Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Maine

118
foundations
$187.2M
grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
$4,378
median grant

Grantlas lists 118 private foundations based in Maine whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $187.2 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Portland (32), Bangor (14) and Augusta (7).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 376 foundations in Maine, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 118 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 93 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Maine
Td Charitable FoundationPortland, ME1,041$10,000$24.9M$300–$262,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Onion FoundationAuburn, ME245$15,000$4.4M$1,000–$625,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Franklin Savings Bank CommunityFarmington, ME182$2,000$705,108$200–$153,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Saco & Biddeford SavingsSaco, ME179$1,000$372,185$100–$50,200FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bangor Savings Bank FoundationBangor, ME156$4,750$1.2M$1,000–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lunder FoundationPortland, ME153$2,016$24.4M$100–$4.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Morton-Kelly Charitable TrustPortland, ME123$10,000$1.3M$3,350–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Sam L Cohen FoundationPortland, ME110$15,000$3.3M$500–$275,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Fisher Charitable FoundationPortland, ME107$5,000$546,333$1,000–$25,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Camden Area Senior AssistanceCamden, ME105$1,500$125,497$356–$1,950FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Atlantic Federal Credit Union FoundationSouth Portland, ME95$500$267,348$50–$128,023FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Max Kagan Family FoundationAuburn, ME85$2,500$313,565$100–$20,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
James & Betty Jacobs FamilyWest Bath, ME78$2,500$348,500$500–$25,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Murray Charitable TrustPortland, ME75$150$20,545$45–$3,860FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Evelyn S and K E Barrett FoundationYork, ME73$20,000$2.4M$5,000–$150,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Oak Grove SchoolEast Vassalboro, ME66$1,000$91,740$125–$7,486FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Libra FoundationPortland, ME56$5,000$4.3M$5,000–$3.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Calumet Education FoundationAugusta, ME55$2,000$176,400$200–$24,375FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Pond Family FoundationScarborough, ME52$5,000$467,500$500–$50,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Elsie & William Viles FoundationAugusta, ME46$5,000$860,100$1,000–$159,800FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Zenie FoundationPortland, ME46$3,750$209,471$295–$7,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Harold Alfond FoundationPortland, ME45$250,000$102.7M$150–$28MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Robert and Dorothy GoldbergPortland, ME42$5,000$251,000$500–$15,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Alfred M Senter Fund TrustBath, ME36$3,000$143,001$1,200–$20,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Rosamond Thaxter FoundationPortland, ME32$2,500$96,200$1,000–$7,500FY2025Locked: 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 filings, FY2024–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.