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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Maine, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Maine Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Maine?

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund gives the most to housing organizations in Maine, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Maine?

$28M reached 57 housing organizations in Maine, from 214 funders. 26% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Maine

Most of it comes from outside Maine: only 26% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$28M

granted

organizations

26%

from in-state

The short version

214 funders gave $28M to 57 housing organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
26% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Maine is Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, at $3M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Coastal Enterprises Inc, at $6M.

Largest funders of housing in Maine

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

1Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$3M 2Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$3M 3Maine Community Foundation Inc$1M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 5New Hampshire Charitable Foundation$1M 6Builders Vision Foundation$993k 7John T Gorman Foundation$980k 8Td Charitable Foundation$844k 9Novo Foundation$800k 10Elmina B Sewall Foundation$777k

Housing organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

Coastal Enterprises Inc$6M Four Directions Development Corpora$5M

47 other housing organizations$5M

Avesta Housing Development Corporation$3M Fair Tide$2M Tedford Housing$2M Quality Housing Coalition$820k Raise-Op Housing Cooperative$820k Phillips-Strickland House Corp$760k

How to find housing funders in Maine

1
Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to housing in Maine are Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Maine Community Foundation Inc. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
74% of housing money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Maine, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Maine Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Maine?: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund gives the most to housing organizations in Maine, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Maine?: $28M reached 57 housing organizations in Maine, from 214 funders. 26% 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.