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The Slade Hill Foundation 009256-000 at a glance

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The Slade Hill Foundation 009256-000

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.

$129k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$88kPhilanthropy$50kFood & Nutrition$43kEnvironment$15kHealth$3kPublic Benefit$1k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cranberry Isles Realty Trust$50,000
FULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL$25,000
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER INC$25,000
ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE$10,000
INDIGO ARTS ALLIANCE$7,500
MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS & GARDENERS$5,000
SAFE$2,500
PRO PUBLICA INC$1,500
MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP$1,500
MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 45% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%PRO PUBLICA INC: $2k → 17%JUSTICEAID: $17k → 14%BIO-DYNAMIC FARMING AND GARDENING: $15k → 10%COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER INC: $25k → 7%COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY INC: $15k → 9%Cranberry Isles Realty Trust: $50k → 11%MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST: $1k → 12%MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP: $2k → 13%MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS & GARDENERS: $5k → 13%MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP: $2k → 15%PRO PUBLICA INC: $2k → 17%COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER INC: $15k → 7%NORTH ATLANTIC ARTS ALLIANCE: $15k → 9%MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST: $1k → 12%MAINE ORGANIC FARMERS & GARDENERS: $5k → 13%ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $50k → 17%FULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL: $25k → 7%MAINE ACADEMY OF MODERN MUSIC: $10k → 7%FULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL: $3k → 7%FULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL: $10k → 7%ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE: $10k → 7%INDIGO ARTS ALLIANCE: $8k → 7%INDIGO ARTS ALLIANCE: $8k → 7%SPACE GALLERY: $5k → 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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111k · 7 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$111k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+26%

Still filing today

71%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’24’25
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • FP
    FULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL
    3× · 2020–2025 · $38k · revenue +632%
  • MP
    Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +20%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • J
    JusticeAidgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $17k · revenue +119%
  • PA
    PERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHEAST US INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • NA
    North Atlantic Arts Alliancegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +974%
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
Fork Food Lab

Fork Food Lab is a nonprofit food business incubator and shared commercial kitchen focused on growing the local food economy. We support the growth of sustainable Maine-based businesses by providing entrepreneurs with work space,…

Environment
3
Apples & Oranges Fund
Philanthropy
4
Maine Donor Alliance Fund

To build a permanent and powerful progressive movement in Maine. We will promote a healthy, just, equitable democracy through research, engagement, and education of Maine's citizens. We will engage in democracy expansion, voter engagement,…

Education
5
Maine Federation of Farmers Markets

MFFM's mission is to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable, farmers' market community as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown food available to…

Food & Nutrition
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
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Hampshire

NOFA-NH actively promotes organic, regenerative, ecologically sound farming, gardening, eating, and land care practices for healthy communities. NOFA-NH helps people build local, just, and sustainable food systems.

Food & Nutrition
8
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
9
Maine Climate Action Now

MCAN catalyzes transformative education and action in response to the climate crisis. We seek to honor, unite and amplify the voices of youth, frontline communities, and others historically excluded from the climate conversation and…

Environment
10
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…

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11
Maine Donor Alliance

To build a permanent and powerful social change movement in Maine, supported by a network of committed donors.

Civil Rights
12
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Cranberry Isles Realty Trust. 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

16 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. 16 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL: $37,500 · Food & NutritionFULL PLATES FULL POTENTIALPERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHEAST US INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionPERMACULTURE ASSOCIATION OF TH…BIODYNAMIC ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionBIODYNAMIC ASSOCIATION INCMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARD…Good Shepherd Food Bank: $10,000 · Food & NutritionGood Shepherd Food BankJusticeAid: $17,008 · Arts & CultureJusticeAidIndigo Arts Alliance: $15,000 · Arts & CultureIndigo Arts AllianceNorth Atlantic Arts Alliance: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNorth Atlantic Arts Allian…ONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureONE LONGFELLOW SQUAREMaine Academy of Modern Music: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMaine Academy of Modern Mu…SPACE Gallery: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSPACE GalleryMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $3,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER INC: $40,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTE…COUNTRY DANCE & SONG SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · OtherCOUNTRY DANCE & SONG …Safe Abortions For Everyone: $2,500 · OtherSAFE: $2,500 · Other+1 more: $2,000 · OtherROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER PHILA…CRANBERRY ISLES REALTY TRUST: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCRANBERRY ISLES R…
Food & Nutrition$87,500Arts & Culture$78,008Other$62,000Philanthropy$50,000Housing & Shelter$50,000

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 budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRANBERRY ISLES REALTY TRUST: $50,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetFULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL: $37,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetJusticeAid: $17,008 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetIndigo Arts Alliance: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Atlantic Arts Alliance: $15,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetBIODYNAMIC ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMAINE ORGANIC FARMERS AND GARDENERS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE LONGFELLOW SQUARE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Academy of Modern Music: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSPACE Gallery: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Abortions For Everyone: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% 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…Horizon Foundation IncSam L Cohen FoundationFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Horizon Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · 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 Slade Hill Foundation 009256-000 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Slade Hill Foundation 009256-000. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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 Slade Hill Foundation 009256-000?

    Find your warmest path to The Slade Hill Foundation 009256-000 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 20 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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