How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Maine?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Maine, currently Legal Services Corporation, Maine Justice Foundation, Maine Children's Trust. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Maine?

$37M reached 28 crime and legal organizations in Maine, from 171 funders. 49% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Maine

Maine's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 6 funders each.

$37M

granted

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

171 funders gave $37M to 28 crime and legal organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Maine is Legal Services Corporation, at $7M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc, at $11M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Maine

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

1Legal Services Corporation$7M 2Maine Justice Foundation$6M 3Maine Children's Trust$5M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 5Maine Community Foundation Inc$2M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 7Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$1M 8The Rodney and Mary Barton Smith Family$1M 9Share Our Strength$1M 10Elmina B Sewall Foundation$889k

Crime and legal organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

Pine Tree Legal Assistance Inc$11M Maine Initiativesinc$5M Maine Equal Justice Partners$4M Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project$4M

18 other crime and legal organizations$3M

Aroostook Council to Prevent Child$2M Franklin County Childrens Task$2M Aroostook County Action Program$2M

How to find crime and legal funders in Maine

1
Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Maine are Legal Services Corporation, Maine Justice Foundation, Maine Children's Trust. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
51% of crime and legal money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Maine, currently Legal Services Corporation, Maine Justice Foundation, Maine Children's Trust. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Maine?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Maine, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Maine?: $37M reached 28 crime and legal organizations in Maine, from 171 funders. 49% 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.