Maine · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Maine

Imperigo has identified 395 funders that made 3,340 grants totaling $650.3M to 438 education organizations in Maine, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Maine

Total granted $650.3M
Funders 395
Grants 3,340
Organizations funded 438

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. University Credit Union
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2022 · 63.8% of their giving
$131K
27. California Community Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.8M · through 2024
$7.2M
28. Community Foundation of the Lowcountry
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2022 · 2.5% of their giving
$1.0M
29. Fryeburg Academy Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$114K
30. Heart of Maine United Way
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $39K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$338K
31. Friends of the Millinocket Memorial Library
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$87K
32. Ncasi Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $204K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$318K
33. The Open Door of Baltimore Inc C/O Jeanne Murphy
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $67K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$67K
34. American Council of Learned Societies
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $211K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.0M
35. The Open Door of Maryland Inc C/O Jeanne Murphy
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $58K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$58K
36. The Association for Rural and Small Libraries
9 grants to 9 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$111K
37. Ruth a Elmore Trust Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$121K
38. Rural Youth Institute
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $23K · through 2025 · 51.6% of their giving
$51K
39. United States Endowment for Forestry
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $236K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$629K
40. Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 18.4% of their giving
$48K
41. New England Veterinary Medical Association Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 14.3% of their giving
$43K
42. Boston Foundation Inc
31 grants to 10 organizations · largest $550K · through 2024
$2.6M
43. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
23 grants to 7 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$1.6M
44. Maine School Superintendents Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$29K
45. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $3.6M · through 2024
$8.9M
46. Martin's Point Health Care Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$102K
47. Malsce Education Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
48. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $229K · through 2024
$659K
49. Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.1M
50. Wild Blueberry Association of North America Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2022 · 7.0% of their giving
$65K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 18 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 education 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 education funding in Maine, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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