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Abbagadassett Foundation Inc at a glance

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Abbagadassett Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$790kArts & Culture$764kCivil Rights$741kEnvironment$626kHealth$330kPhilanthropy$266kCrime & Legal$160kEmployment$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
$80,250
Median grant
3
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Maine College of Art Design$100,000
Blind Industries Services of Maryla$100,000
Spurwink Services$99,991
University of Southern Maine Founda$99,743
Maine Public Broadcasting Network$99,348
Maine Maritime Museum$90,820
Healthcare for the Homeless$86,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens$80,250
Environmental and Energy Study Inst$80,000
Restorative Justice Project$78,582
Maine Historical Society$57,145
Laudholm Trust$54,500
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust$44,554
Pejepscot History Center$36,553
Momentum Conservation$24,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $173k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Blind Industries Services of Maryla: $100k → 11%Blind Industries and Services of Maryland: $50k → 11%Southern Maine Agency on Aging: $23k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 13 repeat orgs$552k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$2.9M
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+87%

Still filing today

62%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $406k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $676k · revenue +65%
  • CM
    Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $343k · revenue +321%
  • SS
    Spurwink Services Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $300k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • MC
    MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BIPOC FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $85k
  • M
    MaineHealthgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +87%
  • SM
    Southern Maine Agency on Aginggraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $23k · revenue +26%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wetlands Foundation
Environment
2
Protect Maine's Fishing Heritage Foundation
Environment
3
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
4
Maine Rivers

Maine Rivers is a statewide advocacy organization. Our mission is to protect, restore and enhance the ecological health of Maine's river systems. We support and direct efforts to conserve and improve the health of Maine's rivers and…

Environment
5
Midcoast Conservancy

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Environment
6
Maine Farmland Trust

Maine Farmland Trust protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.

Food & Nutrition
7
Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

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8
Maine Behavioral Healthcare

Maine Behavioral Healthcare provides a seamless and compassionate continuum of care through a community of providers collaborating to promote recovery and the overall mental and physical well-being of those we are privileged to serve.

—
9
Maine Preservation

Maine preservation promotes and preserves historic places, buildings, downtowns and neighborhoods, stenghtening the cultural and economic vitality of maine communities.

Arts & Culture
10
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries

Secure a sustainable future for fisheries and fishing communities in Eastern Maine and beyond.

Science & Tech
11
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts

The mission of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is to inspire, engage and educate through the exhibition, preservation and collection of photographic works. The Museums programs address contemporary, historical, cultural and…

Arts & Culture
12
Maine Council on Aging

A broad multi-disciplinary network that works to ensure we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and communities. With the voices of people with lived experience, we work on policy issues related to…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maine Maritime Museum; the most unlike its peers is Bowdoinham Food Pantry. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Spurwink Services Inc: $299,991 · OtherSpurwink Services IncMaine College of Art Design: $230,000 · OtherMaine College of Art DesignMaine Community Foundation BIPOC: $181,385 · OtherMaine Community Foundation BIPOCRestorative Justice Project: $160,127 · OtherRestorative Justice ProjectHealthcare for the Homeless: $137,264 · OtherHealthcare for the HomelessUniversity of Southern Maine Founda: $99,743 · OtherUniversity of Southern Maine FoundaMSCC Education Fund: $90,000 · OtherMSCC Education FundMAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BIPOC FUND: $85,000 · OtherMAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BIPOC FUNDENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE: $80,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE+5 more: $95,061 · Other+5 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $676,332 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBE…University of Maine Foundation: $600,000 · EducationUniversity of Ma…Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $343,250 · EnvironmentCoastal Maine B…KENNEBEC ESTUARY LAND TRUST: $124,298 · EnvironmentKENNEBEC ESTUAR…LAUDHOLM TRUST: $54,500 · EnvironmentLAUDHOLM TRUSTMOMENTUM CONSERVATION: $24,000 · EnvironmentMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $289,578 · Arts & CultureMaine Public B…MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $117,145 · Arts & CultureMAINE HISTORIC…Maine Maritime Museum: $90,820 · Arts & CultureMaine Maritime…BLIND INDUSTRIES & SERVICES OF MARYLAND: $150,000 · Human ServicesSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $23,353 · Human ServicesMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY EDUCATION FUND: $65,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,458,571Civil Rights$676,332Education$600,000Environment$546,048Arts & Culture$497,543Human Services$173,353Community Improvement$65,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $676,332 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Maine Foundation: $600,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCoastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc: $343,250 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSpurwink Services Inc: $299,991 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $289,578 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBLIND INDUSTRIES & SERVICES OF MARYLAND: $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKENNEBEC ESTUARY LAND TRUST: $124,298 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetMAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $117,145 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMAINE WOMEN'S LOBBY EDUCATION FUND: $65,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetLAUDHOLM TRUST: $54,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMaineHealth: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOMENTUM CONSERVATION: $24,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $23,353 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Maine Community Found…Stephen & Tabitha Kin…Elmina B Sewall Found…Davis Family Foundati…Libra FoundationOnion FoundationMorton-Kelly Charitab…Simmons Foundation - …Sam L Cohen FoundationDavis Conservation Fo…Ibm International Fou…The Bank of America C…
Maine Community Foundation IncME26.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Libra Foundation · Onion Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Davis Conservation Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abbagadassett Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abbagadassett Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Blind Industries & Services of Maryland: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home