The Salmon Foundation Inc
Montclair, NJ · EIN 13-3637630. Reported 200 grants totalling $4,972,500 to 79 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Salmon Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations The Salmon Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 10 grants totalling $121,500 to them. That is 3% of the $3,529,000 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Vermont Community Foundation | community foundation | Vermont | $56,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Community Foundation | community foundation | North Carolina | $30,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | Maryland | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Aspen Community Foundation | community foundation | Colorado | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $50,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Response Aspen | Aspen, CO | $290,000 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Westminster School | Simsbury, CT | $205,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Family Place | Norwich, VT | $192,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brent Eley Foundation | Aurora, CO | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gunston Day School | Centreville, MD | $190,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salisbury School | Salisbury, CT | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Operation Second Chance | Germantown, MD | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Madonna Place Inc | Norwich, CT | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Everybody Wins Vermont | Montpelier, VT | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Martins House & Barn | Ridgely, MD | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Timothy's School | Stevenson, MD | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Aspen Education Foundation | Aspen, CO | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wye River Upper School | Centreville, MD | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Orange County Restorative Justice Program | Chelsea, VT | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Montevallo Foundation | Montevallo, AL | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ethiopian Community Development Council | Brattleboro, VT | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Haven Ministries | Chester, MD | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Willing Hands | Norwich, VT | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Changing Perspectives | Bradford, VT | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Country School | Easton, MD | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Let's Grow Kids | Burlington, VT | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| David's House | Lebanon, NH | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kent School | Chestertown, MD | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aspen Youth Center | Aspen, CO | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Compass Regional Hospice | Centreville, MD | $82,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Changing Perspectives | Sacramento, CA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hartford Community Restorative Justice Center | White River Junctiom, VT | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hearts You Hold | East Thetford, VT | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vermont Works for Women | Winooski, VT | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Killington Mountain School | Killington, VT | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Paul's Place | Baltimore, MD | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wharton Esherick Museum | Paoli, PA | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| One Mission Cambridge | Cambridge, MD | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Vermont Community Foundation | Middlebury, VT | $56,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Chester River Health Foundation | Chestertown, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry | Williamsport, MD | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Finding Our Stride | Norwich, VT | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Martin's House & Barn | Ridgely, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The YMCA Queen Annes County | Easton, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Montevallo | Montevallo, AL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sttimothy's School | Stevenson, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of Western North Carolina | Asheville, NC | $30,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Giving | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charter House | Middlebury, VT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Davids House | Lebanon, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mid-Shore Community Foundation | Easton, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fair Chance | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grace United Methodist Church | Cambridge, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Union Institute & University | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hartford Comm Restorative Justice Center | White River Junction, VT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pauls Place | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sultana Education Foundation | Chestertown, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Complete Player | Glen Burnie, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cedar Circle Farm | East Thetford, VT | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Aspen Community Foundation | Basalt, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| B the Difference | Doral, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montessori Peaks Academy | Littleton, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Center for Therapeutic & Educational Riding Inc | Townsend, DE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Uscri Vermont | Colchester, VT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| ACLU Foundation of Vermont | Montpelier, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Basalt Education Foundation | Basalt, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Boards | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Good Beginnings | West Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Praise Chapel | Hartford, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Life Experience School | Millis, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trust Funds for All Children | Shutesbury, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Two Young to Wed | Peekskill, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Willing Hands | Lebanon, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worcester Educational Development Foundation Inc | Worcester, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lyme Nursery School | Lyme, NH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beloved Asheville | Asheville, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Families Flourish Northeast | Williamsport, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freedom Reads | Hamden, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Education Justice Coalition of Vermont | St Albans City, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vital Communities | White River Junction, VT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
40 of 79 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Brent Eley Foundation
TO PROVIDE SAFE, CLEAN HOUSING FOR CHILDREN BEING TREATED FOR CANCER AND THEIR FAMILIES - The Family Place
FOR THE FAMILIES LEARNING TOGETHER PROGRAM - Westminster School
FOR HARTFORD PARTNERSHIPS' OPERATING COSTS - University of Maryland Chester River Health Foundation
TO REPLACE THE MRI SCANNER TO MEET CURRENT TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS - Changing Perspectives
FOR ENSURING CURRICULUM ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL - Gunston Day School
FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND MASTER FACILITIES PLAN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 123 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $967,500 | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $1,180,000 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $1,000,000 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $915,000 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 38 | $910,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
34% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Salmon Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 572 Valley Road Unit 43019, Montclair, NJ, 07043. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 13-3637630 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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