How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Maine?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Maine, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Maine?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to animals organizations in Maine, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Maine?

$48M reached 91 animals organizations in Maine, from 382 funders. 25% came from funders also based in Maine.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Maine · Animals

Who funds animals in Maine

Most of it comes from outside Maine: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Maine's animals organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$48M

granted

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

382 funders gave $48M to 91 animals organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Maine is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $5M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Gulf of Maine Research Institute, at $15M.

Largest funders of animals in Maine

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Maine, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$5M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 3Elmina B Sewall Foundation$4M 4Maine Community Foundation Inc$3M 5Andrew P Barowsky Foundation Inc$2M 6Harte Charitable Foundation$2M 7Scanlan Family Foundation$2M 8National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$2M 9Edward C Johnson Fund$1M 10The Nature Conservancy$1M

Animals organizations in Maine that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute$15M

81 other animals organizations$11M

Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc$7M Grammy Rose Dog Rescue And$3M Downeast Salmon Federation$3M

How to find animals funders in Maine

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Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to animals in Maine are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
75% of animals money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Maine, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Elmina B Sewall Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Maine?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to animals organizations in Maine, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Maine?: $48M reached 91 animals organizations in Maine, from 382 funders. 25% came from funders also based in Maine.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.