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Foundations That Fund Medical Research in Maine

Imperigo has identified 81 funders that made 262 grants totaling $63.3M to 18 medical research organizations in Maine, with a median grant of $54K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Medical Research Funding in Maine

Total granted $63.3M
Funders 81
Grants 262
Organizations funded 18

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Grace Science FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $168K · through 2019 · 3.1% of their giving
$168K
52. Norn GroupRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $330K · through 2021 · 1.4% of their giving
$330K
53. Chordoma FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $126K · through 2022 · 1.8% of their giving
$183K
54. The Medical College of Wisconsin IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $306K · through 2023
$842K
55. University Hospitals Health System IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $114K · through 2022 · 1.3% of their giving
$184K
56. Joslin Diabetes Center IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $292K · through 2024
$372K
57. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United S Tates AuxiliaryRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$50K
58. The Foundation Fighting Blindness IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $199K · through 2022
$380K
59. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New YorkRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $393K · through 2023
$1.1M
60. Blood Cancer United IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $155K · through 2024
$535K
61. American Cancer Society IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $946K · through 2024
$946K
62. American Diabetes AssociationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $325K · through 2022
$325K
63. Ssadh Association IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2021 · 3.8% of their giving
$23K
64. Mount Desert Island Biological LaboratoryRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$48K
65. Citizens United for Research in EpilepsyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025
$100K
66. Carleton CollegeRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2022 · 1.3% of their giving
$39K
67. The Scripps Research InstituteRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $173K · through 2022
$459K
68. The V FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2021
$200K
69. Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$12K
70. Trustees of Boston UniversityRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $199K · through 2021
$386K
71. Treatments for Epilepsy and Symptoms ofRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$13K
72. Lydian AcceleratorRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2025 · 1.1% of their giving
$14K
73. University of DelawareRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $147K · through 2019
$147K
74. Seattle Children's HospitalRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $181K · through 2024
$181K
75. Northwestern UniversityRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2022
$210K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to medical research 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. 10 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 medical research 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 medical research funding in Maine, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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