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, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, Maine Community Foundation 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, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Maine?

$24M reached 12 science organizations in Maine, from 95 funders. 44% 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: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences alone draws 78% of every science grant dollar in Maine. Maine's science organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 8 funders each.

$24M

granted

organizations

44%

from in-state

The short version

95 funders gave $24M to 12 science organizations in Maine across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
44% 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 $8M.
The science organization drawing the most is Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, at $19M.

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$8M 2Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc$2M 3Maine Community Foundation Inc$2M 4Scott R Mackenzie Foundation Inc$1M 5American Gift Fund$1M 6Fidelity Foundation$1M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$953k 8Builders Vision Foundation$800k 9The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation$750k 10Maine Technology Institute$564k

Science organizations in Maine that draw the most

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

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$19M Mount Desert Island Biological$3M Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries$2M

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, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, Maine Community Foundation 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
56% 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, Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc, Maine Community Foundation 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, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Maine?: $24M reached 12 science organizations in Maine, from 95 funders. 44% 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.