Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Maine

486
foundations
$478.4M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
140
say they accept unsolicited
$6,235
median grant

Grantlas lists 486 foundations based in Maine — 463 private foundations and 23 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $478.4 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 140 of them (29%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Portland (128), Bangor (34) and Damariscotta (23).

140 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Maine.

Top 25 of 486 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 115 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Maine
Harold Alfond FoundationPortland, ME$250,000$102.7M$150–$28MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Td Charitable FoundationPortland, ME$10,000$24.9M$300–$262,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lunder FoundationPortland, ME$1,200$24.4M$100–$4.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Elmina B Sewall FoundationFreeport, ME$30,975$14.4M$150–$580,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
John T Gorman FoundationPortland, ME$20,250$7.5M$500–$345,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Maine Health Access Foundation IncAugusta, ME$25,060$5M$120–$288,420FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Onion FoundationAuburn, ME$15,000$4.4M$1,000–$625,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Libra FoundationPortland, ME$5,000$4.3M$5,000–$4.4MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bill and Joan AlfondPortland, ME$13,625$3.4M$188–$600,173FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sam L Cohen FoundationPortland, ME$15,000$3.3M$500–$275,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Francis T & Louis T NicholsBangor, ME$18,000$2.6M$500–$491,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Evelyn S and K E Barrett FoundationYork, ME$20,000$2.3M$5,000–$200,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Bob Crewe FoundationFalmouth, ME$18,000$1.7M$500–$500,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Hannaford Charitable FoundationPortland, ME$50,000$1.4M$5,000–$350,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Morton-Kelly Charitable TrustPortland, ME$10,000$1.3M$3,350–$1.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bangor Savings Bank FoundationBangor, ME$4,750$1.2M$1,000–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Firebird Foundation forPhillips, ME$8,940$1.1M$820–$333,333FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Quimby Family FoundationPortland, ME$10,000$1.1M$2,500–$45,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Elsie & William Viles FoundationAugusta, ME$5,000$860,100$1,000–$159,800FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Clarence E Mulford TrustFryeburg, ME$7,000$810,000$500–$548,511FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Margaret E Burnham Charitable TrustPortland, ME$701,775$757,550$646,000–$757,550FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Franklin Savings Bank CommunityFarmington, ME$2,000$705,108$100–$153,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kennebunk Savings Bank FoundationKennebunk, ME$689,926$689,926—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Marr-Anderson Family FoundationFalmouth, ME$10,000$680,800$1,100–$353,858FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Cianbro Charitable FoundationPittsfield, ME$12,500$620,120$500–$250,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.