How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Maine?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Maine, currently LifeFlight Foundation, Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc, Wescustogo Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety 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 disaster and safety in Maine?

$10M reached 16 disaster and safety organizations in Maine, from 40 funders. 82% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Maine

Funding is concentrated: LifeFlight of Maine LLC alone draws 94% of every disaster and safety grant dollar in Maine. One funder dominates the giving, LifeFlight Foundation, at 81% of the total.

$10M

granted

organizations

82%

from in-state

The short version

40 funders gave $10M to 16 disaster and safety organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
82% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Maine is LifeFlight Foundation, at $8M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is LifeFlight of Maine LLC, at $10M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Maine

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

1LifeFlight Foundation$8M 2Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc$1M 3Wescustogo Foundation$255k 4Gloria C Mackenzie Foundation Inc$150k 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$87k 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$82k 7Maine Community Foundation Inc$70k 8Clarence E Mulford Trust$30k 9Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc$27k 10National Philanthropic Trust$24k

Disaster and safety organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

LifeFlight of Maine LLC$10M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Maine

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Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Maine are LifeFlight Foundation, Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc, Wescustogo Foundation. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
18% of disaster and safety money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Maine, currently LifeFlight Foundation, Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation Inc, Wescustogo Foundation. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Maine?: LifeFlight Foundation gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Maine, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Maine?: $10M reached 16 disaster and safety organizations in Maine, from 40 funders. 82% 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.