Maine · Public charity
Friends of Acadia
Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations.
- $10M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,058
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,056,616
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $97M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Friends of Acadia funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 16 | $10M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $2.6M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $761k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $929k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $14,926,258 | 8 | n/a |
| Downeast Transportation Inc | $1,626,597 | 7 | 6% |
| Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park | $1,028,736 | 8 | 7% |
| Summer Residents Association Town of Mount Desert Inc | $107,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $86,301 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maine System Inc | $45,067 | 3 | n/a |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $42,489 | 3 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $41,480 | 2 | 0% |
| American Conservation Experience | $38,459 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Natural History Observatory | $16,997 | 2 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $14,926,258 | 8 | n/a |
| Downeast Transportation Inc | $1,626,597 | 7 | 6% |
| Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park | $1,028,736 | 8 | 7% |
| Summer Residents Association Town of Mount Desert Inc | $107,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $86,301 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Maine System Inc | $45,067 | 3 | n/a |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $42,489 | 3 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $41,480 | 2 | 0% |
| American Conservation Experience | $38,459 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Natural History Observatory | $16,997 | 2 | 5% |
| Sheepscot Valley Rsu 12 | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Teens Take on Climate Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Blackpeoplewhohike LLC | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Friends of Acadia 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.
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How this is measured
About Friends of Acadia
- How much does Friends of Acadia give?
- Friends of Acadia reported 16 grants totaling $10,204,089 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Friends of Acadia fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (91%), Recreation & Sports (6%), Education (2%).
- Who are Friends of Acadia's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Mall and Memorial Parks ($15M), Downeast Transportation Inc ($1.6M), Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park ($1.0M).
- Does Friends of Acadia fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Friends of Acadia?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Nature Conservancy, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Friends of Acadia based?
- Friends of Acadia is based in ME.
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