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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Maine, currently Fidelity Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Maine Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Maine?

Fidelity Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Maine, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Maine?

$161M reached 158 environment organizations in Maine, from 832 funders. 30% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Maine

Most of it comes from outside Maine: only 30% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Maine's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$161M

granted

158

organizations

30%

from in-state

The short version

832 funders gave $161M to 158 environment organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
30% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Maine is Fidelity Foundation, at $20M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Maine Coast Heritage Trust, at $29M.

Largest funders of environment in Maine

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

1Fidelity Foundation$20M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$19M 3Maine Community Foundation Inc$16M 4Maine Coast Heritage Trust$12M 5Edward C Johnson Fund$5M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 7National Park Foundation$4M 8Elmina B Sewall Foundation$3M 9Onion Foundation$3M 10Harold Alfond Foundation$3M

Environment organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

148 other environment organizations$73M

Maine Coast Heritage Trust$29M Biddeford Pool Land Trust$10M Forest Society of Maine$8M

How to find environment funders in Maine

1
Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to environment in Maine are Fidelity Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Maine Community Foundation Inc. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
70% of environment money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Maine, currently Fidelity Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Maine Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Maine?: Fidelity Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Maine, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Maine?: $161M reached 158 environment organizations in Maine, from 832 funders. 30% 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.