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Woodard & Curran Foundation

Woodard & Curran Foundation engages the passion of the Woodard & Curran community to support nonprofit organizations that protect our water and environment.

$191k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$1.3MFood & Nutrition$130kEducation$60kCommunity Improvement$20kYouth Development$10kAnimals$10kEmployment$10kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Drylands Agroecology Ressearch Foundation$75,000
To Nizhoni Ani$75,000
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$10,000
Family Summits$10,000
Save Barnegat Bay$10,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy$10,000
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 (FY20–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Somali Bantu Community Association: $10k → 13%Water Education for Latino Leaders: $10k → 14%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
NH
MT
MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$375k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
35

Total granted

$1.2M
$345k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+33%

Still filing today

100%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionAnimalsPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • DA
    Drylands Agroecology Research Foundation
    2× · 2022–2025 · $175k · revenue +37%
  • CHANGE IS SIMPLE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $125k · revenue +101%
  • LF
    Literacy for Environmental Justice
    3× · 2017–2019 · $100k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • BL
    Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • SM
    SUSTAINABLE MAPLE SHADE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • TS
    The San Diego River Park Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +45%
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
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
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
3
Royal River Conservation Trust

The royal river conservation trust (rrct) is a regional land trust working primarily in seven maine municipalities. the trust owns,cares for, and stewards land and conservation easements to protect land and water resources for the general…

Environment
4
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc

Sudbury valley trustees, inc. ("the organization") works to protect natural areas and farmland for wildlife and people in the 36 communities that surround the sudbury, assabet, and concord rivers. the organization cares for some of the…

Environment
5
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust

The mission of the SRLT is to recognize and conserve the rich wild and workinglandscape of Central Maine's Sebasticook River watershed through conservation,stewardship and education. Our focal programs are land conservation for…

Environment
6
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
7
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
8
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
9
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
10
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust

The mission of the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is to conserve, restore, and instill appreciation of the land and water resources of the Kennebec Estuary for the benefit of today's communities and future generations.

Environment
11
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust

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

Environment
12
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust

We engage with communities to conserve, steward, and provide access to local lands and clean water for current and future generations to enjoy.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open Space Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sustainable Maple Shade 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

53 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. 53 of the 54 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/53
Grantees still filing
36/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHANGE IS SIMPLE INC: $125,000 · EnvironmentCHANGE IS SIMPLE INCOCEAN RESEARCH PROJECT INC: $110,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN RESEARCH PROJECT INCFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $100,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF CASCO BAYTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $60,000 · EnvironmentTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORKOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC+22 more: $240,000 · Environment+22 moreTO NIZHONI ANI: $115,000 · EducationTO NIZHONI ANISAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: $66,666 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLA…X-CEL INC: $30,000 · EducationX-CEL INCTechbridge Girls: $20,000 · EducationTechbridge Girls+1 more: $10,000 · EducationDrylands Agroecology Research Foundation: $175,000 · Food & NutritionDrylands Agroe…Maine Farmland Trust: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMILL CITY GROWS INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionLiteracy for Environmental Justice: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLUE SKY FUND: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentRIDGE TO REEFS INC: $100,000 · InternationalTree Trust: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF SCARBOROUGH MARSH: $10,000 · OtherCITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF LIBERTY L AKES INC: $10,000 · OtherNORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherHEART OF BIDDEFORD: $20,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $5,000 · OtherFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERISTY FINANCING CORP: $10,000 · OtherWolfe's Neck Farm Foundation: $10,000 · OtherWATER EDUCATION FOR LATINO LEADERS: $10,000 · OtherSomali Bantu Community Association of Maine: $10,000 · OtherThe San Diego River Park Foundation: $10,000 · OtherLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $10,000 · OtherGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 · AnimalsWildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire: $10,000 · AnimalsFAMILY SUMMITS INC: $10,000 · Animals
Environment$675,000Education$341,666Food & Nutrition$195,000Youth Development$110,000International$100,000Other$125,000Animals$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDrylands Agroecology Research Foundation: $175,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetCHANGE IS SIMPLE INC: $125,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetTO NIZHONI ANI: $115,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetOCEAN RESEARCH PROJECT INC: $110,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetLiteracy for Environmental Justice: $100,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIDGE TO REEFS INC: $100,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASCO BAY: $100,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: $66,666 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $60,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetX-CEL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMAINE LAKES SOCIETY DBA MAINE LAKES: $20,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetTechbridge Girls: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHEART OF BIDDEFORD: $20,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe San Diego River Park Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTree Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERISTY FINANCING CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHIPPSBURG LAND TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF SCARBOROUGH MARSH: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLUE SKY FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRANGELEY LAKES HERITAGE TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetATTLEBORO LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY SUMMITS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetWolfe's Neck Farm Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLoon Echo Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Forests: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGallatin River Task Force: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSomali Bantu Community Association of Maine: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGEORGIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetRARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMILL CITY GROWS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCLEAN OCEAN ACCESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSUN RIVER WATERSHED: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

PatagoniaorgMaine Community Found…Davis Conservation Fo…Onion FoundationElmina B Sewall Found…Clif Family FoundationJohn Sage FoundationQuimby Family Foundat…Morton-Kelly Charitab…ImpactassetsincThe Nature ConservancyThe Pfizer Foundation…
PatagoniaorgCA23.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation · Onion Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Clif Family Foundation · John Sage Foundation · Quimby Family Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Impactassetsinc · The Nature Conservancy · The Pfizer 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 Woodard & Curran Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Woodard & Curran Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Raritan Headwaters Association: 94% of income from government
  • Ridge to Reefs Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Mill City Grows Inc: 7% of income from government
  • X-Cel Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Northwest Florida State College Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 54 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 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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