Maine · Private foundation
The Casco 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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $799k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Casco Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 6 | $37k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $42k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $33k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $19k | 67% |
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 Center for Enterprise Development Dba Maine Center for Entrepreneurs | $43,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Coastal Enterprises Inc | $34,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Thomas College | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Upstart Maine Inc | $28,000 | 8 | 7% |
| College of the Atlantic | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Startup Maine Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 50% |
| Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center | $18,500 | 5 | 1% |
| CIEE Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Maine Community Betterment Collaborative | $11,500 | 3 | 83% |
| Play for Peace | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Center for Enterprise Development Dba Maine Center for Entrepreneurs | $43,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Coastal Enterprises Inc | $34,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Thomas College | $29,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Upstart Maine Inc | $28,000 | 8 | 7% |
| College of the Atlantic | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Startup Maine Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 50% |
| Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center | $18,500 | 5 | 1% |
| CIEE Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Maine Community Betterment Collaborative | $11,500 | 3 | 83% |
| Play for Peace | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Four Directions Development Corporation | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Creative Portland Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Unity Environmental University | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New Hampshire Women's Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Venture Hall | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Casco Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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 · Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Bill and Joan Alfond Family Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Maine Technology Institute · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Casco Foundation
- How much does The Casco Foundation give?
- The Casco Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $41,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Casco Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (52%), Education (23%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are The Casco Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maine Center for Enterprise Development Dba Maine Center for Entrepreneurs ($43k), Coastal Enterprises Inc ($35k), Thomas College ($29k).
- Does The Casco Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Casco 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 Casco Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation, Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation.
- Where is The Casco Foundation based?
- The Casco Foundation is based in ME.
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