· Private foundation
Bradley Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LABYRINTH TRAINING CENTER | $15,000 |
| MEETINGHOUSE ARTS | $5,500 |
| GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK | $4,000 |
| FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES | $3,000 |
| WOLFE'S NECK CENTER | $2,000 |
| AMHERST COLLEGE | $1,821 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| THROUGH THESE DOORS | $1,000 |
| FREEPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| PREBLE STREET RESOURCE CENTER | $1,000 |
| HOYT FOUNDATION INC | $1,000 |
| THOMAS MEANS CLUB | $1,000 |
| MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST | $500 |
| MID COAST HUNGER PREVENTION PROGRAM | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FCFREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +114%
- ACAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES5× · 2021–2025 · $9k · revenue +46%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust2× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- WUWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S LACROSSEone grant, 2024 · $1k
- WUWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +53%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $1k
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.
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.
The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…
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.
Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…
Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…
MFFM's mission is to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable, farmers' market community as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown food available to…
To enrich the quality of life of all people on Mount Desert Island through recreational, educational and social programs.
The mission of the mount desert land & garden preserve is to conserve and share the beauty of our historic lands and gardens.
Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.
To protect, preserve and interpret the martime heritage of the lower Merrimack Valley region and how it relates to American History
To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 37 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MEETINGHOUSE ARTS ↗
- Who funds LABYRINTH TRAINING CENTER ↗
- Who funds Good Shepherd Food Bank ↗
- Who funds FREEPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FREEPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
- Who funds Freeport Speech ↗
- Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THROUGH THESE DOORS ↗
- Who funds HOYT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Partners for World Health ↗
- Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Freeport Conservation Trust ↗
- Who funds Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program ↗
- Who funds Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce ↗
- Who funds Harraseeket Yacht Club ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY ↗
- Who funds MAINE JUSTICE FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation · Albert B Glickman Family Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bradley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bradley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
- Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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