Maine · Private foundation
Kestrel Foundation of Maine
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $248k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $180,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 64
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $196k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Kestrel Foundation of Maine funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 18 | $248k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $214k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $88k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $76k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 64 | $80k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $68k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $37k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Girls Foundation of Tanzania | $463,900 | 8 | 43% |
| Portland Museum of Art | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative | $58,530 | 6 | 31% |
| One Plympton Preservation Foundation Inc | $25,754 | 4 | 1% |
| Roque Island Community Initiative | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Paul's School | $23,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Chapin School Ltd | $11,300 | 5 | 0% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $10,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Miss Porter's School Inc | $9,775 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 59 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($66k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kestrel Foundation of Maine supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Murray Charitable Trust · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Onion Foundation · The Apple Lane Foundation Inc 14101830 · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Albert B Glickman Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Kestrel Foundation of Maine
- How much does Kestrel Foundation of Maine give?
- Kestrel Foundation of Maine reported 18 grants totaling $247,841 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 64 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kestrel Foundation of Maine fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (55%), Arts & Culture (19%), Environment (10%).
- Who are Kestrel Foundation of Maine's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Girls Foundation of Tanzania ($464k), Portland Museum of Art ($100k), Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative ($59k).
- Does Kestrel Foundation of Maine fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kestrel Foundation of Maine 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 Kestrel Foundation of Maine?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Murray Charitable Trust, Sam L Cohen Foundation.
- Where is Kestrel Foundation of Maine based?
- Kestrel Foundation of Maine is based in ME.
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