Maine · Public charity
The Catholic Foundation of Maine
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- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,442,513
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $45M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Catholic Foundation of Maine 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $1.6M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $946k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $914k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $814k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $1.2M | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland | $9,124,062 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Maine | $637,459 | 9 | 0% |
| Cheverus High School | $115,700 | 7 | n/a |
| 317 Main St Community Center Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trustees of Saint Joseph's College Saint Joseph's College of Maine | $20,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Psalterium Institute Inc | $8,825 | 1 | n/a |
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: Texas Instruments Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Catholic Foundation of Maine
- How much does The Catholic Foundation of Maine give?
- The Catholic Foundation of Maine reported 6 grants totaling $1,630,738 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Catholic Foundation of Maine fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (92%), Human Services (6%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Catholic Foundation of Maine's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland ($9.1M), Catholic Charities Maine ($637k), Cheverus High School ($116k).
- Does The Catholic Foundation of Maine fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Catholic Foundation of Maine?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Texas Instruments Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Catholic Foundation of Maine based?
- The Catholic Foundation of Maine is based in ME.
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