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Tulgey Wood 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.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
75
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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$271kEducation$240kHealth$115kPhilanthropy$36kReligion$36kHousing & Shelter$33kHuman Services$32kCommunity Improvement$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 75 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k72 grants · $117k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
$1,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC Health Foundation$15,500
Carigan Mountain School$10,000
Brown Annual Fund$10,000
Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies$5,000
Committee on Temporary Shelter COT$5,000
The GroundTruth Project$5,000
VPS Office of Developement$5,000
Historic New England$3,600
Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum$3,550
Harvard College Fund$3,250
Individual grant recipient$3,000
Museum of Fine Arts$3,000
Phillips Exeter Academy$3,000
Wellesley College Fund$3,000
Partners in Health Boston$2,600
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, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Spectrum Youth Family Services: $3k → 9%Spectrum Youth Family Services: $3k → 9%Kieve Wavus Education Inc: $350 → 9%HomeShare Vermont: $2k → 10%Kieve Wavus Education Inc: $350 → 9%Kieve Wavus Education Inc: $250 → 9%Spectrum Youth Family Services: $1k → 9%Homeshare Vermont: $1k → 10%Homeshare Vermont: $1k → 10%Howard Center: $3k → 10%Spectrum Youth Family Services: $3k → 10%Fletcher Free Library: $1k → 10%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

ME
VT
NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$798k · 111 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

111 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

111
61

Total granted

$798k
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+16%

Still filing today

59%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • NG
    National Gallery of Art
    4× · 2020–2023 · $38k · revenue +40%
  • MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $23k · revenue +7%
  • SF
    SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL
    6× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +327%

Funded once

  • NI
    National Institute of Neurological
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
  • LG
    LET'S GROW KIDS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -59%
  • C
    CASAN
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Vermont Public Co

Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.

Arts & Culture
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
4
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
5
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Cvph medical center's mission is to provide quality health care for the north country region in upstate new york.

Health
6
Vermont Council On World Affairs Inc

See schedule othe mission of the vermont council on world affairs is to promote awareness and understanding of the world and its people, places and cultures through education and engagement. the future of vermont depends upon the world…

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7
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
8
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc

Vermont electric cooperative is a member owned not-for-profit whose mission is to provide safe, affordable, and reliable energy services to its members.

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11
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
12
The Vermont River Conservancy Inc

Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Bedford Light; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

96 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. 96 of the 189 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)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/96
Grantees still filing
72/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Albans School: $55,000 · OtherSt Albans SchoolSt Albans Annual Giving: $30,000 · OtherBrown Annual Fund: $25,000 · OtherIsabella Stuart Gardner Museum: $22,050 · OtherVPS Office of Developement: $20,000 · Other+125 more: $442,620 · Other+125 moreNational Gallery of Art: $37,500 · Arts & CultureNational Gallery of…MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $23,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FINE ARTSSOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL: $21,600 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY FOR THE PRE…VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER: $11,000 · Arts & CultureVERMONT FOLKLIFE CE…NEW BEDFORD LIGHT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW BEDFORD LIGHTPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $9,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION TRUST …Rokeby Museum: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FORT TICONDEROGA ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LANDMARK TRUST USA INC: $5,500 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $31,950 · Arts & Culture+12 moreCARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationCARDIGAN MOUN…UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 · EducationUNC HEALTH FO…PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $18,000 · EducationPHILLIPS EXET…PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $16,400 · EducationPROPRIETORS O…RONALD TERRILL MEMORIAL FUND INC: $9,000 · EducationRONALD TERRIL…North Bennet Street School: $8,500 · EducationNorth Bennet …SHADY HILL SCHOOL: $7,950 · EducationSHADY HILL SC…Northern Forest Center Inc: $5,500 · Education+6 more: $4,750 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 · InternationalHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $5,750 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $2,000 · International+2 more: $500 · InternationalCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST: $14,500 · Housing & ShelterCASA VALENTINA INC: $4,100 · Housing & ShelterCOMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Health Services of Addison Cty Inc: $7,750 · HealthSTERN CENTER FOR LANGUAGE AND LEARNING: $2,500 · HealthMission Brain Foundation: $1,674 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $1,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $800 · HealthThe Fistula Foundation: $750 · Health+3 more: $950 · HealthSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesHOMESHARE VERMONT INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesHowardCenter Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY: $1,000 · Human ServicesKieve Wavus Education Inc: $950 · Human Services
Other$594,670Arts & Culture$163,050Education$108,600International$23,250Housing & Shelter$19,600Health$17,924Human Services$16,450

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 budgetNational Gallery of Art: $37,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $23,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL: $21,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM: $16,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIELD SCHOOL INC: $14,120 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT ADULT LEARNING INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVermont International Film Foundation: $11,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetVERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER: $11,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNEW BEDFORD LIGHT: $10,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRONALD TERRILL MEMORIAL FUND INC: $9,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetPRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHADY HILL SCHOOL: $7,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Services of Addison Cty Inc: $7,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC: $7,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRokeby Museum: $7,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetVERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VERMONT INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FORT TICONDEROGA ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $5,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCATHEDRAL SQUARE CORPORATION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LANDMARK TRUST USA INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNorthern Forest Center Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLET'S GROW KIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $4,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBarre Historical Society: $4,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCASA VALENTINA INC: $4,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORLEANS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVERMONT YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFlorida Immigrant Coalition Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHOMESHARE VERMONT INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $3,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Rescue Mission: $3,150 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAPLEWOOD ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE CHAMPLAIN LAND TRUST INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $3,000 over 6y, 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 National Gallery of Art ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGL ↗
  • Who funds CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PROPRIETORS OF THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE FIELD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT ADULT LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds Vermont International Film Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT FOLKLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEDFORD LIGHT ↗
  • Who funds RONALD TERRILL MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds North Bennet Street School ↗
  • Who funds SHADY HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Community Health Services of Addison Cty Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE KENNEDY COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Rokeby Museum ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT WORKS FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VERMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FORT TICONDEROGA ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

The Vermont Community…The Windham Foundatio…National Life Group C…Vermont Council on th…Ben & Jerry's Foundat…Oakland Foundation IncLintilhac Foundation …Boston Foundation IncIbm International Fou…Amy E Tarrant Foundat…Trout Lily FoundationThe Robert Fleming & …
The Vermont Community FoundationVT65× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vermont Community Foundation · The Windham Foundation Inc · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Vermont Council on the Arts Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Oakland Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Amy E Tarrant Foundation Inc · Trout Lily Foundation · The Robert Fleming & Jane Howe Patrick Foundation Inc

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 Tulgey Wood Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tulgey Wood Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • The Landmark Trust Usa Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Vermont Folklife Center: 90% of income from government
  • The Kennedy Collective Inc: 79% of income from government
  • Vermont Adult Learning Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Cathedral Square Corporation: 73% of income from government
  • Vermont Humanities Council: 67% of income from government
  • Vermont Works for Women Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Committee On Temporary Shelter Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
  • United Way of Northwest Vermont Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Homeshare Vermont Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Partnerships for Literacy and Learning: 27% of income from government
  • Salvation Farms Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
  • Vermont Council On Rural Development Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Champlain Housing Trust: 15% of income from government
  • Community Health Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc: 8% of income from government
  • HowardCenter Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of New Engl: 2% of income from government
  • St Johnsbury Athenaeum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lake Champlain Land Trust Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
  • Champlain College Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Vermont Youth Orchestra Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Stern Center for Language and Learning: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
9rely 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.

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 189 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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