How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Maine?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Maine, currently Elmina B Sewall Foundation, The Rodney and Mary Barton Smith Family, Harold Alfond Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

How much grant money goes to community development in Maine?

$37M reached 70 community development organizations in Maine, from 199 funders. 50% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Maine

$37M reached 70 community development organizations in Maine, from 199 funders, with no single one dominating.

$37M

granted

organizations

50%

from in-state

The short version

199 funders gave $37M to 70 community development organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
50% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Maine is Elmina B Sewall Foundation, at $4M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy, at $5M.

Largest funders of community development in Maine

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

1Elmina B Sewall Foundation$4M 2The Rodney and Mary Barton Smith Family$4M 3Harold Alfond Foundation$4M 4Edward C Johnson Fund$3M 5Maine Community Foundation Inc$2M 6John T Gorman Foundation$1M 7Sixteen Thirty Fund$1M 8The Mitchell P Rales Family Foundation$1M 9Cara Charitable Foundation Inc$863k 10Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$748k

Community development organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

60 other community development organizations$10M

Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy$5M Ignite Presque Isle$5M Sunrise County Economic Council$4M Maine People's Alliance$4M Harbor House Community Service Center$3M Our Katahdin$2M

How to find community development funders in Maine

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Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to community development in Maine are Elmina B Sewall Foundation, The Rodney and Mary Barton Smith Family, Harold Alfond Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
50% of community development money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Maine, currently Elmina B Sewall Foundation, The Rodney and Mary Barton Smith Family, Harold Alfond Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Maine?: Elmina B Sewall Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Maine, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Maine?: $37M reached 70 community development organizations in Maine, from 199 funders. 50% 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.