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Ud W Bingham 2nd 070535

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.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Environment$5.9MHealth$4.3MEducation$3.5MArts & Culture$1.4MFood & Nutrition$733kHuman Services$268k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$200,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MITCHELL INSTITUTE$450,000
GOULD ACADEMY$300,000
AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST$300,000
ISLAND INSTITUTE$300,000
SAFE COALITION$200,000
THE LIFEFLIGHT FOUNDATION$200,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW ENGLAND$200,000
FRANKLIN CITY CHILDREN'S TASK FORCE$175,000
BOWDOIN INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL$156,000
MAINE FARMLAND TRUST$100,000
FORSYTH DENTAL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN$100,000
NEW BEGINNINGS$93,000
LAKE ARCHER ASSOCIATION$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NEW BEGINNINGS: $93k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$13M · 19 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +87% since the first grant, against +46% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
11

Total granted

$13M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+46%

Still filing today

79%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $918k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentFood & NutritionArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • II
    Island Institute
    6× · 2019–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +121%
  • GA
    GOULD ACADEMY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +5%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    3× · 2019–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $600k · revenue +302%
  • MO
    MUSEUMS OF THE BETHEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $250k
  • AMERICAN RIVERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $240k · revenue +46%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
3
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
4
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust

To preserve and protect land surrounding the appalachian trail in maine for public benefit.

Environment
5
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

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

Science & Tech
6
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
7
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
8
Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy

Focusmaine propels the growth of maine's most promising industries and transforms maine into a hub for top talent.

Community Improvement
9
Islesboro Islands Trust

The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…

Philanthropy
10
Maine Rivers

Maine Rivers is a statewide advocacy organization. Our mission is to protect, restore and enhance the ecological health of Maine's river systems. We support and direct efforts to conserve and improve the health of Maine's rivers and…

Environment
11
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
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maine Farmland Trust and the most unlike its peers is Reading Is Fundamental Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr13%41%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr13%40%35–55yr16%30%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,542

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
19/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Island Institute — $2,003,000 · EducationIsland InstituteGOULD ACADEMY — $1,050,000 · EducationGOULD ACADEMYTrustees of Tufts College — $1,000,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeTHE DAVID SCHOOL INC — $600,000 · EducationTHE DAVID SCHOOL INCSenator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute — $450,000 · EducationSenator George J Mitchell Scholarship …READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC — $430,700 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INCAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST — $1,929,670 · OtherAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUSTPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW ENGLAND — $800,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW ENGLANDFORSYTH INSTITUTE DENTAL INFIRMARY — $550,000 · OtherFORSYTH INSTITUTE DENTAL INFIRMARYPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NE — $400,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEMUSEUMS OF THE BETHEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $250,000 · OtherTUFTS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE — $215,000 · OtherFRANKLIN COUNTY CHILDRENS TASK FORCE INC — $175,000 · Other+7 more — $619,000 · Other+7 moreSAFE COALITION INCORPORTED — $826,000 · HealthSAFE COALIT…NAMI MAINE — $600,000 · HealthNAMI MAINELifeFlight Foundation — $200,000 · HealthLifeFlight …AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST — $600,000 · Food & NutritionMaine Farmland Trust — $383,000 · Food & NutritionGood Shepherd Food Bank — $300,000 · Food & NutritionAppalachian Mountain Club — $600,000 · EnvironmentLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION — $350,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $240,000 · EnvironmentLAKE ARCHER ASSOCIATION CORPORATION — $60,000 · EnvironmentFOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION — $650,000 · Arts & CultureBowdoin International Music Festival — $450,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND MAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $100,000 · Arts & CultureADA Forsyth Institute Inc — $350,000 · Philanthropy
Education$5,533,700Other$4,938,670Health$1,626,000Food & Nutrition$1,283,000Environment$1,250,000Arts & Culture$1,200,000Philanthropy$350,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetIsland Institute — $2,003,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetGOULD ACADEMY — $1,050,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE COALITION INCORPORTED — $826,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetFOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION — $650,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST — $600,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetNAMI MAINE — $600,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE DAVID SCHOOL INC — $600,000 over 3y, 57% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club — $600,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBowdoin International Music Festival — $450,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC — $430,700 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust — $383,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION — $350,000 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetADA Forsyth Institute Inc — $350,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank — $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $240,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation — $200,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetPORTLAND MAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNew Beginnings — $93,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLAKE ARCHER ASSOCIATION CORPORATION — $60,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetHIGH HOPES THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Maine Community Found…Onion FoundationJohn T Gorman Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Maine Community Foundation IncME20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ud W Bingham 2nd 070535 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Ada Forsyth Institute Inc — 38% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College — 13% of income from government
  • Safe Coalition Incorported — 6% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club — 1% of income from government
  • High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 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 camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines