Maine · Private foundation
The White Pine Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $234k
- Granted FY2020
- 12
- Grants FY2020
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $103,220
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 82% of the organizations The White Pine Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11 | $234k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $95k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $480k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $350k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Museum of Art | $678,220 | 3 | 4% |
| The Telling Room | $90,000 | 3 | 5% |
| SPACE Gallery | $90,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Rippleffect Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Indigo Arts Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Preble Street | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Parks Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Friends of Portland Adult Education | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Portland Trails | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($166k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The White Pine 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 · Sam L Cohen Foundation · Onion Foundation · The Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation · Horizon Foundation Inc · The Skerryvore Foundation Inc · The Old Bug Light Charitable Foundation C/O Spinnaker Trust · The Cabin Foundation · Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust · Davis Family Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The White Pine Foundation
- How much does The White Pine Foundation give?
- The White Pine Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $234,220 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The White Pine Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (67%), Education (11%), Health (8%).
- Who are The White Pine Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Portland Museum of Art ($678k), The Telling Room ($90k), SPACE Gallery ($90k).
- Does The White Pine Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The White Pine 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 White Pine Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation, Onion Foundation.
- Where is The White Pine Foundation based?
- The White Pine Foundation is based in ME.
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