Maine · Private foundation
The K2 Family 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.
- $501k
- Granted FY2022
- 56
- Grants FY2022
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of The K2 Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Maine Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The K2 Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 29 organizations, $501k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 39
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 7
- Total assets, FY2022
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 56% of the organizations The K2 Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $261k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 39 | $500k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $115k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $248k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Farmland Trust | $230,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Stgeorge Community Development Corp | $80,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Midcoast Habitat for Humanity | $80,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Groundswell Fund | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Radius Books Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $25,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Economic Democracy Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St George Municipal School Unit | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waterfall Arts | $16,667 | 1 | 3% |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The K2 Family 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 · John T Gorman Foundation · Rocking Moon Foundation Inc · Impactassetsinc · Machias Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Quimby Family Foundation · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc
How this is measured
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About The K2 Family Foundation
- How much does The K2 Family Foundation give?
- The K2 Family Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $500,691 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 39 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The K2 Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Civil Rights (9%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are The K2 Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Maine Farmland Trust ($230k), Stgeorge Community Development Corp ($80k), Midcoast Habitat for Humanity ($80k).
- Does The K2 Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The K2 Family 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 K2 Family 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 K2 Family Foundation based?
- The K2 Family Foundation is based in ME.
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