: $1,789,000 · Other+39 moreTHE STATION FOUNDATION: $689,500 · HealthSOLVING KIDS' CANCER INC: $407,500 · HealthA PLACE TO START: $400,000 · HealthCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · Health+5 more: $65,000 · HealthHarpswell Heritage Land Trust: $650,000 · EnvironmentCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $225,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $95,000 · Environment+4 more: $68,000 · EnvironmentROYAL RIVER COMMUNITY PLAYERS: $180,000 · Arts & CultureSTORM KING ART CENTER: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMount Vernon Virtuosi Inc: $70,000 · Arts & CultureLILAC PRESERVATION PROJECT: $60,000 · Arts & CulturePortland Museum of Art: $60,000 · Arts & Culture317 Main St Community Center Inc: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $30,000 · Arts & CultureOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $300,000 · Human ServicesPROSPERITYME: $25,000 · Human Services+3 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesUNITED SOCIETY OF SHAKERS SABBATHDAY LAKE INC: $250,000 · Religion
Education$30,472,500Other$7,211,000Health$1,737,000Environment$1,038,000Arts & Culture$555,000Human Services$350,000Religion$250,000

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 budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $30,000,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetINITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCES: $4,410,000 over 4y, 75% of budgetTHE STATION FOUNDATION: $689,500 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetHarpswell Heritage Land Trust: $650,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetBOSTON CELTICS SHAMROCK FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetSOLVING KIDS' CANCER INC: $407,500 over 6y, 10% of budgetA PLACE TO START: $400,000 over 7y, 93% of budgetOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $300,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetBowdoin College: $276,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SOCIETY OF SHAKERS SABBATHDAY LAKE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $225,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $224,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetROYAL RIVER COMMUNITY PLAYERS: $180,000 over 2y, 83% of budgetCONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetFULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL: $160,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $155,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMount Vernon Virtuosi Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR A STRONG MAINE ECONOMY: $67,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLILAC PRESERVATION PROJECT: $60,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetPortland Museum of Art: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budget317 Main St Community Center Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $36,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $30,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CONGRESS SQUARE PARK: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPROSPERITYME: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMAINE COAST FISHERMENS ASSN: $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPORTLAND OVATIONS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMILESTONE RECOVERY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of New England: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSeven Loaves Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAINE STATE MUSIC THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIR CHANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Maine Community Found…Davis Family Foundati…Sam L Cohen FoundationHorizon Foundation IncFisher Charitable Fou…John T Gorman Foundat…Saco & Biddeford Savi…Onion FoundationThe Old Bug Light Cha…Machias Savings Bank …Libra FoundationStephen & Tabitha Kin…
Maine Community Foundation IncME37.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Family Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Onion Foundation · The Old Bug Light Charitable Foundation C/O Spinnaker Trust · Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Libra Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Roux Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Roux Family 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 83 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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