How much does Maine Humanities Council give?

Maine Humanities Council reported 13 itemized grants totaling $95,643, out of $144,876 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Maine Humanities Council fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Education (32%), Human Services (3%).

Who are Maine Humanities Council's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Indigo Arts Alliance ($29k), Abbe Museum ($25k), Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition ($20k).

Does Maine Humanities Council fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Maine Humanities Council?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Davis Family Foundation, Onion Foundation.

Where is Maine Humanities Council based?

Maine Humanities Council is based in ME.

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Maine Humanities Council

The MAINE HUMANITIES COUNCIL (the council) is a not-for profit corporation that is funded primarily by grants from the national endowment for the humanities (neh) and contributions from the public. The council conducts public programs in maine that use the humanities to create connections, foster agency, and inspire increased civic…

$145k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 13
Itemized grants FY2025: 13
Organizations funded FY2023: 54%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2025: $96k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $7,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $8,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 44; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $4.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 54% of the organizations Maine Humanities Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	13	$96k	62%
FY2023	13	$96k	54%
FY2022	44	$333k	77%
FY2021	43	$318k	72%
FY2020	35	$188k	97%
FY2019	2	$10k	100%
FY2018	5	$29k	100%
FY2017	6	$34k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$513kEducation$323kHuman Services$34kYouth Development$28kHealth$26kFood & Nutrition$22kHousing & Shelter$20kCivil Rights$16kOther$0

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
Indigo Arts Alliance	$28,500	4	2%
Abbe Museum	$25,227	5	1%
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition	$19,727	3	2%
Maine Adult Education Association	$19,577	3	7%
Indian Township Tribal Government	$15,500	2	n/a
Maine Writers and Publishers Allian	$15,000	1	4%
The Telling Room	$15,000	3	1%
Island Readers & Writers an Initiative for Maine Children	$14,912	3	2%
Wild Blueberry Heritage Center	$14,750	2	6%
Penobscot Theatre Company	$14,000	2	1%

