Maine · Public charity
Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps
To support and promote meaningful developmental, educational, environmental, and recreational experiences for children by engaging in activities that enhance the quality and effectiveness of Maine's youth camps.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $93k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $651k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 29 | $93k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $54k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $58k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maine System Inc | $45,505 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association | $26,780 | 3 | 1% |
| Agassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs | $26,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Diocese of Maine Camp Bishopswood | $22,650 | 3 | n/a |
| The Summer Camp Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Maine | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Camping Association Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Mechuwna | $9,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Kukunsook Camp Owners Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West End House Camp Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maine System Inc | $45,505 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association | $26,780 | 3 | 1% |
| Agassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs | $26,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Diocese of Maine Camp Bishopswood | $22,650 | 3 | n/a |
| The Summer Camp Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Maine | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Camping Association Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Mechuwna | $9,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Kukunsook Camp Owners Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West End House Camp Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| West End House Girls Camp Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Pine Island Camp | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kieve Wavus Education Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chewonki Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Wigwam | $2,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Kamp Kohut | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New England Yearly Meeting of Friends | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp O-AT-KA Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Encore-Coda | $2,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidden Valley | $2,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Wells National Estuarine | $2,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp CenterStage | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Slovenski Camps | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Camps & Conference Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakwater Learning | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Apogee Outdoor Adventures | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New England Music Camp Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Laughing Loon | $1,540 | 1 | n/a |
| Birch Rock Camp | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Berwick Boys Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Timanous Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc | $860 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps supplied at peak.
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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 · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps
- How much does Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps give?
- Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps reported 31 itemized grants totaling $93,475, out of $102,604 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (75%), Youth Development (24%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: University of Maine System Inc ($46k), Young Mens Christian Association ($27k), Agassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs ($26k).
- Does Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Agnes M Lindsay Trust, Boston Foundation Inc.
- Where is Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps based?
- Maine Youth Camping Foundation D/B/A Maine Summer Camps is based in ME.
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