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Elmina B Sewall Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
296
Grants FY2024
282
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$31,950
Largest grant, FY2024
$580,000
Organizations funded a year
246 to 290
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$165M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Elmina B Sewall Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving292$14M12%
FY2023282$13M18%
FY2022290$12M30%
FY2021246$10M15%
FY2020263$12Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$12MCommunity Improvement$9.7MAnimals$7.5MHealth$5.3MFood & Nutrition$4.8MArts & Culture$4.1MHuman Services$4.1MEducation$4.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Elmina B Sewall Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sunrise County Economic Council$2,324,400519%
Maine Audubon Society$1,310,000510%
Our Katahdin$1,217,500520%
Cooperative Development Institute Inc$962,20058%
Maine Environmental Education Association$906,800534%
Sunrise Opportunities$802,50052%
Maine Development Foundation$730,00059%
New Learning Journey Inc$728,000512%
Wabanaki Health & Wellness Npc$711,25755%
Millinocket Regional Hospital$685,00051%
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point$655,0005n/a
Outdoor Sport Institute Inc$640,000459%
Chewonki Foundation Inc$610,00044%
Maine Farmland Trust$587,50053%
Hand in Hand Mano en Mano$580,35656%
Four Directions Development Corporation$579,75057%
Kennebec Valley Humane Society$536,00058%
St Mary's Regional Medical Center$506,00040%
Millinocket Memorial Library$500,000527%
Rural Aspirations Project$500,000534%
Center for an Ecology Based Economy$493,000555%
Mi'Kmaq Nation$480,0005n/a
Maine Community Integration$455,125571%
Resources for Organizing and Social Change$450,000551%
Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition$448,50057%
Downeast Community Partners Inc$443,00051%
Bangor Humane Society$430,000413%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$413,00051%
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association$392,50053%
Maine People's Resource Center$388,00053%
Preble Street$375,00051%
Paws Brave Hearts$352,500364%
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services$340,00054%
Midcoast Humane$330,00045%
Halfway Home Pet Rescue Inc$329,500551%
Maine Association for the Education of Young Children$325,000316%
Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine$315,000515%
Marians Dream Philanthropy for Animal A$314,784562%
Third Sector New England Inc$313,60030%
Maine Conservation Alliance$312,50057%
Cumberland County Food Security Council$310,250520%
Animal Welfare Society Inc$305,00034%
The Trust for Public Land$305,00050%
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education Inc$300,00027%
Maliseet Community Development Authority$300,0003100%
Greater Androscoggin Humane Society$296,92647%
Maine Federation of Farmers Markets$290,000311%
Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Foundation$290,000517%
Land in Common Inc$288,500539%
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc$283,82558%
Prosperityme$283,500516%
Maine Coast Fishermens Assn$280,00054%
Hospice of Southern Maine$275,00051%
Coastal Enterprises Inc$275,00051%
MaineHealth$275,00030%
Healthy Communities of the Capital Area$274,38357%
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments$272,00052%
Cultivating Community$271,500510%
Wayside Food Programs$271,00058%
The Ark Pope Memorial Animal Shelter$270,00057%
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program$268,00052%
Humane Society Waterville Area$266,000510%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$262,40050%
Northern Forest Center Inc$260,00053%
The Opportunity Alliance$257,00050%
Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox Co$255,00058%
Healthy Acadia$255,00052%
National Trust for Local News$250,00011%
Maine Mathematics & Science Alliance$250,00025%
Defend Our Health$245,00057%
Bomazeen Land Trust$240,000431%
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland$238,00042%
New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc$236,00052%
Community Concepts Inc$231,00031%
Maine-Wabanaki Reach$230,400528%
Maine Humane$225,000390%
Friends of Veterans Memorial Library$220,000388%
Island Institute$220,00051%
Blue Hill Heritage Trust$217,50037%
New Mainers Public Health Initiative$216,500512%
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition$215,000511%
In Her Presence$215,000510%
Maine Equal Justice Partners$215,00052%
York County Shelter Programs Inc$214,00051%
Eastern Maine Development Corporation$210,00041%
Maine Center for Economic Policy$210,00054%
Whyhunger Inc$210,00041%
Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation$210,00051%
Maine Seacoast Mission$210,00051%
Portland Museum of Art$209,00050%
Somerset Humane Society$205,000510%
Maine State Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation$205,0003n/a
