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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Maine

Imperigo has identified 97 funders that made 485 grants totaling $60.0M to 53 crime & legal aid organizations in Maine, with a median grant of $27K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Maine

Total granted $60.0M
Funders 97
Grants 485
Organizations funded 53

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Maine Justice Foundation
33 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 94.1% of their giving
$11.9M
2. Maine Children's Trust
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $886K · through 2024 · 17.1% of their giving
$10.5M
3. Legal Services Corporation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024
$12.8M
4. Maine Community Foundation Inc
49 grants to 17 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$3.5M
5. United Way Inc
27 grants to 5 organizations · largest $103K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$1.1M
6. World Childhood Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$234K
7. Maine Cancer Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2025 · 2.5% of their giving
$324K
8. CareQuest Institute for Oral Health Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$241K
9. Community Catalyst Action Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 3.8% of their giving
$50K
10. United Way of Kennebec Valley
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$69K
11. The Pew Charitable Trusts
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2020
$656K
12. United Philanthropy Forum
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2020
$65K
13. National Council on Aging Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2023
$268K
14. Hedge Funds Care Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024
$35K
15. Justfundus
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2025
$45K
16. Edward H Daveis Benevolent Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2022 · 1.9% of their giving
$8K
17. National Association of Realtors
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$100K
18. Heart of Maine United Way
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024
$25K
19. Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024
$14K
20. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $110K · through 2023
$225K
21. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $679K · through 2020
$696K
22. Northeast Delta Dental Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$10K
23. Cambridge Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$20K
24. A Caring Community Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2023
$7K
25. The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2022
$20K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 9 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in Maine, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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