Maine · Private foundation
Cascade Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $735k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 38
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Cascade Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 34 | $735k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $678k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $695k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $630k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $538k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $373k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $193k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Fragile X Foundation | $415,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc | $280,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Mid-Coast Health Net Inc | $240,000 | 7 | 10% |
| FRAXA Research Foundation Inc | $190,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Family Planning Association of Maine Inc | $185,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc | $180,611 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of the Strand Theatre Inc | $141,813 | 7 | 9% |
| Victoria Mansion | $130,000 | 7 | 5% |
| The University of Connecticut Foundation Inc | $113,162 | 4 | 0% |
| Reef Relief Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 8% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($936k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cascade Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Davis Family Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Arthur K Watson Trust Xxxxx5001 · Libra Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Middlecott Foundation · Onion Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
About Cascade Foundation
- How much does Cascade Foundation give?
- Cascade Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $734,813 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Cascade Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (42%), Arts & Culture (27%), Animals (8%).
- Who are Cascade Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The National Fragile X Foundation ($415k), Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc ($280k), Mid-Coast Health Net Inc ($240k).
- Does Cascade Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cascade Foundation 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 Cascade Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Davis Family Foundation, Fisher Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Cascade Foundation based?
- Cascade Foundation is based in ME.
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