Maine · Private foundation
The Dick and Brena Parsons 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.
- $257k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $151k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 8 | $257k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $28k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $20k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $338k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $18k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnhealth | $52,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| South Bristol Volunteer Fire Department | $7,015 | 2 | 9% |
| Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| MaineHealth | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service Inc | $5,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Spa Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| LifeFlight Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lcrc Land Conservation Corp | $4,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnhealth | $52,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| South Bristol Volunteer Fire Department | $7,015 | 2 | 9% |
| Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| MaineHealth | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Lincoln County Ambulance Service Inc | $5,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Spa Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| LifeFlight Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lcrc Land Conservation Corp | $4,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Seacamp Association Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Underhound Railroad | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Owls Head Transportation Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| South Bristol Historical Society | $650 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The National World War II Museum Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Lung Association | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Inspiration Aviation Ministries Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($597k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dick and Brena Parsons 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 · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation with peer funders
About The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation
- How much does The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation give?
- The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $257,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Animals (36%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lincolnhealth ($52k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($20k), South Bristol Volunteer Fire Department ($7k).
- Does The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dick and Brena Parsons 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 Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation based?
- The Dick and Brena Parsons Foundation is based in ME.
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