Maine · Public charity
Foundation for Portland Public Schools
The Mission of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools is to be a catalyst for increased educational opportunities, achievement, and equity for all Portland Public Schools students and staff.
- $898k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $793k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $792,592
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $792,592
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Foundation for Portland Public Schools funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $793k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $891k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $276k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $338k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $309k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Public Schools | $2,572,064 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Southern Maine Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hand in Hand Mano en Mano | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| ReVision Energy | $5,213 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
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About Foundation for Portland Public Schools
- How much does Foundation for Portland Public Schools give?
- Foundation for Portland Public Schools reported 1 itemized grants totaling $792,592, out of $897,877 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Foundation for Portland Public Schools fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Food & Nutrition (1%), Environment (0%).
- Who are Foundation for Portland Public Schools's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Portland Public Schools ($2.6M), University of Southern Maine Foundation ($13k), Hand in Hand Mano en Mano ($8k).
- Does Foundation for Portland Public Schools fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Foundation for Portland Public Schools based?
- Foundation for Portland Public Schools is based in ME.
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