· Public charity
University of Maine Foundation
The University of Maine Foundation, acting as a separate organization, will work collaboratively with all entities to encourage philanthropic support for the University of Maine and other charitable organizations while carrying out the donor's wishes in perpetuity.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k4 grants · $86k
- $250k+2 grants · $22M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Maine | $12,805,408 |
| University of Maine | $9,272,349 |
| Ahavas Achim Society of Brotherly Love | $37,000 |
| United Methodist Church | $21,567 |
| Potato Association of America | $16,467 |
| Town of Searsmont | $10,783 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 0% of its 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM INC8× · 2017–2024 · $138M
- AAAHAVAS ACHIM SOCIETY OF BROTHERLY LOVE CO GROSS MINSKY & MOGUL PA6× · 2018–2024 · $172k · 39% of their budget
- UMUnited Methodist Church8× · 2017–2024 · $141k
Funded once
- TGTMS GLOBAL INCone grant, 2020 · $366k
- COCITY OF BANGORone grant, 2018 · $248k
- KVKennebec Valley YMCAone grant, 2020 · $128k · revenue +18%
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.
To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.
Kennebunk Land Trust's mission is to permanently conserve and steward land to benefit natural and human communities.
To inspire and enable our communities to discover, learn and connect.
Keene Endowment Association (KEA) helps donors to provide scholarships for Keene State College (KSC) students and resources to enhance their education. The KEA Board also helps to give donors the assurance that their philanthropy will make…
Educating students and communities about the connections between the ocean, inland waters, and economy of maine.
Christian education
To support maine physicians, advance the quality of medicine in maine, and promote the health of all maine people.
Equipping Maine learners with the confidence and skills to realize their full potential.
Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…
The mission of the kennebunk beach improvement association (kbia) is to create safe, supportive, and exciting "summers of discovery" for children and their families, through high quality affordable educational and enrichment programs…
The Autism Society of Maine provides education and resources to support the valued lives of individuals on the autism spectrum and their families.
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,…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 19 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 AHAVAS ACHIM SOCIETY OF BROTHERLY LOVE CO GROSS MINSKY & MOGUL PA ↗
- Who funds Kennebec Valley YMCA ↗
- Who funds HEART OF MAINE UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY ↗
- Who funds CHOP POINT INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN EDUCATION LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds KENNEBEC HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds KENTS HILL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MaineGeneral Health and Affiliates ↗
- Who funds POTATO ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds ALFOND YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
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 · Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization University of Maine Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from University of Maine Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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