Maine · Private foundation
The Snowden Foundation
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.
- $56k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Snowden Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $56k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $61k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $60k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $60k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $61k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Farm School | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save a Friend to Homeless Animals | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare Society Inc | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Princeton Healthcare System Holding Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center at 353 Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| One Simple Wish Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arm in Arm Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Farm School | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $24,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Save a Friend to Homeless Animals | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Animal Welfare Society Inc | $17,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Princeton Healthcare System Holding Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center at 353 Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| One Simple Wish Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arm in Arm Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center | $9,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Portland Museum of Art | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Historic Morven Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Preble Street | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Community Squash | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sail Maine | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homefront Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Biddeford Pool Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($212k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Snowden Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Willard Tc Johnson Foundation Inc · The Frank J Ryan and Jane E Ryan Family Foundation · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
About The Snowden Foundation
- How much does The Snowden Foundation give?
- The Snowden Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $56,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Snowden Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Education (22%), Health (15%).
- Who are The Snowden Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Church Farm School ($80k), Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($24k), Mercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital ($20k).
- Does The Snowden Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Snowden Foundation 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 Snowden Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, Maine Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Snowden Foundation based?
- The Snowden Foundation is based in ME.
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