Maine · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Maine

Imperigo has identified 207 funders that made 2,520 grants totaling $139.4M to 364 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 $139.4M
Funders 207
Grants 2,520
Organizations funded 364

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$28K
27. Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2023
$400K
28. Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024
$600K
29. Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 26.9% of their giving
$9K
30. Martin's Point Health Care Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$50K
31. The Masonic Charitable Foundation of the Grand Lodge of Maine
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 2.4% of their giving
$50K
32. A Caring Community Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$48K
33. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $151K · through 2024
$681K
34. Boston Marine Society
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 5.1% of their giving
$18K
35. Ocean Reef Community Foundation Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $75K · through 2023
$215K
36. The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $51K · through 2021
$112K
37. Davis Conservation Foundation
7 grants to 7 organizations · largest $10K · through 2022 · 1.3% of their giving
$63K
38. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $850K · through 2025
$1.4M
39. United Way of Kennebec Valley
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$61K
40. Pema Chodron Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$60K
41. Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$30K
42. Van Otterloo Family Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023
$70K
43. Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$276K
44. The Miami Foundation Inc
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024
$405K
45. Community Foundation of the North State
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024
$110K
46. Federation of State Humanities Councils
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2019 · 1.0% of their giving
$35K
47. The Catholic Foundation of Maine
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024
$45K
48. Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023
$40K
49. Chamber Music America Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023
$35K
50. Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$46K

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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