Maine · Private foundation
Burns Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2026
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 31
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $6.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 10% of the organizations Burns Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 34 | $1.0M | 18% |
| FY2025 | 30 | $662k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $1.0M | 29% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $704k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $947k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $490k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service Inc | $733,845 | 6 | 14% |
| Lincoln Academy | $605,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute | $550,000 | 6 | 22% |
| The Community Energy Fund of Lincoln County | $210,000 | 6 | 16% |
| Coastal Kids Preschool | $110,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Mobius Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Skidompha Library Association | $103,998 | 6 | 4% |
| The Carpenters Boat Shop | $95,000 | 6 | 6% |
| A Life Line | $92,000 | 4 | 25% |
| Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust | $90,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Burns Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 · Reny Charitable Foundation · The Marjorie C Bailey Charitable Foundation · Leach Elizabeth Ann Pfdn · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Seven Trees Inc · The Esta Kramer Foundation Charitable Trust · Norman N & Gale R Hochgraf Charitable Foundation · Dorothy G & Stanley E Worden Charitable Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · Quimby Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Burns Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Burns Family Foundation Inc give?
- Burns Family Foundation Inc reported 34 grants totaling $1,016,616 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 31 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Burns Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (22%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Burns Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service Inc ($734k), Lincoln Academy ($605k), Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute ($550k).
- Does Burns Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Burns Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Burns Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Reny Charitable Foundation, The Marjorie C Bailey Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Burns Family Foundation Inc based?
- Burns Family Foundation Inc is based in ME.
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