Maine · Private foundation
The Sukeforth 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.
- $524k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 34
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Sukeforth Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 40 | $524k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $502k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $484k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $549k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $393k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $419k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas College | $408,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Christian Education League Inc | $375,000 | 6 | 30% |
| Central Maine Bible Conference Fair Haven Camps | $215,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $210,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | $140,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Children's Discovery Museum | $95,000 | 6 | 10% |
| The Masonic Charitable Foundation of the Grand Lodge of Maine | $82,500 | 4 | 6% |
| Temple Academy | $80,000 | 3 | 4% |
| China Baptist Church | $65,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Spectrum Generations | $33,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($979k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sukeforth Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Lunder Foundation · Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation · Bill and Joan Alfond Family Foundation · Harold Alfond Foundation · Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Waterville Area Women's Club · United Way of Kennebec Valley · Davis Family Foundation · United Way of Mid-Maine
How this is measured
About The Sukeforth Family Foundation
- How much does The Sukeforth Family Foundation give?
- The Sukeforth Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $524,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Sukeforth Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (23%), Religion (14%).
- Who are The Sukeforth Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Thomas College ($408k), Christian Education League Inc ($375k), Central Maine Bible Conference Fair Haven Camps ($215k).
- Does The Sukeforth Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sukeforth 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 Sukeforth Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Lunder Foundation, Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Sukeforth Family Foundation based?
- The Sukeforth Family Foundation is based in ME.
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