Maine · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Maine

Imperigo has identified 401 funders that made 3,442 grants totaling $656.0M to 444 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 $656.0M
Funders 401
Grants 3,442
Organizations funded 444

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Asher Myers-Residuary Tuwr 269-3000485
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$21K
55. Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$327K
57. Jewish Communal Fund
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$3.5M
66. National Collegiate Athletic Association
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $621K · through 2023
$2.6M
67. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
20 grants to 7 organizations · largest $141K · through 2024
$1.0M
69. American Gift Fund
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$615K
71. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $540K · through 2025
$1.8M
75. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
35 grants to 20 organizations · largest $151K · through 2025
$1.4M
76. St Louis Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $215K · through 2024
$552K
85. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $201K · through 2024
$535K
86. Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $104K · through 2024
$372K
88. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $95K · through 2024
$337K
95. Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $262K · through 2024
$307K
96. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $226K · through 2023
$540K
97. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $153K · through 2024
$694K
100. The Winston-Salem Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $350K · through 2023
$350K
102. The Chicago Community Trust
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $394K · through 2024
$1.6M
104. Donors Trust Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$494K
105. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024
$526K
113. Columbus Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $167K · through 2024
$417K
120. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024
$430K
121. Charities Aid Foundation America
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $120K · through 2023
$474K
131. The US Charitable Gift Trust
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024
$306K
142. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
13 grants to 13 organizations · largest $222K · through 2024
$326K
209. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
67 grants to 27 organizations · largest $40.0M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$104.2M

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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