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters$200,00043%
Land Peace Foundation$200,000212%
Abbe Museum$200,00048%
Central Aroostook Humane Society$200,000194%
Maine Philanthropy Center$196,860515%
Presente Maine$195,38336%
University of Maine System Inc$195,0005n/a
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians$195,0004n/a
A Climate to Thrive$190,000424%
Gedakina Inc$185,000510%
Wabanaki Alliance$185,000415%
Spirits Place$184,000533%
Resist Inc$180,00040%
Houlton Humane Society$176,500327%
Wabanaki Youth in Science Inc$175,00038%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$175,00050%
Prevent Euthanasia Through Sterilization Pets$175,0005n/a
Goodwill Industries of Northern NE$173,75050%
Public Health Research Institute$172,500136%
St Mary's Health System$172,50052%
Downeast Lakes Land Trust$170,00056%
Harvest Hills Animal Shelter Inc$170,00056%
PAWS Animal Adoption Center$161,50047%
Mission Working Dogs$160,000218%
Eastern Area Agency on Aging$154,00051%
Oxford Hills Community Gardens$153,000515%
The Kennebec Land Trust$152,39049%
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc$151,80022%
Katahdin Children and FamiliesFoundation$150,000286%
Pine Tree State 4-H Foundation$150,00034%
Downeast Coastal Conservancy$150,00057%
Katahdin Tourism Partnership$150,0003100%
The Student Conservation Association Inc$150,00050%
Forest Society of Maine$150,00043%
Augusta Food Bank$147,25052%
Jobs with Justice Education Fund$145,00031%
Growsmart Maine$145,000512%
Raise-Op Housing Cooperative$140,450510%
Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills Inc$140,00056%
Seedmoney$140,00055%
Maine Association of Nonprofits$135,00055%
Maine Women's Lobby Education Fund$133,50058%
Health Care Without Harm$131,45630%
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting$130,000510%
League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund Inc$130,000317%
Friends of Baxter State Park$130,00058%
YWCA Central Maine$128,00053%
Lubec Community Outreach Center Inc$125,500513%
Trustees of Tufts College$125,00050%
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra$125,00051%
Maine Historical Society$125,00052%
Friends of Feral Felines$125,000532%
Cobscook Community Learning Center$125,00026%
The Root Cellar$122,50046%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$120,00050%
Maine Climate Action Now$120,000216%
Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc$120,00022%
Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc$120,00031%
Ladder to the Moon Network$120,000316%
Sierra Club Foundation$120,00030%
Gateway Community Services Maine$120,00056%
Fair Food Network Inc$120,00040%
Foundation for Portland Public Schools$115,50053%
Lewiston Public Schools$115,0005n/a
Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals$115,00052%
Young Mens Christian Association of Auburn-Lewiston$112,50051%
Androscoggin Land Trust Inc$111,056527%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$110,00030%
Black Farmer Fund Inc$110,00031%
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc$110,00025%
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$110,00030%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$110,00032%
Tree Street Youth Inc$105,90052%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$105,00030%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Hancock Count$105,00046%
Full Plates Full Potential$105,00043%
American Civil Liberties Union of Maine Foundation$105,00052%
passivhausMAINE$105,000318%
Maine Huts & Trails$105,00035%
Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy$105,00032%
Appalachian Mountain Club$105,00030%
Healthy Homeworks$102,200430%
Berea College$100,00040%
Quoddy Tides Foundation$100,00037%
Maine Animal Health Alliance$100,000225%
The Center for Wildlife$100,00051%
Sweetser$100,00050%
Trinity Jubilee Center Inc$95,45053%
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust$95,00036%
New Beginnings$95,00052%
Spiret Foundation$95,0001n/a
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc$95,00041%
Boreal Theater$95,000339%
Safe Voices$92,50051%
Mainehealth Care at Home$90,00030%
Women for Healthy Rural Living$90,00057%
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center$90,00034%
La Youth and Family Enrichment Services$90,000425%
Maine Access Points$90,00033%
Sponsor Inc$90,00024%
Living With Peace$87,0004n/a
The Third Place Inc$86,000427%
Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization$86,000524%
Greater Franklin Development Council$85,00019%
Sea Meadow Marine Foundation$85,000222%
La Arts$85,000237%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$85,00051%
Western Foothills Land Trust$83,00048%
North American Marine Alliance Inc$80,00035%
Center for Regional Prosperity$80,000256%
Ak Health and Social Services$80,00048%
Artvan$80,000412%
Catholic Charities Maine$80,00030%
Pinetree Institute$77,00038%
Kennebunk Free Library Association$76,50052%
