Maine · Private foundation
Portland Provident Association
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.
- $109k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Grants FY2025
- 42
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 45
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Portland Provident Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 43 | $109k | 2% |
| FY2024 | 42 | $104k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $92k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $94k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $79k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Opportunity Alliance | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wayside Food Programs | $30,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Through These Doors | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Furniture Friends | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen | $13,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Community Dental | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Susan L Curtis Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Greater Portland Family Promise | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friendship House | $8,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Opportunity Alliance | $34,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wayside Food Programs | $30,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine | $21,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Through These Doors | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Furniture Friends | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| St Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen | $13,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Community Dental | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Susan L Curtis Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Greater Portland Family Promise | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friendship House | $8,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Foundation for Portland Public Schools | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Root Cellar | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ketcha Outdoors | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Iris Network | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Legal Services for Maine Elders Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Portland Public Schools | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Learningworks | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shalom House Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Feed | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Maine Needs Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($259k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Portland Provident Association 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 · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · United Way Inc · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Female Samaritan Association · The Eunice Frye Home Foundation CO Thomas M Pierce HM Payson · Atlantic Federal Credit Union Foundation · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Portland Provident Association
- How much does Portland Provident Association give?
- Portland Provident Association reported 43 grants totaling $108,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 45 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Portland Provident Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are Portland Provident Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Opportunity Alliance ($34k), Wayside Food Programs ($30k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine ($21k).
- Does Portland Provident Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Portland Provident Association 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 Portland Provident Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation, Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Portland Provident Association based?
- Portland Provident Association is based in ME.
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