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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Maine, currently Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Harold Alfond Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Maine?

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc gives the most to education organizations in Maine, $103M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Maine?

$529M reached 282 education organizations in Maine, from 1,062 funders. 43% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Maine

$529M reached 282 education organizations in Maine, from 1,062 funders, with no single one dominating.

$529M

granted

282

organizations

43%

from in-state

The short version

1,062 funders gave $529M to 282 education organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
43% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Maine is Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, at $103M.
The education organization drawing the most is University of Maine System Inc, at $106M.

Largest funders of education in Maine

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

1Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$103M 2Harold Alfond Foundation$91M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$71M 4University of Maine Foundation$62M 5University of Southern Maine Foundation$23M 6Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc$13M 7Maine Community Foundation Inc$10M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$9M 9Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$7M 10National Philanthropic Trust$7M

Education organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

272 other education organizations$111M

University of Maine System Inc$106M University of Maine Foundation$49M President & Trustees of Colby College$46M Open Library of Richmond Inc$43M Bowdoin College$41M Archive Sustaining Foundation$41M Permanent Archive Fund$40M President and Trustees of Bates College$17M Thomas College$13M

How to find education funders in Maine

1
Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to education in Maine are Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Harold Alfond Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
57% of education money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Maine, currently Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Harold Alfond Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Maine?: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc gives the most to education organizations in Maine, $103M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Maine?: $529M reached 282 education organizations in Maine, from 1,062 funders. 43% 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.