Maine · Private foundation
MES Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $216k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2024
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 43
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations MES Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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 | 45 | $216k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $206k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $185k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $211k | 37% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $197k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Achievement of Maine | $750 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 101 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
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About MES Foundation
- How much does MES Foundation give?
- MES Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $216,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 43 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does MES Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (100%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are MES Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Junior Achievement of Maine ($750).
- Does MES Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does MES Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is MES Foundation based?
- MES Foundation is based in ME.
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