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Triton 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.

$84k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$126kEducation$68kEmployment$64kCivil Rights$42kYouth Development$32kCommunity Improvement$30kEnvironment$23kHuman Services$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $32k
$1,250
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Frinds of Spannocchia$32,000
317 Main Music Center$7,000
Rural Youth Institute$5,000
Kieve Leadershiop Program$5,000
Johns Hopkins University$5,000
ILAP$3,000
Maine Conservation Alliance$2,500
Planned Parenthood of NNE$2,250
Tree Street Youth$2,000
Fork Food Lab$2,000
Center for Grieving Children$2,000
Carrabassett Valley Academy$2,000
Maine Womens Lobby$1,500
United Way of Greater Portland$1,500
Preble Street Resource Center$1,250
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PERC: $2k → 9%American Red Cross: $500 → 7%American Red Cross: $500 → 7%American Red Cross: $250 → 7%American Red Cross: $250 → 7%American Red Cross: $250 → 7%American Red Cross: $250 → 7%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome: $1k → 7%Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome: $1k → 7%Furniture Friends: $500 → 7%Furniture Friends: $500 → 7%Furniture Friends: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NY
MA
PA
CT
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$486k · 40 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
10

Total granted

$486k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-21%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +42%
  • MW
    MAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $42k · revenue +27%
  • TS
    TREE STREET YOUTH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • PE
    P E R C INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -58%
  • MS
    Main St Music Center
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • FO
    Friends of Maine State Library
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
2
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
3
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
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 Center for Coastal Fisheries

Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

Science & Tech
6
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
7
Growsmart Maine

To build lasting prosperity without sacrificing the quality of life that defines maine.

Environment
8
Land Peace Foundation

The Land Peace Foundation is an Indigenous led educational organization that is dedicated to preserving the Indigenous way of life and cultivating strong Indigenous leadership. We are also deeply committed to stewarding responsible climate…

Arts & Culture
9
Maine Equal Justice Partners

Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization working to increase economic security, opportunity and equity for people in Maine.

Crime & Legal
10
ClimateWork Maine

ClimateWork Maine (CWM) is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Maine that serves as a support network for businesses and business leaders that are taking action on climate change, to meet its challenges and to seize the…

Health
11
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
12
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections

MCCE is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to ensure that Maine's campaign finance laws, elections, and government serve the public interest, both in principal and practice.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Grieving Children; the most unlike its peers is Allie's Friends Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 55 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $138,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY: $41,500 · OtherMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBYKieve Leadershiop Program: $27,000 · OtherKieve Leadershiop Program317 Main Music Center: $16,500 · Other317 Main Music CenterILAP: $13,000 · Other+34 more: $71,300 · Other+34 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $64,500 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UN…Rural Youth Institute: $5,000 · EducationRural Youth Inst…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationFriends of Spannocchia: $64,000 · EmploymentFriends of Spa…TREE STREET YOUTH INC: $12,050 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $11,500 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDS OF INDEPENDENCE: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentMAINE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $8,000 · EnvironmentCopper River Watershed Project: $6,000 · EnvironmentFork Food Lab: $2,000 · EnvironmentMaine Audubon Society: $2,000 · EnvironmentGood Shepherd Food Bank: $5,000 · Food & NutritionMaine Farmland Trust: $2,600 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $2,250 · Food & NutritionFALMOUTH FOOD PANTRY INC: $500 · Food & NutritionUnited Way Inc: $9,000 · Philanthropy
Other$307,300Education$71,500Employment$64,000Youth Development$25,050Environment$18,000Food & Nutrition$10,350Philanthropy$9,000

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 budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $64,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Spannocchia: $64,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY: $41,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetTREE STREET YOUTH INC: $12,050 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $11,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAINE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $8,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCopper River Watershed Project: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRural Youth Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIn Her Presence: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $2,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PORTLAND IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Audubon Society: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCarrabassett Valley Academy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDS OF INDEPENDENCE: $1,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetP E R C INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetImaging the World Corp: $1,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFURNITURE FRIENDS: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLIE'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLITTLE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD INC: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUS GIVING TO MAHER: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAINE INITIATIVESINC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $500 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.

  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Spannocchia ↗
  • Who funds MAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY ↗
  • Who funds TREE STREET YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds United Way Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAINE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Copper River Watershed Project ↗
  • Who funds Rural Youth Institute ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds In Her Presence ↗
  • Who funds Maine Farmland Trust ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PORTLAND IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Fork Food Lab ↗
  • Who funds Maine Audubon Society ↗
  • Who funds Carrabassett Valley Academy ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SEEDS OF INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds P E R C INC ↗
  • Who funds Imaging the World Corp ↗
  • Who funds FURNITURE FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds ALLIE'S FRIENDS FOUNDATION ↗

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…Elmina B Sewall Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationMaine InitiativesincPeter Alfond Foundati…Good Shepherd Food Ba…John T Gorman Foundat…Onion FoundationBangor Savings Bank F…The Hudson FoundationAlbert B Glickman Fam…Libra Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME25.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Maine Initiativesinc · Peter Alfond Foundation · Good Shepherd Food Bank · John T Gorman Foundation · Onion Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · The Hudson Foundation · Albert B Glickman Family Foundation · Libra 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 Triton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Triton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Triton Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Triton 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.

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 55 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home