· Private foundation
Carlisle Family Foundation a Maine Nonprofit Corporation
Its FY2022 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, FY2021 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOUTH PORTLAND BASEBALL BOOSTERS | $1,200 |
| BATES COLLEGE | $500 |
| PORTLAND COMMUNITY SQUASH | $480 |
| U ME SCHOOL OF LAW | $250 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MAINE | $100 |
| CYCLE FOR SURVIVAL | $100 |
| STREET SQUASH | $53 |
| MAINE JUSTICE FOUNDATION | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 38% of its 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.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $303 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSOUTH PORTLAND BASEBALL BOOSTERS2× · 2021–2022 · $1k
PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE2× · 2021–2022 · $1k · revenue +25%- PCPortland Community Squash2× · 2021–2022 · $600 · revenue +6%
Funded once
- SPSOUTH PORTLAND COMM SKATEPARKone grant, 2021 · $1k
- SFSPEEDY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $255
- NMNAMI MAINEone grant, 2021 · $250 · revenue -27%
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.
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…
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…
The Academy is dedicated to academic excellence, commitment to the performing arts, leadership, integrity, and a virtuous code of conduct, all of which prepare students to meet the demands of a contemporary world through thoughtful…
Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…
To empower the youth of Hartford to reach their potential as athletes, scholars, and engaged citizens.
The Maine Philanthropy Center (MPC) is the state's leading resource that provides opportunity, leadership and support to advance the effectiveness of philanthropy in Maine and its ability to make a meaningful difference. It helps grant…
Provide low-income defendants assistance in obtaining pretrial release and supervision.
To provide affordable access to the water through community sailing and educational programming.
Maine & Company is a private, non-profit business development sales organization. Its purpose is to improve Maine's success in attracting new business and expanding and retaining existing business by providing a focused, statewide sales…
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…
PassivhausMAINE is a non-profit organization committed to decreasing carbon emissions, dependency on fossil fuels and the costs for winter heating in Maine.
To promote free expression, academic freedom, viewpoint diversity, and open scientific inquiry in the MIT community
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 20 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 PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Portland Community Squash ↗
- Who funds NAMI MAINE ↗
- Who funds Swim Across America Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTH PORTLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
- Who funds STREETSQUASH INC ↗
- Who funds MAINE JUSTICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TEMPOART ↗
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 · Albert B Glickman Family Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carlisle Family Foundation a Maine Nonprofit Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carlisle Family Foundation a Maine Nonprofit Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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