· Private foundation
The Nine Wicket Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Nine Wicket Foundation’s FY2019 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. FY2019 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year The Nine Wicket Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $55k. 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, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k5 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Tree Street Youth | $10,000 |
| Maine Behavioral Health Foundation | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $9,570 |
| Lakes Environmental Association | $8,000 |
| Learning Works | $7,000 |
| Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project | $5,000 |
| Friends of Casco Bay | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–17, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
A broad multi-disciplinary network that works to ensure we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and communities. With the voices of people with lived experience, we work on policy issues related to…
Maine & Company is a private, non-profit business development sales organization. Its purpose is to improve Maine's success in attracting new business and expanding and retaining existing business by providing a focused, statewide sales…
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…
Maine Rivers is a statewide advocacy organization. Our mission is to protect, restore and enhance the ecological health of Maine's river systems. We support and direct efforts to conserve and improve the health of Maine's rivers and…
To recognize the resiliency of people who use drugs and to work in collaboration to create access points for overdose prevention and harm reduction services in Maine.
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,…
The maine environmental education association enhances and amplifies the efforts of individuals and organizations building environmental awareness, appreciation, understanding and action in maine.
The mission of the Maine Island Trail Association is to advance a model of thoughtful use and volunteer stewardship of Maine's wild islands, creating an inspiring recreational water trail that is cared for by the people who use it.
The manufacturers association of maine is dedicated to promoting and strengthening manufacturing in maine as an informative voice for the state's manufacturing community.
The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center serves as a hub of collaboration that strengthens the immigrant community through language acquisition, economic integration and civic engagement.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 13 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 LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds IMMIGRANT LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds The Maine Behavioral Health Foundation ↗
- Who funds TREE STREET YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF PORTLAND ADULT EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds In Her Presence ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND RECOVERY COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds MILESTONE RECOVERY ↗
- Who funds LEARNINGWORKS ↗
- Who funds Maine Audubon Society ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CASCO BAY ↗
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 · United Way Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Albert B Glickman Family Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Fisher Charitable Foundation · The Evergreen Foundation · Vincent B and Barbara G Welch Supporting Organization · Murray Charitable Trust · Maine Initiativesinc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Nine Wicket Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nine Wicket Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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