How much does Quimby Family Foundation give?

Quimby Family Foundation reported 97 grants totaling $1,086,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 81 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Quimby Family Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Health (9%).

Who are Quimby Family Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ecology Education Inc ($219k), Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association ($188k), Cobscook Community Learning Center ($185k).

Does Quimby Family Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Quimby Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Quimby Family Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Onion Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation.

Where is Quimby Family Foundation based?

Quimby Family Foundation is based in ME.

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Maine · Private foundation

Quimby Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 97
Grants FY2024: 81
Organizations funded FY2023: 33%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $45,000
Organizations funded a year: 48 to 81; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 5
Total assets, FY2024: $22M
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 Quimby Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EnvironmentFood & NutritionEducationHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	90	$1.1M	32%
FY2023	81	$936k	33%
FY2022	54	$861k	9%
FY2021	58	$1.0M	14%
FY2020	56	$800k	30%
FY2019	61	$1.1M	52%
FY2018	49	$928k	59%
FY2017	48	$953k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$2.3MFood & Nutrition$1.5MHealth$721kRecreation & Sports$704kYouth Development$481kArts & Culture$453kEducation$380kHuman Services$339kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Ecology Education Inc	$218,500	8	2%
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association	$187,500	4	3%
Cobscook Community Learning Center	$185,000	5	4%
Cultivating Community	$178,500	7	4%
New Learning Journey Inc	$170,000	7	11%
Rippleffect Inc	$158,140	8	2%
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition	$142,000	7	9%
Maine GearShare	$136,097	4	20%
Women for Healthy Rural Living	$127,500	7	15%
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc	$116,500	6	3%