Laudholm Trust$75,00053%
The Climate Initiative$75,00038%
University of New England$75,00030%
East Coast Greenway Alliance Inc$75,00031%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$75,00020%
The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges$75,00013%
Washington County Council of Governments$71,500222%
Riding to the Top$70,12052%
Maine Inside Out$70,00026%
Farms for Food Equity$70,000229%
Midcoast Conservancy$70,00033%
Pine Tree Society Inc$70,00050%
Maine Public Health Association$70,00039%
Washington County Food and Fuel Alliance$70,0001n/a
Maine Transgender Network Inc$70,0002n/a
My Place Teen Center Inc$67,00032%
Maine Prisoner Re-Entry Network Inc$65,00034%
Her Safety Net$65,000313%
Maine Mobile Health Program Inc$61,87522%
Kennebunk Land Trust$60,00048%
Wayfinder Schools$60,00033%
Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp$60,00027%
Kittery Land Trust Inc$60,000314%
Homeworthy$60,00041%
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections$60,00029%
Western Maine Transportation Services Inc$60,00021%
Kommunity Kritters$60,0002n/a
United Youth Empowerment Services$57,5004n/a
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$57,50040%
7 Lakes Alliance Inc$55,00022%
Indigo Arts Alliance$55,00032%
Maine Lakes Society Dba Maine Lakes$55,00038%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine$52,50045%
Coastal Mountains Land Trust$50,00021%
The Susan L Curtis Foundation$50,00055%
New Beginnings for Animals Inc$50,00058%
Entrepreneurship for All Inc$50,00011%
American Bird Conservancy$50,00010%
Northern Forest Canoe Trail Inc$50,00037%
Lewiston Auburn Youth Network$50,000315%
Fork Food Lab$50,00022%
Animal Orphanage$50,0001n/a
Friends of Casco Bay$50,00032%
Katahdin Area Trails$50,00028%
Upper Valley Economic Council$50,0002n/a
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$50,00051%
Habitat for Humanity York County Maine$50,00051%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine$50,00031%
United Way of Androscoggin County Inc$48,00032%
St Andre Home Inc$47,50035%
Rosati Leadership Academy$47,500315%
Maine School Garden Network$46,0002n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland$45,00031%
Apex Youth Connection$45,00034%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$45,00020%
Aroostook County Action Program$45,00020%
The Window Dressers Inc$45,000226%
Friends of the Presumpscot River$45,000352%
Heart of Biddeford$45,00037%
Hardy Girls Healthy Women Inc$43,50048%
Trekkers Inc$42,50033%
Side x Side Inc$42,50033%
Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition$42,00025%
Center for Wildlife Health Research$41,0001n/a
Store Next Door$40,5503n/a
Project Home Dba Quality Housing Coalition$40,00021%
Bicycle Coalition of Maine$40,00023%
Skowhegan Economic Development Corp$40,0001n/a
President and Trustees of Bates College$40,00040%
Maine Paws for Veterans Inc$40,00029%
Seniorsplus$40,00040%
Renew New England Alliance$40,00021%
Center for Wisdoms Women$40,00048%
Another Chance Animal Rescue$40,000115%
Lakes Environmental Association$40,00022%
Healthy Neighborhoods$40,000312%
March on Maryland$40,00021%
Nomadic and Pastoralist Development$40,0004n/a
Cat Life Maine Inc$40,000147%
Maine Tree Foundation$40,00023%
Media In The Public Interest$40,000223%
Bangor Land Trust$40,000123%
Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor$35,00021%
Tri-County Mental Health Services$35,00020%
Town of Millinocket$35,0001n/a
Food and Medicine - Jobs With Justice Education Fund$35,000212%
Wellness Mobile$35,0003n/a
Creative Portland Corporation$35,000211%
Lake Stewards of Maine - Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program$35,00034%
Winterkids Education Foundation$35,00033%
New England Arab American Organization$33,00034%
Avesta Housing Development Corporation$30,00030%
Our Climate Common$30,000117%
Core Community Organized Relief Effort$30,00010%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$30,00010%
Impact Justice$30,00020%
Aroostook Mental Health Services Inc$30,00030%
Ark Animal Sanctuary$30,000216%
Mahoosuc Land Trust Inc$30,00032%
Cooperative Fund of the Northeast Inc$30,00021%
Institute for Humane Education$30,00017%
Central Maine Community Health Corporation$30,00031%
Waypoint Maine Inc$30,00030%
Land for Good Inc$30,00032%
Community Health Awareness and Natural Growth Environment Change$30,0002n/a
Thomas College$30,00010%
Bangor Young Men's Christian Association$30,00020%
Dempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care$29,00030%
United Spay Alliance$29,000313%
Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry Inc$27,50023%
Maine Boys to Men$26,00033%
Paws Animal Welfare Society Inc$26,000224%
Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Maine Inc$25,00013%
Maine Mountain Collaborative$25,00013%
Waldo County Humane Society Inc$25,000122%
Kids Free to Grow$25,00052%
Maine Womens Fund$25,00016%
Freeport Community Services$25,00021%
