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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Maine, currently Harold Alfond Foundation, Maine Technology Institute, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Maine?

Harold Alfond Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Maine, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Maine?

$142M reached 37 science organizations in Maine, from 308 funders. 27% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Maine

Funding is concentrated: The Jackson Laboratory alone draws 58% of every science grant dollar in Maine. Most of it comes from outside Maine: only 27% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$142M

granted

organizations

27%

from in-state

The short version

308 funders gave $142M to 37 science organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
27% of that came from funders also based in Maine; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Maine is Harold Alfond Foundation, at $22M.
The science organization drawing the most is The Jackson Laboratory, at $82M.

Largest funders of science in Maine

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

1Harold Alfond Foundation$22M 2Maine Technology Institute$10M 3Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc$8M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 5The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (Us) Ltd$6M 6The Roux Family Foundation$4M 7The Broad Institute Inc$4M 8University of Pittsburgh$4M 9Emory University$3M 10Maine Community Foundation Inc$3M

Science organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

The Jackson Laboratory$82M Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$40M Initiative for Digital Engineering and Life Sciences$4M

27 other science organizations$4M

How to find science funders in Maine

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Start with the funders already active in Maine
The funders giving the most to science in Maine are Harold Alfond Foundation, Maine Technology Institute, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
73% of science money in Maine comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maine.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Maine?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Maine, currently Harold Alfond Foundation, Maine Technology Institute, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maine from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Maine?: Harold Alfond Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Maine, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Maine?: $142M reached 37 science organizations in Maine, from 308 funders. 27% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.