New Hampshire · Private foundation
Walter S Quinlan 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.
- $628k
- Granted FY2020
- 32
- Grants FY2020
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of Walter S Quinlan Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Springfield Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 15 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Walter S Quinlan Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $628k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $156,508
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Total assets, FY2020
- $9.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 16% of the organizations Walter S Quinlan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 31 | $472k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $478k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $426k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $488k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Museum of Art | $436,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Springfield Catholic Central School Foundation | $301,000 | 9 | 32% |
| Springforward | $275,000 | 4 | 53% |
| Westcott House Foundation | $181,250 | 9 | 6% |
| Gammon House Inc | $122,500 | 7 | 64% |
| South Fountain Preservation Inc | $82,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $79,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Dayton Children's Hospital | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Clark County Literacy Coalition | $40,750 | 9 | 3% |
| Springfield Arts Council Inc | $28,750 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Museum of Art | $436,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Springfield Catholic Central School Foundation | $301,000 | 9 | 32% |
| Springforward | $275,000 | 4 | 53% |
| Westcott House Foundation | $181,250 | 9 | 6% |
| Gammon House Inc | $122,500 | 7 | 64% |
| South Fountain Preservation Inc | $82,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $79,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Dayton Children's Hospital | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Clark County Literacy Coalition | $40,750 | 9 | 3% |
| Springfield Arts Council Inc | $28,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Ohio Tri County Food Alliance Dba Second Harvest Food Bank | $25,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Woman of Springfield & Clark County | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Dayton | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| On-The-Rise | $15,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Champaign Aviation Museum | $13,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint Mary's College of California | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Fuller Center for Housing Inc | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Stamford Library | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ridgewood School Association | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Walter S Quinlan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Springfield Foundation · Harry and Violet Turner 95 Charitable Trust · Della Selsor Tr Uw · Assurant Foundation · The United Way of Clark Champaign & Madison Counties Inc · Wilson Sheehan Foundation · Community Hospital Health Services Foundation · Park National Corporation Foundation · Crabill Family Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository · The Tiller Family Foundation · Taj Foundation
How this is measured
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About Walter S Quinlan Foundation
- How much does Walter S Quinlan Foundation give?
- Walter S Quinlan Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $628,258 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Walter S Quinlan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Arts & Culture (17%), Education (14%).
- Who are Walter S Quinlan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Springfield Museum of Art ($436k), Springfield Catholic Central School Foundation ($301k), Springforward ($275k).
- Does Walter S Quinlan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter S Quinlan 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 Walter S Quinlan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Springfield Foundation, Harry and Violet Turner 95 Charitable Trust, Della Selsor Tr Uw.
- Where is Walter S Quinlan Foundation based?
- Walter S Quinlan Foundation is based in NH.
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