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The Trachsel 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.

$329k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
10%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$1.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 10% of the organizations The Trachsel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$304k25%
FY202430$272k10%
FY202330$276k20%
FY202228$295k11%
FY202125$182k24%
FY202026$192k19%
FY201930$207k20%
FY201828$212k39%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$455kRecreation & Sports$452kHealth$417kPhilanthropy$336kReligion$225kHuman Services$144kInternational$123kEnvironment$98kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
NY
MA
IA
CT
RI
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of The Trachsel Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Asphalt Green Inc$372,30090%
Outreach Inc$122,50061%
The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Ocean Community YMCA$99,02580%
The Cchc Foundation$75,0001n/a
Mab Community Services Inc$72,50090%
Hartford Hospital$70,00070%
American Cancer Society Inc$64,00090%
Chatham Marconi Maritime Center Inc$43,00078%
Winchester Committee for A Better Chance$41,00092%
Billion Oyster Project Inc$36,00080%
Colgate University$25,00080%
Fresh Air Fund$25,00050%
The Chatham Orpheum Theater Inc$22,00030%
The Chapin School Ltd$20,00020%
Streetsquash Inc$16,00050%
Sea Education Association Inc$16,00090%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$15,00030%
Ahimsa Haven Animal Rescue Inc$14,00082%
Foundation to Advance Catholic Education Inc$12,50030%
Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc$12,00032%
Franconia Ski Club$12,00021%
Monomoy Community Services Inc$10,00011%
Associated Catholic Charities Inc$8,00040%
Thanks USA$8,00020%
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund$6,00010%
Franconia Rink Project$5,0001n/a
New England Disabled Sports$5,00010%
Cape Abilities Inc$5,00010%
All Souls School$3,00030%
Verge Inclusive Athletics Inc$3,0003n/a
Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc$2,50010%
Ecsu Foundation Inc$2,50010%
The Watch Hill Conservancy$2,50040%
Student Leadership Network Inc$2,5001n/a
Global Lyme Alliance Inc$2,50010%
The Granite Young Men's Christian Association$2,00010%
East Beach Association$2,00030%
Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Assoc$2,00030%
The Hotchkiss School$2,00010%
League Club of Cape Cod$1,5003n/a
Catholic Relief Services$1,0001n/a
Capitol Squash Inc$1,00010%
The Building Conservation Trust$1,00010%
New York Conservatory of Music Inc$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($824k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Trachsel Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAsphalt Green Inc: $372,300 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOutreach Inc: $122,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe University of Connecticut Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Community YMCA: $99,025 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMab Community Services Inc: $72,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHartford Hospital: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $64,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChatham Marconi Maritime Center Inc: $43,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetWinchester Committee for A Better Chance: $41,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetBillion Oyster Project Inc: $36,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetColgate University: $25,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chatham Orpheum Theater Inc: $22,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chapin School Ltd: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStreetsquash Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSea Education Association Inc: $16,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAhimsa Haven Animal Rescue Inc: $14,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetFoundation to Advance Catholic Education Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGlen Doherty Memorial Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFranconia Ski Club: $12,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMonomoy Community Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAssociated Catholic Charities Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThanks USA: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew England Disabled Sports: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCape Abilities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Souls School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMerrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEcsu Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Watch Hill Conservancy: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Lyme Alliance Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Granite Young Men's Christian Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Beach Association: $2,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWatch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Assoc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Hotchkiss School: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapitol Squash Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Building Conservation Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Conservatory of Music Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA19.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Analog Devices Foundation · AM Roberts Charitable Foundation · The Peter and Deborah Lamm Foundation R Bradford Malt Et Al Trustees · Lynch Family Foundation · Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

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.

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Find your warmest path to The Trachsel 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.

About The Trachsel Family Foundation

How much does The Trachsel Family Foundation give?
The Trachsel Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $328,525 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Trachsel Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Health (17%).
Who are The Trachsel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Asphalt Green Inc ($372k), Outreach Inc ($123k), The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc ($100k).
Does The Trachsel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Trachsel Family 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 Trachsel Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc, Arbella Insurance Foundation.
Where is The Trachsel Family Foundation based?
The Trachsel Family Foundation is based in MA.

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 80 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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