Maine · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Maine

Imperigo has identified 232 funders that made 2,571 grants totaling $166.0M to 199 environment & conservation organizations in Maine, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Maine

Total granted $166.0M
Funders 232
Grants 2,571
Organizations funded 199

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Maine Community Foundation Inc
314 grants to 103 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 10.3% of their giving
$23.4M
2. Great Lakes Observing System Regional Association
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $469K · through 2024 · 22.2% of their giving
$2.2M
3. Davis Conservation Foundation
108 grants to 65 organizations · largest $181K · through 2024 · 36.2% of their giving
$1.8M
4. Merrymeeting Bay Trust
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $450K · through 2022 · 72.7% of their giving
$1.0M
5. Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$3.0M
6. Lake Arrowhead Community Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$120K
7. Woodard & Curran Foundation
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $33K · through 2025 · 12.9% of their giving
$180K
8. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $800K · through 2023
$1.6M
9. Goff Fern Charitable Ta
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 10.0% of their giving
$91K
10. Rochester Area Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.0M
11. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
15 grants to 9 organizations · largest $470K · through 2024
$1.3M
12. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
36 grants to 12 organizations · largest $337K · through 2023
$3.4M
13. Maine Technology Institute
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$805K
14. A Caring Community Inc
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$102K
15. Community Foundation of New Jersey
19 grants to 5 organizations · largest $410K · through 2024
$1.2M
16. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
19 grants to 4 organizations · largest $432K · through 2024
$2.1M
17. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $380K · through 2024
$2.0M
18. Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025
$300K
19. Portside Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2021 · 11.8% of their giving
$22K
20. Boston Foundation Inc
41 grants to 12 organizations · largest $547K · through 2024
$1.7M
21. Reach Green
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$12K
22. Islesboro Islands Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
23. Davis Family Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $45K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$154K
24. The Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Charitable Trust-I
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$164K
25. United States Endowment for Forestry
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $99K · through 2024
$224K

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

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