Maine · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Maine

Imperigo has identified 216 funders that made 2,593 grants totaling $143.4M to 367 arts & culture organizations in Maine, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Maine

Total granted $143.4M
Funders 216
Grants 2,593
Organizations funded 367

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Maine Community Foundation Inc
425 grants to 166 organizations · largest $520K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$13.3M
2. Davis Family Foundation
127 grants to 102 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 16.1% of their giving
$1.9M
3. The Peterson Family Foundation II Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2025 · 14.8% of their giving
$2.0M
4. Berger Collection Education Trust Attn David Hayes
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $156K · through 2025 · 36.8% of their giving
$728K
5. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
29 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2025
$14.6M
6. Merrymeeting Bay Trust
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2022 · 18.9% of their giving
$265K
7. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES In the state of Maine
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$191K
8. Cornelia Warren Community Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2022 · 12.4% of their giving
$180K
9. Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2023
$2.8M
10. The Luzerne Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $515K · through 2020 · 2.5% of their giving
$635K
11. Peaks Island Fund Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 30.0% of their giving
$48K
12. Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization
10 grants to 10 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$100K
13. South Portland Housing Development Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 64.5% of their giving
$30K
14. Unity Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 13.0% of their giving
$45K
15. Block Island Maritime Funding Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2022 · 11.5% of their giving
$50K
16. Penobscot Foundation for Developmental Services
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$55K
17. Yarmouth Village Improvement Society
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
18. Arkansas Community Foundation Inc
13 grants to 1 organization · largest $691K · through 2024
$1.0M
19. Federation of State Humanities Councils
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2025 · 1.6% of their giving
$256K
20. Augusta Board of Trade
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 69.0% of their giving
$20K
21. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024
$519K
22. United Way Inc
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $48K · through 2023
$300K
23. TD Securities Underwriting Hope Fund Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$80K
24. Cars for Charity Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$197K
25. United States Energy Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $455K · through 2024
$1.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Maine, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 12 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Maine. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Maine, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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