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The Skerryvore Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Skerryvore 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.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$261kRecreation & Sports$161kHealth$93kYouth Development$30kEducation$26kEnvironment$17kInternational$15kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAINE ACADEMY OF MODERN MUSIC$14,500
SAIL MAINE$12,500
VICTOR WOOTEN CENTER FOR MUSIC AND NATURE$10,000
KINONIK$5,000
EASTER SEALS OF MAINE$3,000
PAN MASS CHALLENGE$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PORTLAND PARKS CONSERVANCY: $20k → 7%PORTLAND PARKS CONSERVANCY: $15k → 7%PORTLAND PARKS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 7%PREBLE STREET: $3k → 7%RIDING TO THE TOP: $10k → 7%RIDING TO THE TOP: $10k → 7%RIDING TO THE TOP: $10k → 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.
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$482k · 11 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
19

Total granted

$482k
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+6%

Still filing today

82%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • Portland Museum of Art
    6× · 2019–2024 · $94k · revenue +17%
  • RI
    RIPPLEFFECT INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +10%
  • 3M
    317 Main St Community Center Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $50k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE RIPPLE EFFECT
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -65%
  • FC
    FALMOUTH CONSERVATION TRUST DBA FALMOUTH LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -23%
  • MH
    Maine Huts & Trailsgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +86%
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
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts

The mission of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is to inspire, engage and educate through the exhibition, preservation and collection of photographic works. The Museums programs address contemporary, historical, cultural and…

Arts & Culture
2
Maine Media College

Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…

—
3
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
4
Maine Maritime Museum

To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.

Arts & Culture
5
Maine GearShare

To provide access to outdoor gear and know-how through a collaborative, equity-centered approach.

Recreation & Sports
6
Maine Arts Academy

The Academy is dedicated to academic excellence, commitment to the performing arts, leadership, integrity, and a virtuous code of conduct, all of which prepare students to meet the demands of a contemporary world through thoughtful…

Education
7
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
8
Maine Film Center

To enrich, educate, and entertain the community through film and art.

—
9
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
10
Sail Power and Steam Museum

To celebrate, honor, experience, and share the story of Maine's maritime heritage.

Education
11
PassivhausMAINE

PassivhausMAINE is a non-profit organization committed to decreasing carbon emissions, dependency on fossil fuels and the costs for winter heating in Maine.

Environment
12
The Saco River Theatre

The Saco River Theatres mission is art, culture and the community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine; the most unlike its peers is Hewnoaks Artist Colony. 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

25 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. 25 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Portland Museum of Art: $93,500 · Arts & CulturePortland Museum of Art317 Main St Community Center Inc: $50,000 · Arts & Culture317 Main St Community Center IncSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSHELBURNE MUSEUM INCSAIL MAINE: $33,500 · Arts & CultureSAIL MAINEMaine Academy of Modern Music: $24,500 · Arts & CultureMaine Academy of Modern MusicFRIENDS OF FORT GORGES: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE OF MAINE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSPACE Gallery: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSAILING FOUNDATION OF NY: $50,000 · OtherSAILING FOUNDATION OF NYIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MA…FALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherFALMOUTH HIGH SCHOOLVICTOR WOOTEN CENTER FOR MUSIC AND NATURE: $10,000 · OtherVICTOR WOOTEN CENTER FOR …KINONIK: $5,000 · OtherCENTER DAY CAMP: $5,000 · OtherHEWNOAKS: $5,000 · OtherFALMOUTH CONSERVATION TRUST DBA FALMOUTH LAND TRUST: $15,000 · OtherFALMOUTH CONSERVATION TRU…SAIL NEWPORT: $5,000 · Other+5 more: $11,000 · Other+5 morePortland Parks Conservancy: $40,000 · Human ServicesPortland Par…RIDING TO THE TOP: $30,000 · Human ServicesRIDING TO TH…PREBLE STREET: $2,500 · Human ServicesRIPPLEFFECT INC: $60,000 · HealthRIPPLEFFEC…The Telling Room: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE RIPPLE EFFECT: $15,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF CONGRESS SQUARE PARK: $10,000 · Community ImprovementMaine Huts & Trails: $15,000 · EducationSide x Side Inc: $5,000 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $1,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$284,000Other$146,000Human Services$72,500Health$60,000Youth Development$30,000Community Improvement$25,000Education$21,000

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 budgetPortland Museum of Art: $93,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRIPPLEFFECT INC: $60,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budget317 Main St Community Center Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPortland Parks Conservancy: $40,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetSAIL MAINE: $33,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetRIDING TO THE TOP: $30,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Telling Room: $30,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMaine Academy of Modern Music: $24,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE RIPPLE EFFECT: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFALMOUTH CONSERVATION TRUST DBA FALMOUTH LAND TRUST: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMaine Huts & Trails: $15,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF FORT GORGES: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetFRIENDS OF CONGRESS SQUARE PARK: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEATRE OF MAINE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSPACE Gallery: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSAIL NEWPORT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSide x Side Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPREBLE STREET: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Community Squash: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEWNOAKS ARTIST COLONY: $2,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMid Coast Hunger Prevention Program: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Onion FoundationThe Widgeon Point Cha…Horizon Foundation IncSam L Cohen FoundationDavis Family Foundati…Fisher Charitable Fou…The Old Bug Light Cha…Edward H Daveis Benev…Phineas W Sprague Mem…Kennebec Savings Bank…Morton-Kelly Charitab…
Maine Community Foundation IncME35.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · The Old Bug Light Charitable Foundation C/O Spinnaker Trust · Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund · Phineas W Sprague Memorial Foundation · Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Skerryvore Foundation Inc 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 34 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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