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The Verrill 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.

$138k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
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, 29% of the organizations The Verrill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Human ServicesHealthInternationalEnvironmentCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving21$138k14%
FY202421$128k29%
FY202319$133k42%
FY202222$130k27%
FY202117$128k53%
FY202016$128k25%
FY201927$130k33%
FY201828$113k29%
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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.

Human Services$306kHousing & Shelter$155kYouth Development$154kFood & Nutrition$143kEnvironment$121kHealth$120kCrime & Legal$34kEducation$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AL
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 63 grantees
All grantees of The Verrill Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Valerie's House Inc$221,00093%
Falmouth Conservation Trust Dba Falmouth Land Trust$81,500516%
Preble Street$65,00090%
The Center for Grieving Children$58,00091%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$55,50090%
Luz de Vida Formerly Corazon de Esperanza Inc$41,00027%
Milestone Recovery$38,50070%
Friends of Boston's Homeless Inc$35,50042%
Wayside Food Programs$31,50061%
Judi's House Inc$30,00030%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$25,00050%
Dempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care$23,00030%
Start Small Think Big Inc$19,50040%
Portland Trails$19,00051%
Council for Economic Education$17,50030%
Invest In Girls Inc$16,70022%
The Innocence Project Inc$16,50050%
Familyaid Boston Inc$13,00030%
Kids First Center$12,50031%
Junior Achievement of Greater Boston Inc$12,50020%
Friends of the Children - Boston Inc$10,50040%
Locker Project$9,50020%
Robbie Foundation$8,50050%
Caspar Inc$8,30020%
The Opportunity Alliance$8,00050%
Minds Matter of Boston Inc$7,50020%
Equal Justice Initiative$7,50010%
Sweetser$7,00030%
Honor Flight Maine Inc$6,00021%
Safe Passage$5,00010%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$5,00010%
Furniture Friends$5,00031%
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$5,00010%
Falmouth Memorial Library Association$5,00010%
Trainriders Northeast$5,0003n/a
Semper Fi & America's Fund$5,00010%
Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Inc$5,00010%
Hope Acts$4,00021%
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services$3,7501n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,25020%
Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans$3,00010%
Brookview House Inc$3,00010%
Spectrum Generations$2,50010%
New York Restoration Project$2,50010%
One Bead Project$2,50011%
The Andrew McDonough B Foundation$2,50010%
Center for the Integration & Advancement of New Americans Inc$2,50010%
Day One of New York Inc$2,50010%
Cafe of Life Inc$2,50010%
Children of Promise NYC$2,50010%
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$2,50010%
Kennebec Valley Mental Health Cente D/B/A Kennebec Behavioral Health$2,50010%
South Bronx United Inc$2,50010%
The United Way of Lee County Inc$2,00040%
Pine Tree Hospice$1,50011%
Casco Bay Trail Alliance$1,5001n/a
Spurwink Services Inc$1,00010%
Maine Equal Justice Partners$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00010%
Bangor Area Recovery Network Inc$1,00011%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$1,00010%
Special Surfers$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($139k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetValerie's House Inc: $221,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetFalmouth Conservation Trust Dba Falmouth Land Trust: $81,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetPreble Street: $65,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Grieving Children: $58,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $55,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLuz de Vida Formerly Corazon de Esperanza Inc: $41,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetMilestone Recovery: $38,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Boston's Homeless Inc: $35,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetWayside Food Programs: $31,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetJudi's House Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWomen's Lunch Place Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care: $23,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetStart Small Think Big Inc: $19,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPortland Trails: $19,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCouncil for Economic Education: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInvest In Girls Inc: $16,700 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $16,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFamilyaid Boston Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKids First Center: $12,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater Boston Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Children - Boston Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLocker Project: $9,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRobbie Foundation: $8,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCaspar Inc: $8,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMinds Matter of Boston Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSweetser: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHonor Flight Maine Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSafe Passage: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFurniture Friends: $5,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFalmouth Memorial Library Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRescuing Leftover Cuisine Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHope Acts: $4,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrookview House Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpectrum Generations: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Restoration Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Bead Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Andrew McDonough B Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for the Integration & Advancement of New Americans Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDay One of New York Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCafe of Life Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren of Promise NYC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 60.

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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.

Maine Community Foundation IncME41.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · The Eunice Frye Home Foundation CO Thomas M Pierce HM Payson

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.

Compare The Verrill Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to The Verrill Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Verrill 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 Verrill Foundation

How much does The Verrill Foundation give?
The Verrill Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $137,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Verrill Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Housing & Shelter (14%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are The Verrill Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Valerie's House Inc ($221k), Falmouth Conservation Trust Dba Falmouth Land Trust ($82k), Preble Street ($65k).
Does The Verrill Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Verrill 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 Verrill Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation, Sam L Cohen Foundation.
Where is The Verrill Foundation based?
The Verrill Foundation is based in ME.

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 88 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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