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Tuckerman 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.

$96k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 34
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$3.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Tuckerman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2024still arriving35$76k20%
FY202334$67k26%
FY202229$66k31%
FY202125$68k16%
FY202023$31k17%
FY201926$68k38%
FY201823$126k52%
FY201720$21kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$418kHealth$78kEducation$68kArts & Culture$25kRecreation & Sports$6kHuman Services$5kHousing & Shelter$4kInternational$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
MD
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Acadia$69,50080%
Trees For Houston$60,65081%
Breakthrough T1d$49,50060%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$23,00060%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$16,16060%
Annunciation Orthodox School$12,4304n/a
Menil Foundation Inc$11,25030%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$9,08070%
Southern Methodist University$8,00080%
Kenyon College$8,00070%
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All grantees of Tuckerman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Acadia$69,50080%
Trees For Houston$60,65081%
Breakthrough T1d$49,50060%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$23,00060%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$16,16060%
Annunciation Orthodox School$12,4304n/a
Menil Foundation Inc$11,25030%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$9,08070%
Southern Methodist University$8,00080%
Kenyon College$8,00070%
St Bernard's School Inc$7,00070%
The Nightingale-Bamford School$7,00070%
Trustees of Westminster School Inc$7,00070%
Proctor Academy$6,02560%
Hermann Park Conservancy$6,00080%
Northeast Harbor Library$4,00070%
Rockendinc$4,00022%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$3,50520%
Neighborhood House Inc$2,80061%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$2,50010%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation$2,50010%
Women in Need Inc$2,50050%
Old Braeswood Park Corporation$2,2505n/a
Central Park Conservancy Inc$1,50040%
Mount Desert Island Hospital$1,50020%
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute$1,50020%
Pennys Flight Foundation Inc$1,50030%
Houston Museum of Natural Science$1,30020%
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,07520%
Team Rubicon Inc$1,03320%
Stroud Water Research Center$1,01220%
Northeast Harbor Fleet$1,00010%
Mount Desert Nursery School$1,00020%
Northeast Harbor Sailing School$1,00010%
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston$70010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$60010%
The Periwinkle Foundation$55230%
The Houston Food Bank$51310%
Once Upon Our Time Capsule$50020%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$50010%
United States Fund for Unicef$50010%
Lawndale Art & Performance Center$4002n/a
Blackwood Educational Land Institute$30010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$26010%
Kids' Meals Inc$25010%
Bridge Builders Houston Inc$25010%
Houston Botanic Garden$20010%
ENERGETICS EDUCATION dba Solar Rollers$15010%
Small Steps Nurturing Center$10010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$10010%
Books Between Kids Inc$10010%
New York Road Runners Inc$10010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$6110%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5010%
Suzannah Smiles$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Acadia: $69,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTrees For Houston: $60,650 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $49,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $16,160 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $11,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $9,080 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKenyon College: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Bernard's School Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nightingale-Bamford School: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Westminster School Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetProctor Academy: $6,025 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHermann Park Conservancy: $6,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Harbor Library: $4,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRockendinc: $4,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $3,505 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood House Inc: $2,800 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Methodist Hospital Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen in Need Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMount Desert Island Hospital: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPennys Flight Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Museum of Natural Science: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $1,033 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStroud Water Research Center: $1,012 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Harbor Fleet: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMount Desert Nursery School: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNortheast Harbor Sailing School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetContemporary Arts Museum Houston: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation: $552 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $513 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOnce Upon Our Time Capsule: $500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlackwood Educational Land Institute: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridge Builders Houston Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENERGETICS EDUCATION dba Solar Rollers: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmall Steps Nurturing Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBooks Between Kids Inc: $100 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 52.

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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.

Greater Houston Community FoundationTX18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Susanna Porter & James Clark Giving Fund · The Gilbert and Ildiko Butler Family Foundation Inc · Gerrish H Milliken Foundation 009209-009 · Colket Family Foundation · The Elkins Foundation · Houston Endowment Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Wt & Louise J Moran Foundation · E Newbold & Margaret Dupont Smith F Foundation (Dba Thornedge Fdn) · Ethel D Colket 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.

Compare Tuckerman Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Tuckerman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tuckerman 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 Tuckerman Foundation

How much does Tuckerman Foundation give?
Tuckerman Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $95,860 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Tuckerman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (68%), Health (13%), Education (11%).
Who are Tuckerman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Acadia ($70k), Trees For Houston ($61k), Breakthrough T1d ($50k).
Does Tuckerman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Tuckerman 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 Tuckerman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, The Brown Foundation Inc, Susanna Porter & James Clark Giving Fund.
Where is Tuckerman Foundation based?
Tuckerman Foundation is based in NY.

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 76 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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