· Private foundation
The Salmon Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k35 grants · $855k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GUNSTON DAY SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| CHANGING PERSPECTIVES | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| THE COUNTRY SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| SALISBURY SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| MARTINS HOUSE & BARN | $30,000 |
| ORANGE COUNTY RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM | $30,000 |
| THE FAMILY PLACE | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| ASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| MADONNA PLACE INC | $30,000 |
| OPERATION SECOND CHANCE | $30,000 |
| BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION | $30,000 |
| EVERYBODY WINS VERMONT | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $608k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of The Salmon Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.
42 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CPCHANGING PERSPECTIVES4× · 2020–2023 · $210k · revenue +195%
- TFTHE FAMILY PLACE INC5× · 2020–2024 · $195k · revenue +29%
- TOTRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC5× · 2020–2024 · $195k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- TYTHE YMCA QUEEN ANNES COUNTYone grant, 2022 · $40k
- CFCHILD & FAMILY AGENCY OF SOUTHEASTERN CT INCone grant, 2020 · $35k
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -40%
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.
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.
Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…
Oliverian is a non-profit, alternative, college-prep boarding school for adolescents who have not thrived in traditional settings. we fill the gap between traditional and therapeutic schools, providing the right mix of support and guided…
Children's services
Our purpose is to establish an educational foundation of curiosity, confidence, and competence while practicing kindness to oneself, the community and nature.
The bement school provides an education based on time-honored school traditions and values for children in kindergarten through ninth grade, day and boarding. from the classrooms to the dorms, we live and learn as a family, while…
Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.
Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…
Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…
Hilltop montessori school's mission is for students to practice responsible independence in a caring community of curious, critical learners and thoughtful citizens.
We know, value, and challenge each student. we commit to building a diverse and inclusive community. we graduate independent thinkers and globally aware citizens.
The williams school builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral and social success. a williams school student embodies confidence, integrity and a love of learning.
Harvard-westlake strives to be a diverse and inclusive community united by the joyful pursuit of educational excellence, living and learning with integrity, and purpose beyond ourselves.
How this is measured
57 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. 57 of the 73 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ↗
- Who funds THE FAMILY PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE GUNSTON SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds BRENT ELEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Operation Second Chance Inc ↗
- Who funds SALISBURY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WYE RIVER UPPER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT MARTINS MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds ASPEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Madonna Place Inc ↗
- Who funds EVERYBODY WINS VERMONT INC ↗
- Who funds HAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds KENT SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds DAVID'S HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds ASPEN YOUTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds THE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds KILLINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds PAUL'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds COMPASS REGIONAL HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds WILLING HANDS ENTERPRISES INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LET'S GROW KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds HEARTS YOU HOLD INC ↗
- Who funds WHARTON ESHERICK MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds HARTFORD COMMUNITY RESORATIVE JUSTICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC ↗
- Who funds Union Institute & University ↗
- Who funds ONE MISSION CAMBRIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The May Foundation of Maryland · David a Bramble Foundation Inc · The Couch Family Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · Hypertherm Hope Foundation Inc · Emily Landecker Foundation Inc · The Clifton Foundation Inc · Flora R and Isidor M Stettenheim Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Salmon Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Salmon Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Life Experience School Inc: 75% of income from government
- Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
- The Family Place Inc: 38% of income from government
- Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
- Madonna Place Inc: 20% of income from government
- Willing Hands Enterprises Inc: 17% of income from government
- Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
- Freedom Reads Inc: 12% of income from government
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
- Clemmons Family Farm Inc: 9% of income from government
- Sultana Education Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
- The Vermont Community Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Killington Mountain School Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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