· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $181k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE GIRLS FOUNDATION OF TANZANIA | $180,500 |
| EASTERN MAINE CONSERVATION INITIATIVE | $20,541 |
| THE CHAPIN SCHOOL | $10,300 |
| BAY CHAMBER CONCERTS & MUSIC SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| ONE PLYMPTON PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| THE LANDING SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST | $5,000 |
| MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND | $1,000 |
| PALAVER STRINGS | $1,000 |
| AFRICA SCHOOLHOUSE | $1,000 |
| ST PAUL'S SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| SMITH COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE & EDUCATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $464k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TGThe Girls Foundation of Tanzania8× · 2017–2024 · $464k · revenue +283% · 43% of their budget
Portland Museum of Art4× · 2019–2022 · $100k · revenue +17%- EMEastern Maine Conservation Initiative6× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +70% · 31% of their budget
Funded once
- WSWAYNFLETE SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +54%
- BFBROADREACH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICESone grant, 2018 · $1k
- WIWOMEN4WOMEN INTERNATIONALone grant, 2022 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…
Maine Historical Society, founded in 1822, is a private non-profit whose mission is to preserve and share Maine's story. Based in Portland, we work closely with communities and partners throughout the state, and serve a statewide and…
Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…
To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.
The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.
Maine Farmland Trust protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.
To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.
Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.
The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…
Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.
The Maine Philanthropy Center (MPC) is the state's leading resource that provides opportunity, leadership and support to advance the effectiveness of philanthropy in Maine and its ability to make a meaningful difference. It helps grant…
How this is measured
56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds The Girls Foundation of Tanzania ↗
- Who funds Portland Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative ↗
- Who funds One Plympton Preservation Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ST PAUL'S SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
- Who funds THE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds PALAVER STRINGS INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTIC CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC DBA THE APPRENTICESHOP ↗
- Who funds WAYNFLETE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Portland ESL Scholarship Fund ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds BROADREACH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds ROCKPORT LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Great Mountain Forest Corporation ↗
- Who funds Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation ↗
- Who funds MILESTONE RECOVERY ↗
- Who funds Portland Parks Conservancy ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE STRAND THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds THE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SCARBOROUGH MARSH ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kestrel Foundation of Maine funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kestrel Foundation of Maine. Bigger dots raise more.
- Safe Passage Inc: 55% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
- Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum: 0% of income from government
- Wilbraham and Monson Academy: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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