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All grantees of Maine Humanities Council by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Indigo Arts Alliance	$28,500	4	2%
Abbe Museum	$25,227	5	1%
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition	$19,727	3	2%
Maine Adult Education Association	$19,577	3	7%
Indian Township Tribal Government	$15,500	2	n/a
Maine Writers and Publishers Allian	$15,000	1	4%
The Telling Room	$15,000	3	1%
Island Readers & Writers an Initiative for Maine Children	$14,912	3	2%
Wild Blueberry Heritage Center	$14,750	2	6%
Penobscot Theatre Company	$14,000	2	1%
Survivor Speak	$13,500	2	n/a
President and Trustees of Bates College	$13,500	3	0%
Speaking Place	$13,500	1	n/a
Hardy Girls Healthy Women Inc	$13,393	2	4%
Maine-Wabanaki Reach	$13,314	3	2%
The President and Trustees of Colby College	$13,000	2	0%
Brick Store Museum Inc	$12,800	2	2%
Ladder to the Moon Network	$12,755	2	4%
Maine Museum of Innovation Learning and Labor	$12,727	3	2%
Center Theatre Inc	$12,727	2	2%
Frenchmans Bay Library	$12,727	2	n/a
Freedom Historical Society	$12,727	2	n/a
Dorcas Library Assoc	$12,727	2	n/a
Turner Public Library Portland Trust Company Manager	$12,727	2	13%
Wilton Free Public Library	$12,727	2	3%
Stonington Public Library	$12,727	2	8%
Milbridge Public Library	$12,727	2	n/a
Association Culturelle Et Historique Du Mont-Carmel	$12,527	2	n/a
Mount Desert Island Historical Society	$11,900	2	5%
Liberty Library Association	$11,227	2	n/a
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc	$11,000	2	0%
Cumberland County Food Security Council	$10,000	1	2%
Penobscot Indian Nation	$8,000	1	n/a
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians	$8,000	1	n/a
Mi'Kmaq Nation	$8,000	1	n/a
TERRA MOTO INC Art At Work	$7,500	1	23%
Bridgton Public Library	$7,500	1	14%
Gateway Community Services Maine	$7,500	1	1%
Community Library	$7,500	1	5%
World Affairs Council of Maine	$7,500	1	10%
Guilford Memorial Library	$7,500	1	n/a
Cobscook Community Learning Center	$7,500	1	1%
Atlantic Black Box	$7,500	1	n/a
Cornish Library Association	$7,500	1	10%
Pejepscot Historical Society	$7,500	1	2%
Machias Bay Chamber of Commerce	$7,500	1	n/a
Ogunquit Memorial Library	$7,500	1	5%
Portland Media Center	$7,500	1	3%
Dennys River Historical Society	$7,500	1	n/a
Biddeford Historical Society	$7,500	1	n/a
Monhegan Historical & Cultural Museum Association	$7,500	1	2%
Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House	$7,500	1	3%
Classical Uprising	$7,500	1	2%
Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center	$7,500	1	n/a
Victoria Mansion	$7,500	1	1%
Portland Ovations	$7,500	1	0%
Foundation for Portland Public Schools	$7,500	1	0%
Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties	$7,500	1	n/a
Belfast Creative Coalition	$7,500	1	n/a
Pihcintu	$7,500	1	6%
Porter Memorial Library Association	$7,500	1	8%
Lincoln Memorial Public Library	$7,500	1	n/a
Union of Maine Visual Artists Inc	$7,500	1	13%
OUT Maine	$7,500	1	1%
Maine Maritime Museum	$7,500	1	n/a
Wesserunsett Arts Council Inc 83 Main St	$7,500	1	n/a
History Trust	$7,500	1	n/a
Maine Inside Out	$7,500	2	1%
Friends of Soldiers Memorial Library	$7,500	1	n/a
Long Lake Public Library	$7,500	1	20%
Azerbaijan Society of Maine	$7,500	1	n/a
Springvale Public Library Association	$7,500	1	2%
Maine Access Points	$7,500	1	1%
Safe Voices	$7,500	1	0%
Tate House Museum	$7,500	1	3%
I'm Your Neighbor Books	$7,500	1	2%
Whitefield Library	$7,500	1	21%
Maine Transgender Network Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Penobscot Bay Language School	$7,500	1	6%
Robbinston Historical Society	$7,500	1	n/a
Healthy Acadia	$7,490	1	0%
Eastport Public Library	$7,461	1	3%
First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House	$7,430	1	n/a
Denmark Arts Center	$7,250	1	6%
Friends of the St Lawrence Church	$7,250	1	n/a
Literacy Volunteers of Kennebec	$7,200	1	n/a
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation	$7,000	1	0%
Old Berwick Historical Society	$7,000	1	7%
State of Maine	$7,000	1	n/a
Henry D Moore Parish House and Library	$7,000	1	7%
Regents of the University of Minnesota	$7,000	2	n/a
Women in Need Inc	$7,000	1	n/a
Mayo Street Arts	$6,713	1	2%
Bremen Library Association	$6,700	1	n/a
Portland Museum of Art	$6,000	1	0%
University of Maine System Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Maine Forestry Museum	$6,000	1	n/a
South China Public Library	$6,000	1	n/a
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine	$6,000	1	0%
Maine Historical Society	$6,000	1	0%
City of Old Town Maine	$6,000	1	n/a
Naples Public Library	$6,000	1	3%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Border Towns	$5,814	1	2%
Maine Mental Health Connections Inc	$5,800	1	1%
Tide Mill Institute	$5,500	1	n/a
Town of Mount Vernon	$5,227	1	n/a
Farmington Historical Society Inc	$5,227	1	7%
Cary Library	$5,227	1	n/a
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library	$5,227	1	3%
City of Presque Isle	$5,227	1	n/a
Bar Harbor Historical Society Inc	$5,227	1	0%
Paris Hill Library Association	$5,227	1	n/a
Walter T a Hansen Memorial Library Tr	$5,227	1	n/a
Friends of Canaan Grange Hall	$5,227	1	n/a
Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society	$5,227	1	3%
Soldiers Memorial Library	$5,227	1	n/a
Whitneyville Library and Whatnot Association Inc	$5,227	1	n/a
Guilford Memorial Library	$5,227	1	n/a
Friends of the Belgrade Public Library	$5,227	1	n/a
Bowdoin College	$5,000	1	0%
Lewiston Public Schools	$5,000	1	n/a
Maine Discovery Museum	$5,000	2	1%
SPACE Gallery	$5,000	1	1%
Wabanaki Health & Wellness Npc	$5,000	2	1%
Maine Fiberarts	$5,000	1	7%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Maine Humanities Council supplied at peak.

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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 74.

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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 IncME109.2× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Davis Family Foundation · Onion Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Maine Initiativesinc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Libra Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Quimby Family 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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About Maine Humanities Council

How much does Maine Humanities Council give?: Maine Humanities Council reported 13 itemized grants totaling $95,643, out of $144,876 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Maine Humanities Council fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Education (32%), Human Services (3%).
Who are Maine Humanities Council's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Indigo Arts Alliance ($29k), Abbe Museum ($25k), Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition ($20k).
Does Maine Humanities Council fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Maine Humanities Council?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Davis Family Foundation, Onion Foundation.
Where is Maine Humanities Council based?: Maine Humanities Council is based in ME.