Restorative Justice Project Maine$25,00012%
Inland Woods Trails$25,00023%
Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation Inc$25,00050%
Maine Council on Aging$25,00033%
Daniel Hanley Center for Health Lea$25,00023%
Speaking Up for US$25,000110%
Youth Full Maine$22,50033%
Maine Grain Alliance$22,50027%
Give a Dog a Home Rescue$22,000116%
Friends of Aroostook$21,500247%
River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition$20,00024%
Service Dog Strong$20,0001n/a
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries$20,00012%
Restorative Justice Institute of Maine$20,00023%
Frenchman Bay Conservancy$20,00020%
Finding Our Voices$20,00026%
Upstander Project Inc$20,00013%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$20,00020%
Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House$20,000135%
Spurwink Services Inc$20,00010%
Healthy Peninsula$18,00017%
Ifka Community Services$17,5002n/a
The Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness$15,000120%
Drop-In Center$15,000213%
Momentum Conservation$15,00024%
Maine Donor Alliance Fund$15,00017%
Main Street Skowhegan$15,00012%
Crosswalk Community Outreach$15,00024%
Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation$15,00022%
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School$15,00010%
Thistle$15,0001n/a
Purple Iris Foundation Inc$14,450117%
Family Planning Association of Maine Inc$13,50020%
Herring Gut Learning Center$13,0002n/a
Oral History and Folklife Research Inc$12,5001n/a
The Jackson Laboratory$10,00010%
Boothbay Region Community Resource Council$10,00012%
Multicultural Community and Family Support Services$10,0001n/a
Emmanuel Lutheran Episopal Church$10,0001n/a
Foodcorps Inc$10,00010%
Augusta Teen Center of the Boys & Girls Club$10,00012%
Frank Knight Foundation$10,0001n/a
An Angel's Wing Inc$10,00014%
College of the Atlantic$10,00010%
Androscoggin Home Health Services Inc$10,00010%
Sandcastle Clinical & Educational Services$10,00011%
Maine Housing and Building Materials Exchange$10,00014%
Lewiston-Auburn Area Housing Development Corporation$10,00013%
Community Clinical Services Inc$10,00010%
Greater Portland Family Promise$10,00012%
Community Compass$10,000111%
The Center for Grieving Children$10,00011%
Coalition for the Common Good$10,00010%
Maine Needs Inc$10,00011%
Locker Project$10,00011%
Spectrum Generations$10,00010%
Healthy Island Project Inc$10,00013%
Food for All Services$10,0001n/a
Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry$10,00011%
Community Change Inc$10,00013%
Friends of Long Island Wellness Council$10,0001n/a
Annie's Angels Memorial Fund Inc$10,00011%
Queerly Me$10,0001n/a
Piscataquis Regional Food Center$10,00013%
Burlington Food Pantry$10,00015%
American Friends Service Committee$10,0001n/a
Open Table Mdi$10,00014%
New Hope for Women Inc$9,50011%
Volunteers of America Northern New England$9,00010%
Care & Share Food Closet Inc$9,00016%
Maine Children's Alliance$8,50012%
Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Ctr$7,50011%
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust$7,50011%
Djiboutian American Community Empowerment Project$7,50019%
The Next Step Domestic Violence Project$7,50010%
Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation$7,50011%
Kids First Center$7,50012%
Young Mens Christian Association of Southern Maine$7,5001n/a
Young Men's Christian Association Boothbay Region$7,50010%
The Northern Lighthouse Inc$7,50010%
Downeast Salmon Federation$7,50011%
Empowered Immigrant Women Unite$7,50014%
Maine Association for New Americans$7,5001n/a
The Common Good Soup Kitchen Community$7,50015%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$7,50010%
Safe Harbor Sanctuary$7,50018%
Falmouth Food Pantry Inc$6,0001n/a
Friends of the Everglades Inc$5,00011%
My Fathers Hands$5,0001n/a
Jewish Community Alliance Southern Maine$5,00010%
Piscataquis Regional YMCA$5,00011%
Port Resources Inc$5,00010%
Neighbors Supporting Neighbors Community Pantry$5,0001n/a
Sudanese Community of Maine$5,0001n/a
Friends of Portland Adult Education$5,00012%
Center for a Green Future Aka Growing to Give$5,00013%
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation$5,00010%
Young Mens Christian Association Sanford-Springvale$5,00010%
Center for Urban Renewal & Education$5,00010%
Ferry Beach Park Association$5,00010%
Carlisle Charitable Foundation$5,00014%
Biddeford Mills Museum$4,0001n/a
Women in Need Inc$3,0001n/a
Freeport Conservation Trust$79630%
