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John T Gorman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
154
Grants FY2024
158
Organizations funded FY2023
32%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$345,000
Organizations funded a year
130 to 158
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$224M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 32% of the organizations John T Gorman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity 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 arriving153$7.5M22%
FY2023158$8.2M32%
FY2022146$8.6M34%
FY2021150$7.2M50%
FY2020130$6.8Mn/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.

Health$8.1MEducation$5.3MHuman Services$5.0MHousing & Shelter$4.9MCommunity Improvement$4.2MYouth Development$2.6MFood & Nutrition$2.3MCrime & Legal$2.2MOther$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 John T Gorman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
MaineHealth$1,910,00050%
Mercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital$1,503,00050%
Preble Street$1,300,00053%
Bangor Housing Development Corporation$1,121,000510%
Senator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute$1,040,000521%
Sunrise County Economic Council$870,00049%
Maine Cancer Foundation$850,00057%
Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc$842,00035%
Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Foundation$800,500585%
Coastal Enterprises Inc$600,00041%
University of Maine System Inc$595,0004n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Bangor$582,000333%
Good Shepherd Food Bank$576,00030%
Healthy Acadia$521,00054%
University System of New Hampshire$503,0185n/a
Lewiston Public Schools$455,0003n/a
Maine Community Action Association Dba Maine Community Action Partnership$435,000235%
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence$425,75032%
The Root Cellar$415,000535%
Prosperityme$410,00034%
Avesta Housing Development Corporation$400,00041%
York County Community Action Corporation$385,00051%
Lewiston-Auburn Area Housing Development Corporation$381,000346%
University of Maine School of Law Foundation$355,500325%
Community Concepts Inc$341,00041%
Maine Equal Justice Partners$335,00055%
Maine Children's Alliance$322,000422%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine$319,20033%
Sunrise Opportunities$315,00041%
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services$290,50043%
Trekkers Inc$290,000216%
Maine Community Integration$275,400317%
Legal Services for Maine Elders Inc$273,00056%
Milestone Recovery$235,00053%
Tree Street Youth Inc$232,00039%
New Beginnings$221,00053%
In Her Presence$205,000412%
Educate Maine$203,50045%
The Aspen Institute Inc$200,00020%
Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging$200,000291%
Bluehub Capital Inc$200,00025%
Maine Association for the Education of Young Children$185,000519%
The Opportunity Alliance$155,50040%
Healthy Homeworks$150,000136%
Axiom Education & Training Center$150,00019%
Healthy Neighborhoods$150,000288%
Catholic Charities Maine$145,00040%
Jobs for the Future Inc$135,00010%
Tedford Housing$135,00043%
Wabanaki Health & Wellness Npc$134,00041%
Adoptive & Foster Families of Maine$127,00045%
Homeworthy$125,00051%
City of Auburn$125,0001n/a
Mainegenral Medical Center$125,0002n/a
Council for a Strong America$120,00041%
The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges$120,00043%
Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters$115,00041%
Sweetser$112,50020%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$110,00030%
Franklin County Childrens Task Force Inc$110,00026%
Goodwill Industries of Northern NE$107,00010%
Tri-County Mental Health Services$106,00021%
Full Plates Full Potential$105,00017%
Piscataquis Regional Food Center$102,000511%
The Bangor Area Homeless Shelter$100,00052%
Raise-Op Housing Cooperative$100,000216%
Restorative Justice Institute of Maine$100,000212%
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$100,00024%
Maine Seacoast Mission$95,00041%
Wabanaki Womens Coalition Inc$95,000126%
Rural Community Action Ministry$94,00057%
Penobscot Community Health Center$90,00040%
Maine Justice Foundation$90,00041%
Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Ctr$90,00042%
Commonspace$90,00051%
Maine Association of Nonprofits$90,00053%
Shaw House$85,00034%
Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers$85,00015%
Aroostook County Action Program$80,00050%
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program$80,00020%
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter Inc$80,00041%
Girl Scouts of Maine$77,00012%
The Urban Institute$75,40020%
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine$75,00024%
Bath Housing Development Corporation$75,00041%
Hand in Hand Mano en Mano$75,00031%
Maine Coast Fishermens Assn$74,60031%
Maine Philanthropy Center$74,39554%
Eastern Area Agency on Aging$70,00031%
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program$70,00041%
Safe Voices$70,00031%
New England Arab American Organization$70,00035%
Area Interfaith Outreach$65,00042%
Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition$65,00031%
Homeless Services of Aroostook Inc$65,00034%
Augusta Food Bank$63,00041%
Volunteers of America Northern New England$61,00040%
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust$60,00031%
Emmanuel Lutheran Episopal Church$60,0004n/a
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$60,00030%
Lake Region Senior Service Inc$56,000519%
Day One$55,75031%
Penquis Cap Inc$55,00020%
Rockland District Nursing Association$55,00039%
Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry$55,00033%
Trinity Jubilee Center Inc$55,00042%
Locker Project$55,00042%
Migration Policy Institute$54,00011%
Maine Needs Inc$52,00041%
Cross Cultural Community Services$50,50014%
MIDCOAST YOUTH CENTER & skatepark$50,00036%
Youth and Family Outreach$50,00043%
St Mary's Regional Medical Center$50,00020%
River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition$50,00047%
Maine Farmland Trust$50,00011%
The Northern Lighthouse Inc$50,00021%
