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Lillian M Baker Trust Portland Trust Co LLC at a glance

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Lillian M Baker Trust Portland Trust Co LLC

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$327kHealth$16k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$718k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE$15,000
ROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOC$6,000
ENDICOTT COLLEGE$5,000
ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE$5,000
SMCC$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND$3,000
POST UNIVERSITY$3,000
MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY$1,000
DEAN COLLEGE$1,000
HUSSON UNIVERSITY$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 11%DEAN COLLEGE: $6k → 7%ENDICOTT COLLEGE: $5k → 10%WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%BRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $3k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF S CALIFORNIA: $3k → 14%CLARKE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%POST UNIVERSITY: $3k → 12%FAYETTVILLE TECHNICAK COMM COLLEGE: $3k → 16%SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE: $2k → 7%KEENE STATE COLLEGE: $3k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $2k → 9%BOWDON COLLEGE: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND: $5k → 9%ROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOC: $6k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AUGUSTA: $3k → 12%CENTRAL MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE: $15k → 15%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%BOWDOIN COLLEGE: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND: $5k → 9%ROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOC: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AUGUSTA: $3k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORONO: $13k → 15%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%BOWDOIN COLLEGE: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND: $4k → 9%ROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOC: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AUGUSTA: $2k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE: $11k → 15%ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE: $5k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND: $3k → 9%UMA ROCKLAND CENTER: $2k → 11%THOMAS COLLEGE: $5k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORONO: $5k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND: $3k → 9%UNIV OF MAINE ORONO: $4k → 15%SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $5k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORONO: $3k → 15%SMCC: $3k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ORONO: $3k → 15%SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 7%HUSSON UNIVERSITY: $18k → 15%HUSSON UNIVERSITY: $15k → 15%HUSSON UNIVERSITY: $4k → 15%HUSSON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%HUSSON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MA
IA
PA
CT
CA
AZ
NC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$304k · 18 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$304k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+69%

Still filing today

44%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HU
    Husson University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +38%
  • University of New England
    6× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +24%
  • TC
    THOMAS COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $8k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • FT
    FAYETTVILLE TECHNICAK COMM COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +73%
  • BM
    BRYN MAWR COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +14%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
2
President and Trustees of Bates College

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…

Education
3
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

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.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
Nichols College

Nichols college strives to develop tomorrow's leaders through a dynamic, career-focused business education. the college transforms students into successful graduates who respond to challenges, are eager for responsibility, and assume…

Education
7
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
8
Franklin Pierce University

Franklin Pierce University delivers programs and educational experiences that develop essential intellectual and professional skills; promotes close community connections; and empowers our students to realize their potential through the…

Education
9
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
10
New England College

New England College emphasizes experiential learning as an essential component in the development of an enduring academic community. Building upon a strong liberal arts foundation, we challenge our students to reach their full potential…

Education
11
Reed Institute

The mission of Reed College is to provide education in the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
12
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northeastern University; the most unlike its peers is Rockland District Nursing Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM INC: $44,300 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM INCMAINE MARITIME ACADEMY: $34,900 · OtherMAINE MARITIME ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF MAINE: $26,200 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINEROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION: $16,000 · OtherROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATIONUNIVERSITY OF MAINE AUGUSTA: $13,600 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MAINE AUGUSTAARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYSOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $11,500 · OtherSOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGEKEENE STATE COLLEGE: $10,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE: $7,000 · Other+9 more: $29,000 · Other+9 moreHusson University: $65,200 · EducationHusson UniversityUniversity of New England: $23,500 · EducationUniversity of New EnglandTHOMAS COLLEGE: $8,300 · EducationTHOMAS COLLEGEBowdoin College: $7,300 · EducationDEAN COLLEGE: $6,600 · EducationTrustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine: $5,000 · EducationENDICOTT COLLEGE: $5,000 · Education+6 more: $16,600 · Education+6 more
Other$205,500Education$137,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHusson University: $65,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New England: $23,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION: $16,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTHOMAS COLLEGE: $8,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $7,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDEAN COLLEGE: $6,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENDICOTT COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ANSELM COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENTLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 Husson University ↗
  • Who funds University of New England ↗
  • Who funds ROCKLAND DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
  • Who funds DEAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine ↗
  • Who funds ENDICOTT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
  • Who funds The President and Trustees of Colby College ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BRYN MAWR COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BENTLEY UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Frederic E Skillings …Davis Educational Fou…Cochran Gifford a Tr …Higgins Mary E Educ F…Albert H YoungJw Robinson Welfare T…Sweetser Foundation I…Melmac Education Foun…Harold Alfond Foundat…Maine Community Found…The Blackbaud Giving …Verizon Foundation
Frederic E Skillings Trust UwOH15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frederic E Skillings Trust Uw · Davis Educational Foundation · Cochran Gifford a Tr Uind · Higgins Mary E Educ Fund · Albert H Young · Jw Robinson Welfare Trust · Sweetser Foundation Inc · Melmac Education Foundation · Harold Alfond Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lillian M Baker Trust Portland Trust Co LLC funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lillian M Baker Trust Portland Trust Co LLC. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Northeastern University: 4% of income from government
  • Endicott College: 0% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 31 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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