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

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Maine, currently Harold Alfond Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall 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?

$94M reached 191 community development organizations in Maine, from 333 funders. 57% 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

$94M reached 191 community development organizations in Maine, from 333 funders, with no single one dominating.

$94M

granted

191

organizations

57%

from in-state

The short version

333 funders gave $94M to 191 community development organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
57% 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 Harold Alfond Foundation, at $13M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy, at $13M.

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.

1Harold Alfond Foundation$13M 2Maine Community Foundation Inc$9M 3Elmina B Sewall Foundation$8M 4The Rodney and Mary Barton Smith Family Foundation$8M 5Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$3M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 7Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$3M 8John T Gorman Foundation$3M 9United Way Inc$3M 10Edward C Johnson Fund$3M

Community development organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

181 other community development organizations$39M

Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy$13M Ignite Presque Isle$8M Sunrise County Economic Council$8M Four Directions Development Corporation$6M Community Concepts Inc$6M Maine Center for Enterprise Development Dba Maine Center for Entrepreneurs$3M In Her Presence$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 Harold Alfond Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall 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.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
43% 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 Harold Alfond Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Elmina B Sewall 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?: Harold Alfond Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Maine, $13M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Maine?: $94M reached 191 community development organizations in Maine, from 333 funders. 57% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.