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All grantees of Quimby Family Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Ecology Education Inc	$218,500	8	2%
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association	$187,500	4	3%
Cobscook Community Learning Center	$185,000	5	4%
Cultivating Community	$178,500	7	4%
New Learning Journey Inc	$170,000	7	11%
Rippleffect Inc	$158,140	8	2%
Wabanaki Cultural Preservation Coalition	$142,000	7	9%
Maine GearShare	$136,097	4	20%
Women for Healthy Rural Living	$127,500	7	15%
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc	$116,500	6	3%
Healthy Acadia	$114,500	7	1%
Mi'Kmaq Nation	$109,500	5	n/a
Midcoast Conservancy	$109,500	7	1%
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust	$105,500	6	3%
Teens to Trails	$105,500	8	7%
Western Foothills Land Trust	$105,000	6	5%
Maine Environmental Education Association	$100,500	6	3%
Hearty Roots Inc	$97,500	6	13%
Inland Woods Trails	$94,500	6	5%
Maine Federation of Farmers Markets	$91,500	6	3%
Friends of Baxter State Park	$87,500	7	4%
Wabanaki Youth in Science Inc	$87,500	5	5%
Trekkers Inc	$87,000	6	2%
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians	$82,000	3	n/a
Bicycle Coalition of Maine	$80,000	5	2%
Healthy Peninsula	$79,000	6	6%
Apex Youth Connection	$77,500	5	7%
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc	$77,500	3	1%
Oxford Hills Community Gardens	$76,000	5	10%
Frenchman Bay Conservancy	$75,000	4	2%
Outdoor Sport Institute Inc	$73,500	6	12%
White Pine Programs	$73,000	5	3%
The Center for Wildlife	$69,500	5	2%
Momentum Conservation	$69,000	5	10%
Birth Roots Inc	$66,500	5	9%
Main Street Skowhegan	$65,000	4	5%
Blue Hill Heritage Trust	$64,500	6	1%
Portland Trails	$64,000	5	4%
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Inc	$62,500	5	1%
Food and Medicine	$62,500	5	6%
Cumberland County Food Security Council	$58,500	5	3%
Maine School Garden Network	$58,500	6	n/a
Medical Care Development Inc	$55,500	4	0%
East Coast Greenway Alliance Inc	$55,000	3	2%
Portland Wheelers	$53,000	3	n/a
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation	$52,500	5	25%
Juniper Hill School for Place Based Education	$52,500	3	6%
Third Sector New England Inc	$52,000	3	0%
Maine Farmland Trust	$52,000	3	1%
Hirundo Wildlife Trust	$49,000	4	14%
Land Peace Foundation	$49,000	3	2%
Kennebec Valley Community Action Program	$43,000	3	0%
Land in Common Inc	$40,000	2	5%
Maine Island Trail Association	$38,000	3	2%
47 Daisies	$37,500	2	13%
Friends of Quarry Road	$37,500	4	9%
Wabanaki Health & Wellness Npc	$37,500	3	0%
Coastal Mountains Land Trust	$35,000	2	1%
Tanglewood Camp and Learning Center	$33,000	2	12%
Center for an Ecology Based Economy	$32,000	2	4%
Farm Tomorrow	$32,000	5	25%
Seedmoney	$30,500	3	1%
Whyhunger Inc	$30,000	2	0%
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust	$30,000	2	0%
Renewal in the Wilderness	$29,750	2	15%
Eldercare Network of Lincoln County	$28,500	2	1%
Healthy Island Project Inc	$27,500	2	5%
Midcoast Outdoor Leadership Initiative	$26,000	3	11%
Mahoosuc Land Trust Inc	$25,000	2	2%
Eastern Trail Alliance	$25,000	1	n/a
Maine-Wabanaki Reach	$25,000	2	3%
Center for a Green Future Aka Growing to Give	$25,000	2	7%
Maine Association for the Education of Young Children	$25,000	2	1%
Gedakina Inc	$25,000	1	4%
Ketcha Outdoors	$23,500	1	2%
Katahdin Area Trails	$23,000	2	3%
Wolfe's Neck Farm Foundation	$23,000	2	0%
Farms for Food Equity	$23,000	2	8%
The Trust for Public Land	$23,000	1	0%
Good Shepherd Food Bank	$22,000	1	n/a
The Good Life Center	$21,000	1	n/a
Pine Tree Society Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine	$20,000	1	0%
Georges River Land Trust	$20,000	1	4%
Maine Local Living School	$20,000	2	9%
Indian Township Tribal Government	$20,000	2	n/a
Maine Huts & Trails	$20,000	2	1%
Niweskok	$20,000	1	2%
Friends of the Eastern Promenade	$20,000	1	18%
Katahdin Children and FamiliesFoundation	$20,000	2	11%
Maine Appalachian Trail Club	$20,000	1	6%
Ubr	$19,500	3	7%
Downeast Salmon Federation	$19,500	3	1%
Viles Arboretum	$18,000	1	10%
Downeast Coastal Conservancy	$18,000	1	2%
Presente Maine	$17,500	2	1%
Maine Conservation Alliance	$17,000	3	5%
Piscataquis Regional Food Center	$16,500	2	6%
Resources for Organizing and Social Change	$15,500	2	9%
Maine Highlands Senior Center	$15,000	1	8%
Maine Public Health Association	$15,000	1	11%
Millinocket Memorial Library	$15,000	1	3%
Four Directions Development Corporation	$15,000	1	1%
The Susan L Curtis Foundation	$15,000	2	1%
Lake George Corporation D/B/A Lake George Regional Park	$13,000	2	3%
Open Table Mdi	$13,000	2	4%
Harpswell Heritage Land Trust	$12,500	2	0%
Veggies to Table	$12,500	2	2%
Maine Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation	$12,500	1	n/a
Sea Meadow Marine Foundation	$12,500	2	3%
Tree Street Youth Inc	$12,000	1	1%
Abbe Museum	$12,000	1	2%
Northern Forest Canoe Trail Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Winterkids Education Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
Bangor Land Trust	$10,000	1	11%
Northern Forest Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Full Plates Full Potential	$10,000	1	1%
Sponsor Inc	$10,000	1	1%
American Friends of Canadian Conservation	$10,000	1	1%
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust	$10,000	1	5%
Loon Echo Land Trust Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Wabanaki Commission on Land and Stewardship	$10,000	1	0%
Appalachian Mountain Club	$10,000	1	0%
Wild Seed Project	$10,000	1	2%
Ready by 21 Mentoring	$8,000	1	12%
The Hurricane Island Foundation	$8,000	1	0%
Kittery Land Trust Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust	$7,500	1	3%
Francis Malcolm Science Center Inc	$7,500	1	8%
Camp Capella Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Youth Full Maine	$5,000	1	1%
Island Heritage Trust Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Greater Lovell Land Trust Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Kismet Rock Foundation	$5,000	1	1%
Maine Community Integration	$5,000	1	1%
Rewild Maine	$5,000	1	n/a
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School	$5,000	1	0%
Portland Parks Conservancy	$5,000	1	3%
Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry	$5,000	1	1%
Kennebunkport Conservation Trust	$5,000	1	1%
Maine Association of Nonprofits	$5,000	1	1%
Smooth Feather Youth	$5,000	1	n/a
Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program	$5,000	1	0%
Chewonki Foundation Inc	$3,539	1	0%
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust	$3,500	1	0%
Maine Writers and Publishers Allian	$2,500	1	0%
Gould Academy	$1,500	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Quimby Family Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 136.

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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.

Onion FoundationME161.9× affinity82 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Onion Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Davis Conservation Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · John Sage Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · John T Gorman Foundation · Leonard C & Mildred F Ferguson Foundation · The Nature Conservancy

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Quimby Family Foundation

How much does Quimby Family Foundation give?: Quimby Family Foundation reported 97 grants totaling $1,086,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 81 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Quimby Family Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Health (9%).
Who are Quimby Family Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ecology Education Inc ($219k), Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association ($188k), Cobscook Community Learning Center ($185k).
Does Quimby Family Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Quimby Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Quimby Family Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Onion Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation.
Where is Quimby Family Foundation based?: Quimby Family Foundation is based in ME.