· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k2 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $103k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART | $103,220 |
| THE TELLING ROOM | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| THE INDINGO ARTS ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF PORTLAND ADULT EDUCATION | $10,000 |
| PORTLAND PARKS CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| PREBLE STREET | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE | $10,000 |
| IMMIGRANT WELCOME CENTER | $6,000 |
| PORTLAND TRAILS | $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 (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2020, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
Portland Museum of Art3× · 2017–2020 · $678k · revenue +33%- TTThe Telling Room3× · 2017–2020 · $90k · revenue +55%
- RIRIPPLEFFECT INC2× · 2017–2019 · $90k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- UFUSM FOUNDATION - THE PROMISE SCHOLARSHIPone grant, 2018 · $100k
- PRPORTLAND ROTARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $5k
- RCROTARY CLUB OF PORTLAND CHARITABLE FUNDone grant, 2019 · $5k
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.
Founded in January 2018, Future Prairie is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit queer artist collective in Portland, Oregon. We pay LGBTQIA+ Oregon-based artists to design, curate, and produce art projects that showcase new and better dreams of the…
Pica acknowledges and advances the emerging ideas in art by fostering the creative explorations of contemporary artists.
The mission of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is to inspire, engage and educate through the exhibition, preservation and collection of photographic works. The Museums programs address contemporary, historical, cultural and…
Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…
Art Education. The Portland Child Art Studio is dedicated to supporting the perceptual development of children through artistic learning. PCAS is also committed to providing equitable access to quality arts education.
Elbow Room is a community art studio and gallery focused on providing workspace, material support, mentorship, and meaningful exhibition and collaboration opportunities for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We…
Friends of Noise is a non-profit organization built on the values of collectivism and restorative justice. We seek to transform the culture of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth access to the music industry. We foster a healthy ecosystem for all ages…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The White Pine Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The White Pine Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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