Maine · Private foundation
The Mimi Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $475k
- Granted FY2022
- 36
- Grants FY2022
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of The Mimi Foundation’s FY2023 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. FY2023 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Mimi Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 27 organizations, $475k. 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
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $105,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 38
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 47% of the organizations The Mimi Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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 | 36 | $475k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $339k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $303k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penobscot Theatre Company | $455,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Bangor Symphony Orchestra | $356,250 | 4 | 33% |
| Young Men's Christian Association Boothbay Region | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maine Huts & Trails | $35,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Hospice of Southern Maine | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Maine Behavioral Healthcare | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 63 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mimi Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Davis Family Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Fisher Charitable Foundation · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Onion Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Libra Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Mimi Foundation
- How much does The Mimi Foundation give?
- The Mimi Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $475,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Mimi Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (63%), Arts & Culture (25%), Education (4%).
- Who are The Mimi Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Penobscot Theatre Company ($455k), Bangor Symphony Orchestra ($356k), Young Men's Christian Association Boothbay Region ($60k).
- Does The Mimi Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mimi Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Mimi Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation, Bangor Savings Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Mimi Foundation based?
- The Mimi Foundation is based in ME.
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