Maine · Private foundation
The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $187k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 25 | $187k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $176k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $156k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $171k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $170k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $152k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $151k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $175k | 28% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam House | $162,928 | 8 | n/a |
| McGills Community Band | $113,831 | 9 | n/a |
| Houlton High School Alumni Associat | $97,500 | 9 | 38% |
| Aid for Kids | $68,500 | 8 | 34% |
| Houlton Humane Society | $55,850 | 9 | 8% |
| Vital Pathways | $54,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $52,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Houlton Chamber of Commerce | $42,819 | 8 | 13% |
| Ark Animal Sanctuary | $33,000 | 6 | 8% |
| LifeFlight Foundation | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam House | $162,928 | 8 | n/a |
| McGills Community Band | $113,831 | 9 | n/a |
| Houlton High School Alumni Associat | $97,500 | 9 | 38% |
| Aid for Kids | $68,500 | 8 | 34% |
| Houlton Humane Society | $55,850 | 9 | 8% |
| Vital Pathways | $54,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $52,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Houlton Chamber of Commerce | $42,819 | 8 | 13% |
| Ark Animal Sanctuary | $33,000 | 6 | 8% |
| LifeFlight Foundation | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Houlton Christian Acad | $23,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Cary Library | $23,359 | 8 | n/a |
| Manes and Tails | $19,760 | 4 | n/a |
| The Ark Pope Memorial Animal Shelter | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Northern Lighthouse Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Aroostook Area Agency on Aging Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Maine | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Aroostook | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($697k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust with peer funders
About The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust
- How much does The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust give?
- The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust reported 25 grants totaling $187,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Health (13%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Putnam House ($163k), McGills Community Band ($114k), Houlton High School Alumni Associat ($98k).
- Does The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust based?
- The Aaron a and Maria H Putnam Family Charitable Trust is based in ME.
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