Caring Unlimited$50,00031%
Youth Advocate Programs Inc$50,00010%
Wayside Food Programs$50,00013%
Jewish Community Alliance Southern Maine$50,00030%
Shalom House Inc$50,00040%
Maine Association for New Americans$50,00023%
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Inc$50,00011%
Mainehealth Care at Home$50,00020%
By Kids Inc$49,500120%
Friends in Action$49,00047%
Family Planning Association of Maine Inc$47,50030%
President and Trustees of Bates College$45,00030%
Waterville Area Soup Kitchen$45,000313%
Community Care$45,00020%
Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic$45,000312%
Centre Street Church$45,0002n/a
Greater Portland Family Promise$45,00034%
Seniorsplus$45,00020%
Belfast Soup Kitchen$45,00032%
Foundation for Portland Public Schools$41,00031%
Millinocket Memorial Library$40,00025%
Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine$40,00023%
Intercultural Community Center$40,00024%
York County Shelter Programs Inc$40,00021%
Home Inc$40,00031%
Chip Inc$40,00044%
Thomas College$40,00010%
Footprints Inc Footprints Food Pantry$40,00023%
Oasis Health Network Inc$40,00023%
Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc$40,00020%
Downeast Community Partners Inc$40,00030%
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation$38,00020%
Spurwink Services Inc$37,50020%
Neighbors Driving Neighbors$37,000420%
Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center$35,00022%
Elder Abuse Institute of Maine$35,00022%
Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute$35,00041%
United Way of Androscoggin County Inc$35,00022%
Portland Public Library$31,00011%
Table of Plenty$31,000331%
Friends of the Long Creek Youth Development Center$30,000157%
The Progress Center Inc$30,00020%
St Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen$30,000120%
Harrison Food Bank$30,00034%
Boothbay Region Community Resource Council$30,00023%
Through These Doors$30,00021%
Great Schools Partnership Inc$30,00020%
New Hope for Women Inc$30,00021%
St Andre Home Inc$30,00024%
Western Maine Community Action Inc$30,00020%
United Way of Tri Vally Area$30,000110%
Ubr$30,000211%
Cedars Nursing Care Center$26,50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$26,00010%
Healthy Island Project Inc$25,00018%
St Joseph Hospital$25,00010%
Machias Area Food Pantry$25,00012%
Children's Center Early Intervention & Family Support$25,00010%
Skills Inc$25,00010%
University of New England$25,00010%
Patient Airlift Services Inc$25,00012%
Alfond Youth & Community Center$25,00011%
Project Home Dba Quality Housing Coalition$25,00012%
Family Violence Project$25,00011%
YWCA Central Maine$25,00011%
St Martin de Porres Residence Inc$25,00026%
Spectrum Generations$25,00010%
National Trust for Local News$25,00010%
Bethel Area District Exchange and Food Pantry$25,00024%
Foundations Inc$25,00010%
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$25,00030%
Community Health and Counseling Services$25,00010%
OUT Maine$25,00013%
Morrison Center$25,00050%
Castine Community Partners Inc$25,0002n/a
Portland Community Health Center$25,00010%
Veggies to Table$25,00035%
Maine Youth Alliance$25,00016%
Veterans Inc$25,00010%
Bangor Young Men's Christian Association$25,00010%
Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization$25,000111%
Unitarian Universalist Association$23,0003n/a
Partners for Rural Impact Inc$22,72410%
Center for a Green Future Aka Growing to Give$22,50035%
Healthy Peninsula$22,00025%
Maine Development Foundation$21,50021%
Center for the Advancement of Rural Living$20,000120%
Hope Acts$20,00016%
Frannie Peabody Center$20,00011%
Community Dental$20,00010%
Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center$20,00012%
Lubec Community Outreach Center Inc$20,00027%
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine$20,00011%
The Next Step Domestic Violence Project$20,00011%
Winthrop Food Pantry$19,00018%
Center for Children's Law and Policy$18,00011%
Maine Library Association$17,500311%
Oxford County Mental Health Service$16,50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$16,50010%
Community Compass$15,00019%
Ascentria Community Services Inc$15,00010%
Gateway Community Services Maine$15,00011%
The Center for Grieving Children$15,00021%
Maine Highlands Senior Center$15,000111%
Easter Seals Maine Inc$15,00011%
United Recovery Fund$15,00013%
Oxford Hills Community Gardens$15,00015%
Cheverus High School$15,0003n/a
Freeport Community Services$15,00011%
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault$15,00010%
Maine Inside Out$15,00012%
Maine Huts & Trails$15,00031%
Fish River Rural Health$15,00010%
Christine B Foundation Inc$15,000112%
York Hospital$15,00010%
Food and Medicine - Jobs With Justice Education Fund$15,00017%
Belfast Public Health Nursing Association$15,0001n/a
Western Maine Transportation Services Inc$15,00010%
Island Commons Resource Center$15,00021%
Her Safety Net$15,00016%
First Book$13,50010%
The Common Good Soup Kitchen Community$12,50018%
State Street Congregational Church$11,5001n/a
Waldo Community Action Partners$10,00010%
Peregrine Corporation$10,00010%
Habitat for Humanity 7 Rivers Maine$10,00012%
Boys&Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley$10,00010%
Adept Educational Institute of Maine Inc$10,00010%
Maine Multicultural Center$10,00016%
The People Who Care Food Cupboard$10,00014%
Nami Maine$10,00010%
Center for an Ecology Based Economy$10,00016%
Heart of Maine Resource Center$10,000112%
Teens to Trails$10,00022%
My Place Teen Center Inc$10,00011%
Special Olympics Maine Inc$10,00020%
Falmouth Food Pantry Inc$9,0001n/a
Muskie Fund for Legal Services$8,50035%
I-Act$7,50011%
Greater Portland Business Education Collaborative$7,5001n/a
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Downeast$6,0001n/a
Kidspeace National Centers of New England$5,00010%
Vet to Vet Maine Inc$5,00017%
Friendship House$5,00013%
Maine Historical Society$5,00010%
Maine Youth Thriving$5,00011%
Hair Matters$5,0001n/a
The Gathering Place$5,00012%
Drop-In Center$5,00016%
Union Street Brick Church$5,0001n/a
Ifka Community Services$5,0001n/a