Niweskok$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Elmina B Sewall Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 37 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSunrise County Economic Council: $2,324,400 over 5y, 19% of budgetMaine Audubon Society: $1,310,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetOur Katahdin: $1,217,500 over 5y, 20% of budgetCooperative Development Institute Inc: $962,200 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetMaine Environmental Education Association: $906,800 over 5y, 34% of budgetSunrise Opportunities: $802,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMaine Development Foundation: $730,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetNew Learning Journey Inc: $728,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetWabanaki Health & Wellness Npc: $711,257 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetMillinocket Regional Hospital: $685,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetOutdoor Sport Institute Inc: $640,000 over 4y, 59% of budgetChewonki Foundation Inc: $610,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetMaine Farmland Trust: $587,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $580,356 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetFour Directions Development Corporation: $579,750 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetKennebec Valley Humane Society: $536,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetSt Mary's Regional Medical Center: $506,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMillinocket Memorial Library: $500,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetRural Aspirations Project: $500,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetCenter for an Ecology Based Economy: $493,000 over 5y, 55% of budgetMaine Community Integration: $455,125 over 5y, 71% of budgetResources for Organizing and Social Change: $450,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetMaine Immigrants' Rights Coalition: $448,500 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetDowneast Community Partners Inc: $443,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBangor Humane Society: $430,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $413,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMaine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association: $392,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMaine People's Resource Center: $388,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetPreble Street: $375,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPaws Brave Hearts: $352,500 over 3y, 64% of budgetMaine Immigrant and Refugee Services: $340,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetMidcoast Humane: $330,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetHalfway Home Pet Rescue Inc: $329,500 over 5y, 51% of budgetMaine Association for the Education of Young Children: $325,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetSomali Bantu Community Association of Maine: $315,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetMarians Dream Philanthropy for Animal A: $314,784 over 5y, 62% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $313,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMaine Conservation Alliance: $312,500 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetCumberland County Food Security Council: $310,250 over 5y, 20% of budgetAnimal Welfare Society Inc: $305,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $305,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDowneast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetMaliseet Community Development Authority: $300,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetGreater Androscoggin Humane Society: $296,926 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetMaine Federation of Farmers Markets: $290,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetLewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $290,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetLand in Common Inc: $288,500 over 5y, 39% of budgetBrunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc: $283,825 over 5y, 8.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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 Foundation IncME244.9× affinity320 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Elmina B Sewall Foundation

How much does Elmina B Sewall Foundation give?
Elmina B Sewall Foundation reported 296 grants totaling $14,366,501 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 246 and 290 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Elmina B Sewall Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (19%), Community Improvement (15%), Animals (12%).
Who are Elmina B Sewall Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Sunrise County Economic Council ($2.3M), Maine Audubon Society ($1.3M), Our Katahdin ($1.2M).
Does Elmina B Sewall Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elmina B Sewall Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Elmina B Sewall Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Onion Foundation, John T Gorman Foundation.
Where is Elmina B Sewall Foundation based?
Elmina B Sewall Foundation is based in ME.

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 475 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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