Maine · Private foundation
General E R Quesada Educational Foundation
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.
- $423k
- Granted FY2023
- 12
- Grants FY2023
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of General E R Quesada Educational Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Maine Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year General E R Quesada Educational Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $423k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations General E R Quesada Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | $363k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $160k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $205k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $215k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $260k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton College | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| West Marin Scholarship Program | $80,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Island Institute | $62,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($995k), not named here.
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About General E R Quesada Educational Foundation
- How much does General E R Quesada Educational Foundation give?
- General E R Quesada Educational Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $422,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does General E R Quesada Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (60%), Philanthropy (34%), Environment (5%).
- Who are General E R Quesada Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wheaton College ($80k), President and Fellows of Middlebury College ($80k), Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross ($80k).
- Does General E R Quesada Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does General E R Quesada Educational 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.
- Where is General E R Quesada Educational Foundation based?
- General E R Quesada Educational Foundation is based in ME.
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