Maine · Public charity
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
To improve human health by discovering fundamental mechanisms of tissue repair, aging and regeneration, translating our discoveries for the benefit of medicine and society, and developing the next generation of scientific leaders.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 81%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $119,122
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $328,027
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $31M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 81% of the organizations Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 | 15 | $1.7M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.6M | 81% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $40k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rogosin Institute Inc | $437,113 | 2 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $373,686 | 2 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $295,632 | 2 | 0% |
| Bowdoin College | $257,651 | 2 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $165,440 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maine System Inc | $51,186 | 5 | n/a |
| The Jackson Laboratory | $48,020 | 2 | 0% |
| University of New England | $47,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Town of Bar Harbor | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park | $20,382 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Rogosin Institute Inc | $437,113 | 2 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $373,686 | 2 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $295,632 | 2 | 0% |
| Bowdoin College | $257,651 | 2 | 0% |
| College of the Atlantic | $165,440 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maine System Inc | $51,186 | 5 | n/a |
| The Jackson Laboratory | $48,020 | 2 | 0% |
| University of New England | $47,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Town of Bar Harbor | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park | $20,382 | 1 | 1% |
| MaineHealth | $18,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Island Institute | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
- How much does Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory give?
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory reported 16 itemized grants totaling $1,696,254, out of $3,899,509 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Science & Tech (32%), Health (29%).
- Who are Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Rogosin Institute Inc ($437k), President and Trustees of Bates College ($374k), The President and Trustees of Colby College ($296k).
- Does Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory based?
- Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is based in ME.
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