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Rjm Stein Family 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.

$8k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$175
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,270
Organizations funded a year
17 to 46
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$101k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Rjm Stein Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$8k10%
FY202439$9k13%
FY202346$10k26%
FY202236$6k22%
FY202139$10k49%
FY202021$4k62%
FY201917$4kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$19kInternational$10kHuman Services$7kHealth$6kEnvironment$2kEducation$2kCivil Rights$2kPublic Benefit$1kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NY
MA
CA
VA
AZ
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of Rjm Stein Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Camden Conference$3,72050%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$3,50050%
Points North Institute$2,45040%
Mercy Corps$1,50060%
Opera Maine$1,50060%
Children's Literature Association$1,50011%
The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc$1,50030%
Maine Media College$1,40030%
Portland Museum of Art$1,22050%
Midcoast Forum on Foreign Relations$1,09540%
Penobscot Marine Museum$1,04520%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00050%
Waterfall Arts$1,00050%
The American Himalayan Foundation$90040%
Island Institute$88870%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$80050%
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$80050%
J Street$75020%
Restorative Justice Project Maine$75050%
Anti-Defamation League$72540%
Rubin Museum of Art Aka the Shelley & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust$70040%
Tree of Life Foundation$70050%
New Jewish Narrative Inc$70020%
Portland Maine Symphony Orchestra$65030%
Speaking Place$63050%
The Yellow Tulip Project$60030%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$60020%
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting$55040%
Coastal Mountains Land Trust$55060%
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc$54040%
Belfast Free Library$50010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$45020%
Belfast Historical Society and Museum$44060%
Seeds of Peace Inc$40020%
New Hope for Women Inc$40040%
United States Fund for Unicef$37030%
American Lighthouse Foundation$35070%
Camden Area Youth Seamanship Progra$35020%
Center for Contemporary Art$35020%
Friends of the Strand Theatre Inc$34030%
W Connection Inc$30020%
Women for Women International$30040%
Belfast Area Child Care Services Inc$30020%
Soap Closet$2503n/a
Georges River Land Trust$22510%
Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute$20020%
Maine Humanities Council$20020%
Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation$2001n/a
Ocean Conservancy$17510%
The Belfast Maskers$17520%
Maine Jewish Film Festival$15010%
AARP Foundation$1001n/a
Adas Yoshuron$1001n/a
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCamden Conference: $3,720 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPoints North Institute: $2,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Maine: $1,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Literature Association: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Media College: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Museum of Art: $1,220 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMidcoast Forum on Foreign Relations: $1,095 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPenobscot Marine Museum: $1,045 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWaterfall Arts: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Institute: $888 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJ Street: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRestorative Justice Project Maine: $750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $725 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRubin Museum of Art Aka the Shelley & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTree of Life Foundation: $700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew Jewish Narrative Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Maine Symphony Orchestra: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpeaking Place: $630 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Yellow Tulip Project: $600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Center for Public Interest Reporting: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Mountains Land Trust: $550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc: $540 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBelfast Free Library: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBelfast Historical Society and Museum: $440 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSeeds of Peace Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hope for Women Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $370 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lighthouse Foundation: $350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCamden Area Youth Seamanship Progra: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Contemporary Art: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Strand Theatre Inc: $340 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetW Connection Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWomen for Women International: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBelfast Area Child Care Services Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorges River Land Trust: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOlympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Humanities Council: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Belfast Maskers: $175 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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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 50.

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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.

Maine Community Foundation IncME41× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Onion Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Mattina R Proctor Foundation · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Spectemur Agendo Inc · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · The Bertuzzi Family Foundation · Joe B Foster Family Foundation · Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc

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 Rjm Stein Family Foundation

How much does Rjm Stein Family Foundation give?
Rjm Stein Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $8,233 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 46 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Rjm Stein Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), International (19%), Human Services (14%).
Who are Rjm Stein Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Camden Conference ($4k), Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($4k), Points North Institute ($2k).
Does Rjm Stein Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rjm Stein Family 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 Rjm Stein Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Onion Foundation, Davis Family Foundation.
Where is Rjm Stein Family Foundation based?
Rjm Stein Family Foundation is based in ME.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 80 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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