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Tua Eugene B Hamilton at a glance

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Tua Eugene B Hamilton

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.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$279
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$7kHealth$6kHuman Services$6kEducation$4kYouth Development$4kArts & Culture$2kAnimals$2kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$170
Median grant
6
States reached
$140k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAINE SEA COAST MISSION$279
CASTINE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL$279
MYSTIC VALLEY LODGE AF & AM$225
SWEETSER$225
KATAHDIN AREA COUNTY BOY SCOUTS$225
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF BLUE HILL$225
FRIEND OF MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY$225
BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$225
ORIENT COUNCIL R&SMM$225
THE MAINE CHILDREN'S HOME$225
BLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY$225
BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION SUPREME COUNCIL$170
HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS$170
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION$170
PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$170
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $237 → 16%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $237 → 14%SWEETSER: $316 → 9%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $233 → 16%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $216 → 14%SWEETSER: $279 → 9%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $216 → 16%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $210 → 14%SWEETSER: $271 → 9%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $210 → 16%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $204 → 14%SWEETSER: $236 → 9%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $170 → 16%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $170 → 14%SWEETSER: $225 → 9%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $154 → 16%STARR COMMONWEALTH: $154 → 14%SWEETSER: $204 → 9%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38k · 37 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
0

Total granted

$38k
$0

Still filing today

41%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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

  • CC
    Castine Community Hospital
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2k · revenue +29%
  • MS
    Maine Seacoast Mission
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2k · revenue +40%
  • BH
    BLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2k · revenue +21%

Funded once

    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
    Penobscot Bay Medical Center

    Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

    —
    2
    Maine Historical Society

    Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…

    Arts & Culture
    3
    Bridgton Hospital

    To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.

    Health
    4
    MaineHealth

    MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

    Health
    5
    Maine Behavioral Healthcare

    Maine Behavioral Healthcare provides a seamless and compassionate continuum of care through a community of providers collaborating to promote recovery and the overall mental and physical well-being of those we are privileged to serve.

    —
    6
    Brighton Marine Inc

    Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

    Health
    7
    MaineGeneral Health

    To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

    Health
    8
    Children's Hospital Corporation

    Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

    Health
    9
    Bridgton Public Library

    Public library

    Education
    10
    Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

    To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

    Health
    11
    Central Maine Medical Center

    To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

    Health
    12
    Rumford Hospital

    To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

    Health
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blue Hill Public Library; the most unlike its peers is Bangor Theological Seminary. 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

    15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

    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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 37 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)
    4
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    15/15
    Grantees still filing
    12/15
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    Maine Seacoast Mission: $1,977 · OtherMaine Seacoast MissionMYSTIC VALLEY LODGE AF & AM: $1,583 · OtherMYSTIC VALLEY LODGE AF & AMORIENT COUNCIL R&SMM: $1,583 · OtherORIENT COUNCIL R&SMMCAMBRIDGE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER: $1,192 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BROOKLIN: $1,191 · OtherSIMON W ROBINSON LODGE AF & AM: $1,191 · OtherCOEUR DE LION COMM NO 34 KT: $1,191 · OtherRURAL CEMETERY OF SEDGEWICK: $1,191 · OtherANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SEM: $842 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $838 · OtherFRIEND MEM PUB LIBRARY: $838 · OtherKATAHDIN AREA COUN BOY SCOUTS: $838 · OtherFIRST CONG CHURCH OF BLUE HILL: $838 · OtherKOINONIA FOUNDATION: $823 · OtherTHE MAINE CHILDREN'S HOM: $809 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $796 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $796 · Other+7 more: $4,712 · Other+7 moreCastine Community Hospital: $1,977 · HealthCastine Comm…THE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $1,191 · HealthTHE BLUE HIL…KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION: $1,191 · HealthKNIGHTS TEMP…Sweetser: $1,531 · Human ServicesSweetserTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $1,220 · Human ServicesTHE HOME FO…STARR COMMONWEALTH: $1,191 · Human ServicesSTARR COMMO…BLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,583 · EducationBLUE HILL …PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $1,191 · EducationPERKINS SC…FRIEND MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $745 · EducationFRIEND MEM…ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $796 · AnimalsMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $792 · AnimalsCAMP ALLEN INC: $792 · Recreation & SportsBangor Theological Seminary: $745 · Religion
    Other$23,229Health$4,359Human Services$3,942Education$3,519Animals$1,588Recreation & Sports$792Religion$745

    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 budgetCastine Community Hospital: $1,977 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMaine Seacoast Mission: $1,977 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,583 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSweetser: $1,531 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $1,220 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTARR COMMONWEALTH: $1,191 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON W ROBINSON LODGE AF & AM: $1,191 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $1,191 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL: $1,191 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION: $1,191 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $796 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP ALLEN INC: $792 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $792 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIEND MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $745 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBangor Theological Seminary: $745 over 3y, 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.

    • Who funds Castine Community Hospital ↗
    • Who funds Maine Seacoast Mission ↗
    • Who funds BLUE HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds Sweetser ↗
    • Who funds THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC ↗
    • Who funds STARR COMMONWEALTH ↗
    • Who funds SIMON W ROBINSON LODGE AF & AM ↗
    • Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
    • Who funds THE BLUE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTHERN LIGHT BLUE HILL HOSPITAL ↗
    • Who funds KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
    • Who funds CAMP ALLEN INC ↗
    • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
    • Who funds FRIEND MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
    • Who funds Bangor Theological Seminary ↗

    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…Hamilton Char Trust M…Louis and Leona Cleav…Becton Family Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
    Maine Community Foundation IncME19× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Hamilton Char Trust Marion B · Louis and Leona Cleaves Trust · Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Tua Eugene B Hamilton funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tua Eugene B Hamilton. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
    • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
    • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
    • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.

    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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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