Maine · Private foundation
The Aldermere 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.
- $434k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $304,448
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Aldermere Foundation 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; $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 | 19 | $434k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $388k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $362k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $358k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $356k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $349k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $334k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $336k | 6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $2,260,403 | 9 | 2% |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc | $173,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Coastal Mountains Land Trust | $140,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Midcoast Conservancy | $100,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Maine Conservation Alliance | $60,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Chewonki Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wayfinder Schools | $44,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Palaver Strings Inc | $30,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of Casco Bay | $27,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Maine Farmland Trust | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Coast Heritage Trust | $2,260,403 | 9 | 2% |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc | $173,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Coastal Mountains Land Trust | $140,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Midcoast Conservancy | $100,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Maine Conservation Alliance | $60,000 | 9 | 8% |
| Chewonki Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wayfinder Schools | $44,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Palaver Strings Inc | $30,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of Casco Bay | $27,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Maine Farmland Trust | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for Ecological Teaching Dba Cetl | $20,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Lobster Conservancy | $20,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Broadreach Family & Community Services | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Georges River Land Trust | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bay Chamber Concerts Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Maine Fiberarts | $4,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Maine Boys to Men | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rockport Library Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Homeworthy | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($241k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Aldermere Foundation 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 · Onion Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Tr Ua the Camden Foundation · Otter Island Foundation · Quimby Family Foundation · Davis Conservation Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · The Thorne Cox Family Foundation · Phineas W Sprague Memorial Foundation · John Sage Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Aldermere Foundation
- How much does The Aldermere Foundation give?
- The Aldermere Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $434,448 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Aldermere Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (89%), Science & Tech (3%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The Aldermere Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maine Coast Heritage Trust ($2.3M), Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc ($173k), Coastal Mountains Land Trust ($140k).
- Does The Aldermere Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Aldermere 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 The Aldermere Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Onion Foundation, Elmina B Sewall Foundation.
- Where is The Aldermere Foundation based?
- The Aldermere Foundation is based in ME.
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