Maine Center for Economic Policy$5,00010%
Maine Paws for Veterans Inc$5,00013%
Hardy Girls Healthy Women Inc$5,00013%
American Public Human Services Association$3,00010%
Maine Children's Trust$3,00010%
University of Southern Maine Foundation$2,50010%
Family Focus$2,50010%
Skidompha Library Association$2,50010%
Bruce Roberts Santa Claus$1,00011%
Inquiring Systems Inc$1,00010%
Maine Council on Aging$75010%
Friends of Congress Square Park$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John T Gorman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 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 budgetMaineHealth: $1,910,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital: $1,503,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPreble Street: $1,300,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetBangor Housing Development Corporation: $1,121,000 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetSenator George J Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute: $1,040,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetSunrise County Economic Council: $870,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetMaine Cancer Foundation: $850,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetPine Tree Legal Assistance Inc: $842,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetLewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $800,500 over 5y, 85% of budgetCoastal Enterprises Inc: $600,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Bangor: $582,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $576,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHealthy Acadia: $521,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMaine Community Action Association Dba Maine Community Action Partnership: $435,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetMaine Coalition to End Domestic Violence: $425,750 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe Root Cellar: $415,000 over 5y, 35% of budgetProsperityme: $410,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetAvesta Housing Development Corporation: $400,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetYork County Community Action Corporation: $385,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLewiston-Auburn Area Housing Development Corporation: $381,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetUniversity of Maine School of Law Foundation: $355,500 over 3y, 25% of budgetCommunity Concepts Inc: $341,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMaine Equal Justice Partners: $335,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetMaine Children's Alliance: $322,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine: $319,200 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetSunrise Opportunities: $315,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetMaine Immigrant and Refugee Services: $290,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetTrekkers Inc: $290,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMaine Community Integration: $275,400 over 3y, 17% of budgetLegal Services for Maine Elders Inc: $273,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetMilestone Recovery: $235,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTree Street Youth Inc: $232,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetNew Beginnings: $221,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetIn Her Presence: $205,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetEducate Maine: $203,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Association of Area Agencies on Aging: $200,000 over 2y, 91% of budgetBluehub Capital Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetMaine Association for the Education of Young Children: $185,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $155,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHealthy Homeworks: $150,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetAxiom Education & Training Center: $150,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetHealthy Neighborhoods: $150,000 over 2y, 88% of budgetCatholic Charities Maine: $145,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJobs for the Future Inc: $135,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTedford Housing: $135,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetWabanaki Health & Wellness Npc: $134,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAdoptive & Foster Families of Maine: $127,000 over 4y, 5.2% 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.

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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 IncME213.8× affinity220 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · United Way Inc · Good Shepherd Food Bank · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Onion Foundation

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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How do I get to John T Gorman Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John T Gorman Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About John T Gorman Foundation

How much does John T Gorman Foundation give?
John T Gorman Foundation reported 154 grants totaling $7,535,759 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 130 and 158 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does John T Gorman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (21%), Education (14%), Human Services (13%).
Who are John T Gorman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: MaineHealth ($1.9M), Mercy Hospital Northern Light Mercy Hospital ($1.5M), Preble Street ($1.3M).
Does John T Gorman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John T Gorman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John T Gorman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Maine Health Access Foundation Inc.
Where is John T Gorman Foundation based?
John T Gorman 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 340 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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