Maine · Private foundation
Female Samaritan Association
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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $350
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $332k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Female Samaritan Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $13k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $10k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $16k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $15k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $6k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $10k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $8k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Opportunity Alliance | $21,131 | 9 | 0% |
| Wayside Food Programs | $6,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Feed | $5,700 | 9 | n/a |
| Simple Gifts | $3,050 | 7 | 3% |
| The Root Cellar | $3,050 | 6 | 0% |
| Through These Doors | $2,550 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen | $2,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Commonspace | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Learningworks | $1,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Opportunity Alliance | $21,131 | 9 | 0% |
| Wayside Food Programs | $6,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Project Feed | $5,700 | 9 | n/a |
| Simple Gifts | $3,050 | 7 | 3% |
| The Root Cellar | $3,050 | 6 | 0% |
| Through These Doors | $2,550 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen | $2,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Commonspace | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Learningworks | $1,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Iris Network | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Abba a Women's Resource Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cultivating Community | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Ruth's Reusable Resources | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Grieving Children | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Female Samaritan Association 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 · Portland Provident Association · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · United Way Inc · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Good Shepherd Food Bank · John T Gorman Foundation · The Smith Family Charitable Ta · The Eunice Frye Home Foundation CO Thomas M Pierce HM Payson
How this is measured
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About Female Samaritan Association
- How much does Female Samaritan Association give?
- Female Samaritan Association reported 19 grants totaling $13,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Female Samaritan Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Female Samaritan Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Opportunity Alliance ($21k), Wayside Food Programs ($7k), Project Feed ($6k).
- Does Female Samaritan Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Female Samaritan Association 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 Female Samaritan Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Portland Provident Association, Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Female Samaritan Association based?
- Female Samaritan Association is based in ME.
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