New York · Private foundation
Messier-Costain Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $74k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $13,048
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Messier-Costain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $74k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $69k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $71k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Coast Hospital | $65,240 | 5 | 0% |
| Oasis Health Network Inc | $41,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Tedford Housing | $40,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Bath Area Food Bank | $30,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities Maine | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Gathering Place | $15,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pine Tree Society Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Compassion Center of Midcoast Maine | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Messier-Costain Foundation 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 · Sam L Cohen Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Tabell Family Foundation · The Alfred M Senter Fund Trust · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Messier-Costain Foundation
- How much does Messier-Costain Foundation give?
- Messier-Costain Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $73,848 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Messier-Costain Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (30%), Human Services (19%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are Messier-Costain Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Mid Coast Hospital ($65k), Oasis Health Network Inc ($42k), Tedford Housing ($41k).
- Does Messier-Costain Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Messier-Costain Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Messier-Costain Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation, John T Gorman Foundation.
- Where is Messier-Costain Foundation based?
- Messier-Costain Foundation is based in NY.
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