· 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.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k42 grants · $86k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $215k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ACLU OF MAINE | $50,000 |
| ACLU OF MAINE | $50,000 |
| E FOR ALL | $50,000 |
| MAINE FARMLAND TRUST | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $35,000 |
| ST GEORGE SCHOOL FUND | $25,000 |
| ACLU OF MAINE | $25,000 |
| MIDCOAST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $20,000 |
| GROUNDSWELL FUND | $20,000 |
| MIDCOAST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $20,000 |
| MISSOURI ABORTION FUND | $10,000 |
| MAINE FARMLAND TRUST | $10,000 |
| WABANAKI PUBLIC HEALTH | $10,000 |
| ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION | $5,150 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MFMaine Farmland Trust5× · 2020–2025 · $230k · revenue +69%
- SCSTGEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP2× · 2020–2023 · $80k · revenue +92%
- MHMIDCOAST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY3× · 2022–2024 · $80k · revenue +215%
Funded once
- RBRADIUS BOOKS INCone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -42%
- WAWATERFALL ARTSone grant, 2020 · $17k · revenue -12%
- ALAGRARIAN LAND TRUSTgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +53%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To build a permanent and powerful progressive movement in Maine. We will promote a healthy, just, equitable democracy through research, engagement, and education of Maine's citizens. We will engage in democracy expansion, voter engagement,…
MFFM's mission is to cultivate a vibrant, sustainable, farmers' market community as a vital part of Maine's local food network. The federation works with farmers, consumers and communities to make wholesome, locally-grown food available to…
The mission of Islesboro Islands Trust is to enhance the quality of residents' lives through the preservation of open space, educate all residents as to the value of the island's natural ecosystems, and act as an environmental advocate on…
Fork Food Lab is a nonprofit food business incubator and shared commercial kitchen focused on growing the local food economy. We support the growth of sustainable Maine-based businesses by providing entrepreneurs with work space,…
NOFA-NH actively promotes organic, regenerative, ecologically sound farming, gardening, eating, and land care practices for healthy communities. NOFA-NH helps people build local, just, and sustainable food systems.
The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.
Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…
Cei integrates financing, small business and industry expertise, and policy solutions to grow a vibrant future for people and communities in maine and rural regions.
Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.
We conserve land permanently to benefit the natural and human communities of western the Penobscot Bay region.
MCAN catalyzes transformative education and action in response to the climate crisis. We seek to honor, unite and amplify the voices of youth, frontline communities, and others historically excluded from the climate conversation and…
Focusmaine propels the growth of maine's most promising industries and transforms maine into a hub for top talent.
How this is measured
45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 74 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Maine Farmland Trust ↗
- Who funds STGEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
- Who funds MIDCOAST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds Groundswell Fund ↗
- Who funds RADIUS BOOKS INC ↗
- Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY INC ↗
- Who funds WATERFALL ARTS ↗
- Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
- Who funds WABANAKI HEALTH & WELLNESS NPC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds AGRARIAN LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds National Network of Abortion Funds ↗
- Who funds Homeworthy ↗
- Who funds SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS COALITION INC ↗
- Who funds ST GEORGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds AREA INTERFAITH OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds OUT Maine ↗
- Who funds SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC ↗
- Who funds HURRICANE ISLAND OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Island Institute ↗
- Who funds TREKKERS INC ↗
- Who funds LEAPS OF IMAGINATION INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The K2 Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The K2 Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
- Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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