Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby
Lyme, NH · EIN 02-6106324. Reported 113 grants totalling $1,704,450 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $12,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne Farms | Shelburne, VT | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Berea College | Berea, KY | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town of Lyme Nh | Lyme, NH | $126,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $112,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Forest Society of Maine | Bangor, ME | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildlandscapes International | Tallahassee, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northeast Wilderness Trust | Bristol, VT | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bear Hill Conservancy Trust | Lyme, NH | $73,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Valley Land Trust | Hanover, NH | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vermont Land Trust | Montpelier, VT | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Land Council | Nantucket, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Society for the Protection of Nh Forests | Concord, NH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northern Woodlands | Corinth, VT | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Reservations | Nantucket, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | Harpers Ferry, WV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lyme School | Lyme, NH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defence Council | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| ACLU Foundation | Concord, NH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connecticut River Conservancy | Greenfield, MA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lyme Congregational Church | Lyme, NH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation | Nantucket, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nh Audobon Society | Concord, NH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Zienzele Foundation | West Topsham, VT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Negro College Fund | Fairfax, VA | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, MA | $10,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Finca International | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greenpeace | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vermont Center for Ecostudies | White River Junction, VT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New England Forestry Foundation | Littleton, MA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lyme Foundation | Lyme, NH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Sponsorship Allies | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Days Wages | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Preservation Trust of Vt | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sierra Club Fnd | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 350 New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hubbard Brook Research Foundation | Hanover, NH | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upper Valley Trails Alliance | Norwich, VT | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mascoma Valley Preservation | Grafton, NH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hanover Conservancy | Hanover, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Frost Place | Franconia, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Endangered Wildlife Trust | Lakewood, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Wildlife Refuge | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nh Fish and Game Dept Nongame & Endangered Wildlife | Concord, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nh School Funding Fairness Project | Concord, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Gaudens | Cornish, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parish Nurse Program | Lyme, NH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Hope Alliance | Costa Mesa, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Fellowship of Christians and Jews | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vermont PBS | Winooski, VT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lyme Historians | Lyme, NH | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
29 of 58 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 56%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
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SOLAR PANELS ON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 73 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $279,200 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $551,500 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $671,700 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 17 | $202,050 | $5,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 27% of this one's giving went to organizations in Vermont. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Vermont.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Allan B Roby & Frances M Roby's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 7 Bliss Lane, Lyme, NH, 03768. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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